LPS Charity Checkstop -- Photo credit to LPS

By Dori Modney

Overwhelming success for Lethbridge Police Charity Checkstop

Nov 30, 2020 | 1:36 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB. — For their first ever try at a Charity Checkstop, the confidence LPS had in the community to come through for them was rewarded with incredible generosity.

On Saturday (Nov 28), volunteers and police officers accepted donations on behalf of the Lethbridge Family Service Angel Tree Christmas campaign and the Lethbridge Food Bank.

Vehicles pulled up in front of the ENMAX Centre well before the appointed hour to make donations, and a steady stream of traffic continued for the next four hours. Many of those making donations brought multiple items for both the Angel Tree campaign and the food bank, but no offering was too small.

It touched the hearts of volunteers to see young children clutching change from their piggy banks, excited to make the holiday season a little brighter for those in need.

The Charity Checkstop brought in more than $8,217 in cash donations, as well as 1,357 unwrapped toys and other items for the Angel Tree campaign, and 1,085 kg (2,394 lbs) of non-perishable items for the Lethbridge Food Bank (more than $6,200 in value).

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With that kind of success, the Lethbridge Police Service hopes to make the Charity Checkstop an annual event.

LPS is honoured to serve a community that continually shows willingness to answer the call in an effort to make this an even better place to live.

Charity Checkstop group photo – credit LPS