(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – On Thursday, April 17, 2014, Essex County OPP officers, civilian employees and volunteers will be packing groceries to help support the 20th Annual Essex County OPP Cop Camp.
Essex County OPP Officers and civilians will be packing groceries at the following Essex County grocery locations:
Real Canadian Superstore in Leamington 9:00 a.m. ~ 9:00 p.m.
Zehrs in Tecumseh 9:00 a.m. ~ 9:00 p.m.
Zehrs in Kingsville 9:00 a.m. ~ 9:00 p.m.
Foodland in Essex 9:00 a.m. ~9:00 p.m.
Tetreault’s Valu-Mart in Belle River 1:00 p.m. ~ 6:00 p.m.
The Essex County OPP Cop Camp exists solely by the generous contributions and donations from the public. Please help support the annual OPP Cop Camp by donating whatever you can when you check out at the grocery store on Thursday. While you are there, enter your name into a draw for a chance to win a gift basket.
Cop Camp is an annual event, in its 20th year, involving 90 students from elementary schools across Essex County (Essex, Kingsville, Lakeshore, Leamington, Harrow and Tecumseh) who attend and benefit from a week of directed and supervised activities. They will be taught the importance of teamwork along with other positive life skills. They will be given guidance by police officers, civilians, auxiliary members and other caring, trained volunteers. These youths are recent graduates of the VIP program (Values, Influences and Peers) and are selected by their individual schools to attend the Camp at no cost to themselves.