Kids get help from cops with school-clothes shopping

BOARDMAN — About 40 children boarded a bright yellow bus, but they headed to Kmart rather than school. They were led by a procession of police cars.

The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 28 and St. Dominic Church teamed up to provide children from the South Side with new school clothes. It’s an extension of the holiday program they have been doing for at least five years. In the winter, kids “Shop with a Cop” for gifts for family members.

Today, police officers from Youngstown and surrounding areas helped children in kindergarten through grade 12 pick out $40 worth of school clothes each.

St. Dominic sponsored the event, said Victoria Allen, event coordinator for both Lodge 28 and the church.

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