Police Pay it Forward as Officers Go Back-to-School Shopping with Kids

SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake City Police Department will be holding its annual Back-to-School Police Pay it Forward event. Officers will have breakfast with children and they will receive school supplies. Officers will then take the children shopping to get new school clothes to start the school year.

Who:     Salt Lake City Police Department
Salt Lake City Airports Police Department
University of Utah Police Department

What:    Back-to-School Police Pay it Forward

When:   Saturday, August 11, 2018
7:45 a.m. – Officers check in
8:00 a.m. – Kids arrive, get paired with officer, eat breakfast
9:30 a.m. – Event ends

Where:  Target, 1110 S. 300 W., Salt Lake City

Visuals: Officers, kids meet over breakfast
Officers help kids shop for back-to-school clothing
Backpacks full of school supplies given to kids
Kids show parents what they’ve bought with officers

Thank you to the following partners:
Target, host location, gift cards
Salt Lake Police Foundation, gift cards
Chick-fil-A, breakfast
Essendant, backpacks and school supplies
Utah Division of Child & Family Services, partner that identified children in need
Salt Lake School Foundation, partner that identified children in need

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