Badge to Blessings, Springdale Police helping give kids a Christmas to remember
People can check a badge on the police s Christmas tree to know what items to give to make a kid s holiday special. Author: Nic Jones Updated: 6:31 PM EST December 10, 2020
SPRINGDALE, S.C. The Springdale Police Department is helping kids in the area have a special Christmas by collecting gifts from the community.
Badge to Blessings is an event put together by the Springdale Police Department. It started last year as a part of their victim advocate program. We get several names of kids in need that actually go to our school here in Springdale at Springdale Elementary and figure out items they need, may be in need of or want, said Springdale Police Chief Andrew Richbourg. We re able to generate a list of different items, put those on little badges on the Christmas tree for people to be able to take one or two or how ever many to bring gifts back.