Shopping with a Cop

Big Brother Big Sister had their annual "Shopping with a Cop" event.  We had never been since we just started this program last January.  Wow, what a great program! We picked Markus up after work and everyone had to meet at Wal-Mart.  $100 gift cards were donated and each child gets a gift card to shop for his/her family. Markus came prepared with a list of gifts for his mom, dad, brother, and sister.  Each kid is designated a police officer to walk around and talk with us while we shop.  Markus picked out a flat iron for his sister, a red lobster gift card for his mom, t-shirts for his brother, a watch for his dad, and some treats for his dogs! It was so special to see Markus be able to buy gifts for his family.  He said he never gets to do that!

Below is a pic of Markus opening up his gift from us.  I love his facial expression in the first one.