12/10/15 Blue Santa Shopping Event at Wal-Mart by Sarah A. Miller
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Jeremiah Hickman, 10, of Tyler, takes a test ride on his new bicycle with a matching helmet flanked by Smith County Sheriff's office detectives Tim McDonald left, and Justin Hall, right, during the Blue Santa event Thursday Dec. 10, 2015 at Wal-Mart, 5050 Troup Highway in Tyler. Sixty-two children were chosen to participate in the event which paired them with law enforcement officers for a special Christmas shopping trip. The children were able to shop for friends, family members and themselves. The event was organized by The Fraternal Order of Police. More than 100 officers, city employees and family members showed up to help take children shopping with the $4,500 raised for the event. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Tyler Police Department officers Craig Williams, left, and Wayne Allen, right, shop with Tyler sisters Kora Rucker, 6, and Samantha Rucker, 7, during the Blue Santa event Thursday Dec. 10, 2015 at Wal-Mart, 5050 Troup Highway in Tyler. Sixty-two children were chosen to participate in the event which paired them with law enforcement officers for a special Christmas shopping trip. The children were able to shop for friends, family members and themselves. The event was organized by The Fraternal Order of Police. More than 100 officers, city employees and family members showed up to help take children shopping with the $4,500 raised for the event. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Tyler Police Department officer Chuck Barber shops with Hilary Odle, 9, of Tyler, during the Blue Santa event Thursday Dec. 10, 2015 at Wal-Mart, 5050 Troup Highway in Tyler. Sixty-two children were chosen to participate in the event which paired them with law enforcement officers for a special Christmas shopping trip. The children were able to shop for friends, family members and themselves. The event was organized by The Fraternal Order of Police. More than 100 officers, city employees and family members showed up to help take children shopping with the $4,500 raised for the event. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Eddie Flores, 8, of Troup, has help pushing his shopping cart from Kilgore Police Department detective Steve Kilgore during the Blue Santa event Thursday Dec. 10, 2015 at Wal-Mart, 5050 Troup Highway in Tyler. Sixty-two children were chosen to participate in the event which paired them with law enforcement officers for a special Christmas shopping trip. The children were able to shop for friends, family members and themselves. The event was organized by The Fraternal Order of Police. More than 100 officers, city employees and family members showed up to help take children shopping with the $4,500 raised for the event. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Tyler Police Department officers Craig Williams, left, and Wayne Allen, right, shop with Tyler sisters Kora Rucker, 6, and Samantha Rucker, 7, during the Blue Santa event Thursday Dec. 10, 2015 at Wal-Mart, 5050 Troup Highway in Tyler. Sixty-two children were chosen to participate in the event which paired them with law enforcement officers for a special Christmas shopping trip. The children were able to shop for friends, family members and themselves. The event was organized by The Fraternal Order of Police. More than 100 officers, city employees and family members showed up to help take children shopping with the $4,500 raised for the event. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Melanie Munoz, 12, Clarissa Macias, 5, and Katherine Macias shop with Smith County Sheriff's Officer Michael Johnson during the Blue Santa event at Wal-Mart in Tyler Thursday. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Tyler Police Department officer Mark Lee shops with Rhonda Torxell of Tyler and her son John Trowel, 10, during the Blue Santa event Thursday Dec. 10, 2015 at Wal-Mart, 5050 Troup Highway in Tyler. Sixty-two children were chosen to participate in the event which paired them with law enforcement officers for a special Christmas shopping trip. The children were able to shop for friends, family members and themselves. The event was organized by The Fraternal Order of Police. More than 100 officers, city employees and family members showed up to help take children shopping with the $4,500 raised for the event. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
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James Hickman, 13, of Tyler, celebrates his purchase of a video game and game controller with Tyler Police Department officers Ty Sorrell, left, and Jeremy Thompson, right, during the Blue Santa event Thursday Dec. 10, 2015 at Wal-Mart, 5050 Troup Highway in Tyler. Sixty-two children were chosen to participate in the event which paired them with law enforcement officers for a special Christmas shopping trip. The children were able to shop for friends, family members and themselves. The event was organized by The Fraternal Order of Police. More than 100 officers, city employees and family members showed up to help take children shopping with the $4,500 raised for the event. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
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(Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)