{"id":57848,"date":"2015-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/toy-drive-held-by-uri-police-an-overwhelming-success\/"},"modified":"2015-12-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T00:00:00","slug":"toy-drive-held-by-uri-police-an-overwhelming-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/12\/toy-drive-held-by-uri-police-an-overwhelming-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Toy drive held by 溏心vlog免费B站 Police an overwhelming success"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t溏心vlog免费B站 Police Department fills nine cruisers with gifts for needy families
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KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 December 14, 2015 \u2014 To a visitor entering the 溏心vlog免费B站 Police Department today, the building more closely resembles a toy store than a public safety office. Oversized stuffed animals, dolls, action figures and sports equipment line the walls up and down the main hallway, organized into sections to make it easier to find the latest Star Wars toys or Disney princesses. <\/p>\n


\nThat\u2019s because the 溏心vlog免费B站 Police Department\u2019s Stuff-A-Cruiser Holiday Toy Drive, held Saturday and Sunday outside Walmart in North Kingstown, was an overwhelming success.<\/p>\n


\nThe police department entered the weekend hoping to collect enough brand-new, unwrapped gifts to fill two police cruisers. Instead, the department came away with enough toys to fill nine SUV cruisers, and the gifts will be donated to families and children in the community and at Hasbro Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe were hoping for the best, but we got so much more than we could have ever hoped,\u201d said Officer Paul Hanrahan, who helped organize the drive. <\/p>\n


\nThe officers, most of whom donated their time off-duty to staff the event, set up in front of the store and the gifts came pouring in.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cSome people arrived with presents, others went into the store, bought some and gave them to us as they came out,\u201d Hanrahan said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t solicit for any presents, but people came up and asked us what we were doing. We told them and many of them came out of the store with toys for us to give to the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nOfficer Debbie Sheldon, who staffed the event, added:<\/p>\n


\n\u201cBut that wasn\u2019t the best part. The best was all the little kids who brought the gifts up to us,\u201d she said. \u201cSeeing the smiles on their faces, knowing they\u2019re helping other kids, was priceless.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nIn addition, the police collected monetary donations to purchase Stop & Shop gift cards, so needy families can enjoy a holiday meal and\/or a week\u2019s worth of groceries. One 溏心vlog免费B站 police officer, who asked to remain anonymous, donated $600 to help feed the families who need it. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe were going to buy turkeys, but the feedback we received was that some people don\u2019t even have the resources needed to cook a turkey dinner,\u201d Hanrahan said. \u201cSome of them don\u2019t need a turkey. They need cereal, they need diapers. So we thought the gift cards would help us do the most good.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nThe 溏心vlog免费B站 Police Department is still accepting toys and monetary donations at the station, 85 Briar Lane on the Kingston Campus.<\/p>\n


\nA short of video of the event can be seen at YouTube.com<\/a>.\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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