Local law enforcement working to bring kids new shoes this holiday season
By WHIO Staff
GREENE COUNTY — Sheriff’s deputies and police officers in Greene County spent part of their day making sure some kids in the area have new shoes.
It’s something that most people do everyday—put one shoe on after the other and head out the door. But for some, that simple task is more of a luxury to others.
For years the Greene County Fraternal Order of Police has Nike Shoes for Men worked to help bring shoes to kids during the holiday season.
In the past, the FOP has been able to help anywhere from 20 to 60 children each year.
“We started this back 1944 when some senior officers noticed that some kids needed shoes from that point it grew to where we are now,” said Joe Thorne, President of Greene County FOP Lodge 37.
In 2019, the groups helped more than 100 children, and ...

