Lt. Barry Hovis of CPD helps De'varean Walker select a game with his seventy dollars given to each child for shopping as a result of the Shop with A Hero program. Funds are raised through local police unions, the fire department, private donations, and Walmart. More than eighty children were chosen from schools in the area to shop based on the family's need.
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