Shop with a Cop is a holiday tradition for local law enforcement and COVID-19 wasnât about to get in the way of the giving.
If anything, the program received an even bigger response from the community, according to Ludington Police Officer Chad Skiba.
With the assistance of school counselors, children are selected each year from Mason County schools to pair up with local law enforcement and shop for Christmas items for themselves and their families.
The event is run by volunteers and made possible through community donations and fundraisers like the pie auction hosted by the police department.
âItâs fun to do it,â said Skiba, who has organized the event for the past seven years. âIt runs like a greased wheel at this point. The school counselors do a lot of the work behind the scenes.â