Wellington County OPP, Mapleton Fire Rescue and Grade 6 students from Maryborough Public School participated in the annual Shop with a Cop event at Drayton Food Market on Dec. 11. This was the sixth time the event, coordinated by the Moorefield Optimists, has been held locally.
Students received the full “lights and sirens” treatment as they travelled to the event in police cruisers and fire trucks.
At the store, students shopped for the local food bank. The 10 teams of students shopped with $100 each, donated from various sources.
The idea is for students to get the best value for their dollar, without going over their budget, and to see how cost efficiency works and tabulate tax on items.
“What is learned is something real versus something abstract,” commented Optimist Ben Dobben.
Once everyone was done at the store, students wheeled their groceries to the food bank, located at the back of the Drayton Reformed Church, and loaded them into the food bank before returning to school.
