A few days ago, I loaded up my cargo (my camera and two year old son, Hank) and headed to Walmart. Not to shop, but specifically to photograph metro police officers volunteering for Oklahoma's needy families.
The Oklahoma City Police Athletic League (PAL) is a juvenile crime prevention program that provides educational and sporting programs for all children, primarily those in high-risk neighborhoods.
This year the organization was contacted by several grandparents who are physically or financially unable to purchase Christmas gifts for their grandchildren this year. Dozens of police officers swarmed the store to shop for gifts the grandparents listed on their applications. With their help, 256 children will receive Christmas gifts from their grandparents this year.
Now..you have to admit...that if you just happened to be
shopping at this Walmart that day...you'd wonder what in the world
was going on. I was actually in the customer service line when a grumpy
old man looked at the officer in front of me and said, "So...is it cop
shopping day or something?"
The officer said, "We're shopping for kids today." and the old
man said, "Hmm...Well...I guess cops have kids they gotta shop for too."
I was really trying not to laugh at that comment, but I think he felt
kinda bad when the officer told him they were shopping for needy families.
Here are a few photos from that day:
And of course...what did my 2 year old son do while I was taking photos? Well,
there's only one thing he loves more than candy...and that's cops!
Only natural, of course, since Daddy is an officer as well.
Here's a picture of Hank boxing an officer :)
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