Kankakee, IL- On Sunday, December 13, 2015, the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with other agencies throughout Kankakee County, hosted the 24th Annual “Shop-With-A-Cop” event. Forty area police officers volunteered their time by picking up about seventy children between the ages of 6 and 12 years old at their homes. The children were transported in police cars to the Bradley McDonalds (2050 N State Route 50, Bradley, IL) for breakfast with the officers. At the conclusion of their breakfast, the children were transported to the Bradley Wal-Mart (2080 N State Route 50, Bradley, IL) where the officers, as well as several volunteers, assisted the children in choosing gift. Each child was also provided with hats and gloves to help keep them warm during the winter. Additionally, each child that participated was given a Christmas food basket to bring home to their families.

Shop-With-A-Cop would not be possible without the assistance of the sponsors listed below.

Kankakee County Sheriff Tim Bukowski         FOP Lodge # 150
Jack and Lisa Dugan                                           Grant Park Police Chief Carl Frey
Riverside Credit Union                                       Village of St. Anne
Village of Aroma Park                                         Village of Grant Park
Andaul Jewelers                                                   Scanlon Collision Specialists
CSL Behring                                                          Illinois State Police – District # 21
Aqua Illinois                                                          Shoup Manufacturing
Wal‐Mart                                                               McDonalds
Bourbonnais FOP                                                Various Grant Park Citizens
St. Joe’s Advent Mission                                    Other Various Local Citizens