Orion Kids to Shop With a Hero This Week
Police, firefighters, FBI will team up to make sure there is a Christmas.
On Thursday, Dec. 13, Lake Orion children who might otherwise go without a Christmas will go shopping with policemen, firemen and other public servants at the Meijer store in Oxford. Each child will be paired with an adult and have $150 to spend. It’s Lake Orion’s own Shop With a Hero event, and there’s still time to donate. “Every time we get another $150, another kid goes shopping,” said Lake Orion Police Chief Jerry Narsh. Last year 100 children participated. This year the LOPD, the Orion Township Fire Department, Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies, FBI agents and even soldiers of the 1775th Military Police Company of Pontiac who are just back from Afghanistan will take the kids shopping. “We’ve actually started to run out of heroes, we …
