MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho -- Senior Airman Vanessa Espinoza-Barraza, 366th Logistics Readiness Squadron, helps Kadi pick out a toy during the shop with a cop event in Mountain Home, Dec. 4. This year 120 children received gift cards to go Christmas shopping for themselves and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Debbie Lockhart)

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MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho – Sergeant Rudy Foote, Elmore County Police Department officer, laughs with Fredrick, 9, before going shopping during the Shop with a Cop event held in Mountain Home, Dec. 4. Children in the Shop with a Cop program are referred by local agencies and school programs. This year more than 100 children received the chance to make this Christmas one to remember. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Debbie Lockhart)

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MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho -- Children and chaperones leave Mountain Home Junior High School to go shopping during the Shop with a Cop event in Mountain Home, Dec. 4. Local businesses and agencies made donations to give more than 100 needy children the chance to have a merry Christmas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Debbie Lockhart)

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MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho – David, 7, smiles as he tries on a security forces beret before going shopping during the Shop with a Cop event in Mountain Home, Dec. 4. More than 100 children were provided with gift cards to buy themselves and their families Christmas gifts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Debbie Lockhart)

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Mountain Home children shop with cops

Published Dec. 7, 2010
366th Fighter Wing public affairs

MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho -- Local police departments and military members came together Dec. 4 to give children in the Shop with a Cop program a Christmas to remember.

Elmore and Ada county businesses and agencies made donations enabling more than 100 children to receive gift certificates to go holiday shopping for themselves and their families.

This is the first year the program has received enough donations to provide the parents gift cards to a local grocery store to buy Christmas dinner.

Airmen from Mountain Home Air Force Base and local police departments donated their time to chaperone the children as they went on a shopping spree. Volunteers also helped wrap gifts for the children as they boys and girls lined up to visit Santa.