Strongsville Cops Gift Wrapping Station Raises $15,500

STRONGSVILLE, OH — The Strongsville Police Department is deeply involved in a few charities and nonprofits, but perhaps none two more than Relay for Life and Shop with a Cop. Each year the department holds several fundraisers for those two organizations, but one of the biggest is the gift wrapping station at Southpark Mall.

Police officers and dispatchers will staff the wrapping station at the mall throughout the holidays, accepting donations for their work. The department will also bring in representatives from other groups to raise funds for their own organizations using the wrapping station.

"We would like to thank everyone who generously donated to the charity gift wrapping station this year at the mall," the department said in a post on social media.

This year, 8,309 packages were wrapped and a total of $15,593 was raised for a number of organizations, the Strongsville Police Department said on Facebook.

Specifically, the Strongsville Safety Forces Relay for Life team raised $1,530. Shop with a Cop raised $2,497.

Read more about the 2017 Shop with a Cop event by clicking here.

Read more about the Relay for Life in Strongsville by clicking here.

Photo from Chris Mosby, Patch