Clay County Sheriff’s Office Shopping With Kids This Weekend

This weekend the Clay County Sheriff’s Office will be helping make nearly 20 families holiday seasons a little brighter by

The Shop with a Sheriff event will allow the Clay County Sheriff’s Office deputies to help 19 families with 42 children by taking those kids shopping at an area Wal-Mart to purchase Christmas gifts for themselves and loved ones.

Deputies be shopping with the kids from at 8 until about 11 a.m. on Saturday. Each child will get $200 to purchase gifts for themselves and their loved ones. Each family also will receive a voucher for a full holiday meal – including a choice of turkey or ham and sides.

Sheriff’s Office volunteers will be on hand to wrap the gifts.

Families were identified to participate through North Kansas City Schools, where the Sheriff’s Office provides school resource deputies. The Shop with a Sheriff event is funded by grants and donations deputies make to be able to sport beards or small nose rings.