Shop With A Cop
This is our biggest social action project of the year. For close to ten years, RHBA has supported a cooperative project with Beaverton School District and Washington County Sheriff's Office. This project creates a holiday experience for 15 Raleigh Park Elementary School families. RHBA matches donations made by RHBA members and friends up to $500 for a collective amount of $1,000. The donations help purchase gifts for all members of the 15 families. Other members donate by providing lunch for the kids with the deputies, craft items to make during lunch, gift wrapping, and shopping for the selected student without other kids. It is a great big project with many moving parts that offers lots of opportunity to participate.
We have members who were Shop with a Cop recipients when they kids and speak about how much the program meant to them and their families.
So what can you do?
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- Make a donation. You can do it online at the RHBA website. Scroll down and on the right hand side look for a blue lettered Shop with a Cop and that will lead you to the donation page. All donations needed!
- If shopping is your thing, the pre-shopping event without deputies and kids but with WCSO staff, is happening on Monday December 2 at 1pm. Meet at Fred Meyer on 11425 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy. Six volunteers needed.
- Like to gift wrap...there's a big wrapping party on Wednesday December 4th at WCSO east precinct on Murray Blvd, near TV Hwy. at Noon. Seven Volunteers needed.
- Shopping with kids and cops at Beaverton Fred Meyer at 11:30am. Followed by lunch at Raleigh Park School at 12:30. Five volunteers needed to set up lunch at school.
- Reply to info@RaleighHillsBusinessAssn.org ! Times confirmed to all interested parties.
Washington County Sheriff's Office
Each year, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office engages with local families through their annual “Shop With a Cop” holiday event. The Sheriff’s Office Foundation supports funding for this special program, spreading holiday magic and cheer with many deserving families in our community. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office coordinates with local elementary schools to nominate families who could benefit from this program. Students pair with deputies to shop for their families, promoting positive and meaningful interactions with law enforcement as they work together to fulfill the families’ wish and needs lists.
The donations and support from the Sheriff’s Office Foundation, along with local businesses and organizations, make these special Shop With a Cop events possible. If you would like to help the Shop with a Cop program in its mission of aiding local families, please consider a donation to the Sheriff's Office Foundation.
