By Shawn Patrick
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Every weekday Shawn Patrick sheds some light on some good news with His Good Vibes Story. Here is today s.
A pair of young girls in Colorado set up a lemonade stand to raise money for the grieving family of a fallen officer in their community. Officer Gordon Beesley, a 19-year veteran of the Arvada Police Department, was killed in the line of duty, leaving behind a wife and two kids. And nine-year-old Scarlet Reust wanted to do something to help them.
She got her bestie, 10-year-old Addyson Elliot, involved in the project, too. Together, the girls worked on their stand and over three days, they sold as much lemonade as they could. Their efforts really paid off, in the end, they raised over $18-hundred for the Beesley family.
By Shawn Patrick
Photo: Getty Images
Every weekday Shawn Patrick sheds some light on some good news with His Good Vibes Story. Here is today s.
A pair of young girls in Colorado set up a lemonade stand to raise money for the grieving family of a fallen officer in their community. Officer Gordon Beesley, a 19-year veteran of the Arvada Police Department, was killed in the line of duty, leaving behind a wife and two kids. And nine-year-old Scarlet Reust wanted to do something to help them.
She got her bestie, 10-year-old Addyson Elliot, involved in the project, too. Together, the girls worked on their stand and over three days, they sold as much lemonade as they could. Their efforts really paid off, in the end, they raised over $18-hundred for the Beesley family.
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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. Two young girls from Colorado were devastated over the tragic loss of Arvada Police Officer Gordon Beesley. So they turned their sorrow in something constructive by creating a lemonade stand in order to raise funds for the officer’s grieving family.
Beesley, a 19-year veteran of the Arvada Police Department, was shot and killed on June 21 by a suspect who “expressed a hatred for police,” Law Officer reported. He left behind a wife and two children.
The tragic news reverberated throughout the community, including Scarlet Reust, 9, who instantly put herself in the family’s shoes, her mother, Ashley Conn, told Fox News.
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June 29, 2021 at 4:34 pm Law enforcement and first responders pay their respects to slain Arvada police officer Gordon Beesley during a funeral procession in Lafayette, Colo., on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. A funeral was held at the Flatirons Community Church for officer Beesley, who was a 19-year veteran of the Arvada Police Department. Officer Beesley was killed by a gunman in Olde Town Arvada plaza on June 21, 2021. (Chancey Bush/The Gazette via AP)
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