Seventy kids from Santee Elementary School were chosen from the "Readers are Leaders" campaign. Another 25 kids were chosen after living through a traumatic event, like the loss of a parent or other tragedies.
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Each student gets a $150 Target gift card to shop for gifts for their families and themselves.
This is all done to humanize the people behind the badge and create a relationship between the police and the kids.
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