The event brought together 125 children from schools in Henrico and New Kent for breakfast at the Sandston Moose Lodge. Then officers from Henrico Police and deputies from the Henrico and New Kent Sheriffs Offices took them shopping at the nearby Walmart on Nine Mile Road.

"The families that are picked are picked by the school resource officers and counselors and these are people who know family structures, family situations and they know who needs help," said one officer.

Each child received $250 to spend on Christmas gifts, with some simple ground rules for their shopping adventure.

"If it's a knife and I don't care if it's a butter knife... say it with me. 'No way, not today,'" an officer told the children before heading out to shop.

While the children had various items on their wis

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