Halloween event raises money for Shop with a Cop

October 28, 2011 at 6:00 a.m. | Updated October 28, 2011 at 6:00 a.m.

Lt. Bryan Reid of the Holts Summit Police Department helps a New Bloomfield boy buy presents at the Fulton Walmart during the annual Shop With A Cop event held Dec. 11, 2010.
Lt. Bryan Reid of the Holts Summit Police Department helps a New Bloomfield boy buy presents at the Fulton Walmart during the annual Shop With A Cop event held Dec. 11, 2010.

It's not every Halloween that youngsters get to grab candy from a police car or fire truck.

This year, children can get a jump on Halloween trick-or-treating with a little help from area emergency personnel. At the second annual Trunk or Treat event being held from 6-8 p.m. Sunday in the Fulton Walmart parking lot, emergency personnel and area businesses will offer a safe environment for area youth to gather candy. As all proceeds from the event will go toward the annual Christmas Shop with a Cop program, a $1 donation per child is requested.

Sgt. Joel Schramm of the Fulton Police Department spearheads the program and said last year's Trunk or Treat event brought in $750.

He encourages parents to bring their children out on Sunday saying, "It's a safe way to do their trick-or-treating and also help this program out so we can take children Christmas shopping that might not otherwise have Christmas."

To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.