About 228 food boxes were distributed thanks to the Journey Disaster Response Team — a nonprofit volunteer ministry based in southeast Wisconsin and an extension of Journey Church — in
Mount Pleasant COP Officer Rachel Gardinier is leading
Project Blue Heart. To contact her, call 262-664-7942 or email rgardinier@mtpleasantwi.gov.
MOUNT PLEASANT â Itâs not uncommon for police officers to encounter people who are stranded or homeless, especially in the peak of summer when thereâs more travel, and in the middle of winter when vehicles are most likely to break down.
Sometimes officers themselves will pay for food or gas to fill up someoneâs tank so, at the very least, they can drive to the next town or stay warm in their car for the night, according to several Mount Pleasant police officers.