Athena Hall, 5, demonstrates the music player on her new bicycle for Officer Chris Detweiler. JEREMY MCCLURE/Contributed
Emmeitt Howell, 5, excitedly talks about the toys in his shopping cart that Officer Rebecca Meeks helped him find at Walmart last week. LYNN HOBBS/Staff
All of the Shop with a Cop participants gather in front of Walmart before their shopping sprees. LYNN HOBBS/Staff
Athena Hall, 5, shows off the Elsa dress she purchased through Shop with a Cop. “I’m gonna be so pretty,” she beamed. LYNN HOBBS/Staff
Asher Ginn, 5, picks up a 4x4 truck that caught his eye. LYNN HOBBS/Staff
One of the younger shoppers looks back as Eatonton Police Chief Howell Cardwell ensures everyone is finding what they want. LYNN HOBBS/Staff
A lot of smiles were seen in Walmart of Eatonton last week during the Eatonton Police Department’s annual Shop with a Cop event.
Eleven police officers took 13 children from Eatonton shopping for their Christmas toys on Friday, Dec. 22. Each child had $200 to spend, and all was funded by donations from community residents and businesses, Eatonton Police Chief Howell Cardwell said.
