Fifteen children in need gathered at the Meijer in Birch Run on Wednesday, November 4 to shop for holiday gifts, with the help of Saginaw officers and firefighters.

Deputies from the Clark County Sheriff’s Office took a break from policing to go shopping Wednesday night for the annual Shop with a Cop event at the Jeffersonville Meijer.

Dozens of community leaders in Fairfield city and township will shop next week for kids who may not otherwise receive Christmas gifts.

To get its shoppers and associates in a holiday frame of mind, Meijer will offer weekend performances of festive tunes by local school choirs and music groups. For the second consecutive year, the retailer has invited local school music groups to come into their stores to sing carols as customers shop the aisles. This year, 115 groups will perform.

The Meijer parking lot was crawling with cops tonight, but there was no crime.