MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. — This year’s “Shop-With-A-Cop” event was held in Baxter County on Saturday morning, December 7 at the Walmart in Mountain Home.
A total of 95 children from 40 families received $100 to shop with officers from the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office, Mountain Home Police Department, Lakeview Police Department, Gassville Police Department, and the Arkansas State Parks Police. The children and families invited to attend were selected based upon recommendations from the School Resource Officers and the School Counselors at the Mountain Home, Cotter, and Norfork Schools.
This yearly event was made possible by a grant from Walmart Foundation and by many donations made by various businesses, organizations, and individual citizens in the community. The event was sponsored jointly by the Mountain Home Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No.45, Walmart Store No. 11, and Junior Auxiliary of Mountain Home, which provided a complimentary food basket to each family. Volunteers also wrapped the presents that the children selected and purchased.
