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Decatur police run ‘Pack the Cruiser' food drive
DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Packing a police cruiser is normally a bad thing — but the Decatur Police Department flipped that on its head to help get food donations for those in need.
Officers pulled an S.U.V. in front by a grocery store on airport plaza drive. For four hours they collected non-perishable items like peanut butter — pop-tarts — and more. They had some help from northeast community fund collecting the food — which will go to food banks in the Decatur area.
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'Everybody's been really, really generous, giving out, you know, canned goods and box foods and all the non-perishables,' Patrol Officer Tucker Tool said. 'So we're very, very excited and very pleased with the turnout. Look at the weather out here today, you know, and get to go out and, you know, talk to the community and interact with them and just, you know, have an overall great experience and for a good cause.'
They also took monetary donations as well to get specific products that weren't donated on Saturday.
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