Shreveport Police Department

PO Box P • Shreveport, LA 71161 • 318/673-6932 • Fax: 318/673-6933

www.ci.shreveport.la.us/dept/police/spdnews

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: July 17, 2002

Contact: Kacee Hargrave, Public Information Officer

318/673-6932

Teddy Bears to be donated to SPD

Delegates of the Louisiana Annual Conference of the CME church will be donating 50 teddy bears to the Shreveport Police Department Thursday, July 18 at 3:30 pm..

The donation will take place at Williams Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal Chapel located at 1501 Peabody.

Officers will accept the teddy bears and then give the teddy bears to children who are suffering from trauma.

If you have any further questions, contact Williams Memorial CME at (318) 424-0843.

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