Optimists hold 'Blue Light Special' for needy children
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Officer Chris Perringer of the Douglasville Police Department was one of several DPD officers who helped children select gifts during the Optimist Club 'Blue Light Special."
The Optimist Club of Douglas County held its 12th annual “Kid’s Blue Light Christmas Special” at K-Mart on Highway 5 on Thursday. This year’s project enabled 91 local needy children the opportunity to go on a shopping spree, accompanied by an officer from the Douglasville Police Department or a local volunteer. The Optimist Club raised the funds for the project which was a tremendous success thanks to the generous response received from the community, according to Rickey Roland, project chairman. The project began in 1998, and since then 868 needy children have been served. The faculty from local elementary schools selectedthe children participating in this project. (Contributed photo by Rickey Roland)
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« for the kids wrote on Saturday, Dec 19 at 10:31 AM »
It is wonderful that the club did this for kids, but contributing a photo for the newspaper seems to make one wonder if they did this to bring publicity to themselves? I know of a separate shop with a cop on Friday that did the same thing but they didn't invite the media or submit pictures because it was done for the kids, not to get recognition for the sponsor.