How it works…before Christmas the selected families provide a list of needs and complete an application. Once the families are selected, one child from each family goes with Officers and shops for gifts at local businesses. Volunteers from ACT NOW and the Gerrish Twp. Police Dept. wrap and tag all of the gifts and deliver them to the families a few days before Christmas. We sponsor 7 families each year.
Since 2002, the Gerrish Township Police Dept. and ACT NOW have sponsored this community program and have brightened the holidays for 168 families including 583 children and 279 adults!
For more information on donating to Shop-With-a-Cop click here: SHOP WITH A COP Info
For a Shop-With-A-Cop APPLICATION click here: Application for SWAC
Deadline to return 2024 Shop-With-A-Cop Applications is November 25, 2024.
DUE TO THE INCREASE IN COSTS AND LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF STUFFED ANIMALS, AS OF 2023, WE NO LONGER HOLD OUR ANNUAL STUFFED ANIMAL SALES FUNDRAISER.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DONATION TO SHOP-WITH-A-COP, PLEASE CLICK ON THE “SHOP WITH A COP INFO” LINK ABOVE FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
2022 Shop-With-A-Cop Stuffed Animal Sales Fundraiser
We set up a booth at the Michigan Firemen’s Memorial Festival on September 17, 2022 to sell our 2022 Stuffed Animal…our Patriotic Eagle. We also had smaller colorful Tropical Birds on hand. The Eagles were $15 each and the small Tropical Birds were $1-$3. Thank you to all of our supporters that stopped by to see us for this annual fundraiser of which all proceeds go towards our annual Shop-With-A-Cop Program!
SHOP WITH A COP Stuffed Animal Fundraiser
Every year ACT NOW & Gerrish Township Police Department sell a different stuffed animal and all proceeds go towards the Annual Shop-With-A-Cop Program.
Traditionally we set up a booth at the Michigan Firemen’s Memorial Festival and sell the animals in one day, however during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are sold the animals via our social media page on Facebook and sold them from the Gerrish Twp. Police Department and Gerrish Twp. Municipal Building.
If you would like to purchase the current animal, please stop by the Gerrish Twp. Police Department or contact Julie Hill at (989) 821-5207 Ext. 291 or email Julie at jhill@gerrishpolice.org.
We began our SWAC Stuffed Animal Fundraiser in 2007 and have raised over $15,500.00 over the past years selling these adorable plush animals…
2018 SHOP-WITH-A-COP
Thank you to all of the donors and volunteers and especially our Gerrish Officers that made our 17th Annual Shop-With-A-Cop Program a great success! We were able to provide support and gifts to 10 local families including 22 children and 17 adults.
2017 SHOP-WITH-A-COP
Thank you to all of the donors, volunteers and officers that made this year’s program a success! We provided gifts for 7 local families which included 28 children and 12 adults.
2016 SHOP-WITH-A-COP
Thank you to all the donors who helped make our 15th Annual Shop-With-A-Cop a great success. We provided Christmas gifts for seven local families which included 20 children and 12 adults! Thank you to the volunteers who helped wrap all the gifts and to the Gerrish Police Officers that shopped with the children and delivered the gifts on Dec. 22nd.
