RAPPAHANNOCK AREA LODGE #15 FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE INC

COPS and KIDS This is a nationwide Fraternal Order of Police sponsored program in which the Fredericksburg, VA FOP Lodge 15 participates on a local level, providing services to local needy children who are nominated by their schools, churches and community members, to provide needy children through the Cops and Kids program, the opportunity to purchase for and by the children themselves, Christmas gifts, clothing and school supplies, with funds donated specifically to the Cops and Kids program. The program is designed to build relationships between the local FOP lodge, along with local, state and federal police departments within the immediate surrounding communities covered by Lodge 15 to establish better community relationships. Members of FOP Lodge 15, police officers and other volunteers personally escort underprivileged children shopping at a local store to show those children and their families that the police in their community are friends and are always there to help. Donations are specifically made to the Cops and Kids program from from supporters in the local community and businesses, and are used solely to fund the annual Cops and Kids event which takes place the first Saturday in December.

COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. Program provides scholarships to children of police officers and other law enforcement personnel to students who are attending undergraduate studies at a university or college, preferably to those students who are in a law enforcement program of study. This is an annual program with scholarships being awarded each Spring for students attending school in the fall.