by Chuck Seaver, South Lake Tablet
The Clermont Police Department kicked off its annual Stuff a Cruiser campaign at the Clermont Walmart on John’s Lake Road this week. Officers and support staff were on hand to collect new and unwrapped toys for the upcoming Christmas and holiday season. The toys are distributed to families that the police department has a working knowledge of and may need a helping hand to make the holidays complete for a child.
The toys collected are also donated to area charities that help the South Lake Community in various ways. Two organizations are Charities Across South Lake and Christian Men in Action. Both organizations are non-profit organizations that depend solely on donations from local businesses and the community to ensure each child has at least one holiday gift.
December 4 – Future locations include Belk’s, 270 Citrus Tower Boulevard from 3 pm-6 pm. The Belk’s event will focus on collecting items for seniors in partnership with Home Instead, a local organization that provides professional care to seniors in their own homes.
December 9 – The Stuff A Cruiser campaign will continue at Target, 2660 East Highway 50 from 3 pm-7 pm
December 13 – The annual “Battle of the Badges” basketball game is scheduled for from 5 pm-8 pm. The game, held at the Aurelia Cole Academy Gym, 150 Pitt Street, is a spirited match between the Clermont Police Department and the Lake County Sheriff’s Department. Admission is one new, unwrapped toy that will be given to children in the community.
December 16th – The Stuff A Cruiser campaign n will be at the Clermont Police Headquarters, 3600 South US-27 from 8 am-4pm
Contact Corporal Phil Pollen or Captain Malcolm Draper of the Clermont Police Department at 352-394-5588, to make donation arrangements or request further information.
