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The Daily Jeffersonian Another victim of the COVID-19 pandemic was the annual Shop with a Cop program hosted by the Cambridge Police Department. The popular program was canceled this year in order to protect the well being of children and officers, but that doesnt mean officers are not helping area children in need. Instead, proceeds generated by the Shop with a Cop program were donated to the Guernsey County Secret Santa program which serves thousands of children each year. "Its unfortunate th...

  Tuesday Dec 15, 2020 at 12:01 AM MCPHERSON — There’s a memory of a Christmas gift opening that sticks in the mind of several McPherson police officers — those officers lucky enough to be there when the gift was unwrapped. "One year we had a kid that unwrapped a box, and was so excited that he got a box, he didn’t open the box (before officers left). It was great," said Mark Brinck, administrative captain/public information officer for the department. Officers played the r...

Dollar Tree employees donate to Project Santa Jamie Roth, Public Relations Manager Western Illinois Regional Council-Community Action Agency MACOMB – On December 7, 2020, employees of the Macomb Dollar Tree donated a large number of toys, books, and assorted stocking stuffers to the Western Illinois Regional Council-Community Action Agency’s (WIRC-CAA) Project Santa Program. The items were collected during the store’s annual toy drive, which benefits several local organizations. According...