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Hopkinsville, KY. – The annual holiday Shop with a Cop event is set for Thursday, December 18 at Wal-Mart on Fort Campbell Boulevard in Hopkinsville. There will be a group of well-deserving 7-11 year-old children, 25 from Christian County and 6 from
Fort Campbell who will join members of law enforcement to do some Christmas shopping.
They are not shopping for themselves so each child puts together a shopping list to buy presents for members of his or her family. A uniformed officer, military police escort the Fort Campbell children, picks up the youngster in a marked vehicle and takes them to Wal-Mart where they are given $100 to purchase items on their list.
When the children have finished shopping they are taken to the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge in Hopkinsville to wrap their presents. While there, Santa Claus has been known to pay visit with a gift for each child that was on their personal wish list.