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Cops help kids with their Christmas shopping

Posted December 05, 2015 12:00 am

Daily Herald report

Elmhurst Police Officer Alex Krupnik is all smiles as Mina Alliji, 6, of Elmhurst shops for a doll for Christmas at the Bloomingdale Meijer Saturday as part of the DuPage County Sheriff's Office Shop With The Sheriff and DuPage County Chiefs of Police Association Shop With A Cop event. Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com

Kids and cops came together in the spirit of the season Saturday during the annual Shop With A Cop event at the Meijer store at Schick Road and Gary Avenue in Bloomingdale.

Police officers from throughout the county met the kids at Glen Ellyn Park District's Ackerman Sports Center and then drove them - with squad cars' lights and sirens activated - to the store.

Police gave each child $125 to shop - the money was donated - and uniformed officers helped them make their selections.

Following the shopping, officers helped the children wrap their gifts.

The program has been coordinated for the past two decades by the DuPage County Sheriff's Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 109. Participating children were selected by the sponsoring law enforcement agencies.

Warrenville Detective Dorothy Weihofen pulls down a heater for Max McCluskey, a 12-year-old from Warrenville who eyed it for his family. Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com

With lights and sirens blaring, police cars from law enforcement agencies throughout DuPage County proceeded one by one to the Bloomingdale Meijer Saturday for Shop With A Cop. Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com

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