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Shop with cop brightens kids’ holiday

Thursday, December 11th, 2008 by Ana X. Ceron

PORT ST. LUCIE — Corine Rush surprised her kids when she pulled her red pickup into the Walmart parking lot on Wednesday.

Turned out Christmas had arrived a little early this year.

Helen Rush, 17, of Port St. Lucie hugs Sgt. Rod Dobler of the Port St. Lucie Police Department. Dobler helped pay the extra balance of Rush and her brothers' gift charges.

Rush’s three children were part of a group of about 20 kids who got the chance to shop for gifts, thanks to Port St. Lucie police and the retail giant.

As part of Wednesday’s Shop With a Cop, Walmart provided each child with a $100 gift certificate and police officers offered some company as the kids walked the department store wide-eyed. (more…)

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