For the children...

The Greenville Police Department Police Athletic League (PAL) chapter was recently awarded a grant from the Greenville Noon Rotary Club in the amount of $1,500. 

This grant money will fund the annual PAL Shop With A Cop event, which is an outreach event where Greenville Police Officers take underprivileged and at-risk children back to school shopping for their school uniforms.  

Shop With A Cop will take place on Saturday August 4, beginning at 7:00 am, with a breakfast for the children donated by the Chick-Fil-A restaurant at University Commons Shopping Center. 

The Greenville PAL program will partner with the Salvation Army and select 30 kids to go shopping for their 2012-13 school uniforms at JC Penney’s in the Greenville Mall.  Members of the Greenville Noon Rotary Club will also participate.

JC Penney’s will open their doors early especially for the children involved in this outreach event. 

Shop With A Cop is an annual event that has been in effect for 3 years.  Meghan Butler is the PAL program coordinator for the Greenville Police Department.  For more  information, contact Meghan at 252-329-4384.