This coming week we will celebrate Thanksgiving Day and pause to reflect on our many blessings we enjoy with family and close friends. One such blessing the whole City of North Little Rock enjoys is Police Officer Tommy Norman and his passion to give back to his City and its citizens in need. Tommy started the 'Shop With A Cop' program and it has grown every year. We invited Officer Norman to our NLAN Meeting of November 3rd to hear about details of this year's 'SWAC Program' and he offered the following pointers.
After completing a personal review of families to determine those children to be invited Officer Norman will conduct two shopping trips to Wal-Mart on December 7th and 14th with 25 children on each Sunday. Each child will be given an $150.00 Wal-Mart gift card to shop for family Christmas presents. A key to this program is that a NLR Cop will walk the isles with each child as they shop!
Thanks to the passion of Officer Norman there have been many donations received, with Wal-Mart giving $5,000 to the program! More donations are requested, and you can make one at any Twin City Bank Branch's 'Shop With A Cop' account. If you want to be part of the action and personally make a contribution they need gift wrappers to finish off the family gifts the children have chosen. For details Officer Norman can be reached on his personal cell phone at 366-4330 or e-mailed at tommy.norman@NLRPolice.org.
Tis' the Season to be Thankful, and we have NLR Police Officer Tommy Norman to thank for showing us one way to reach out and care for others in need with his 'Shop With A Cop Program'! Not only does it identify and address immediate personal needs but helps in building positive attitudes between children and police officers in blue for both the child's future and ours! Once again we thank you, Tommy, for your passion!
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