Community Outreach

Donors Present “Bears On The Beat” At Police Station

 

Co-chair of the “Bears on the Beat” program, Lulana Cain, places a donated bear next to a Corpus Christi Police patrol car. The bears will be provided to traumatized children to offer comfort.

 

Assistant Chief Mike Markle stands in the center to accept the donated bears with other police officers and the representatives from the Corpus Christi Association who donated the bears in a presentation at the Police Station Thursday morning

 

The Corpus Christi Association of Realtors donated 4000 stuffed animals in their annual “Bears On The Beat” program.

 

The co-chairs of the Bears On The Beat program, Lulana Cain and Chase McRoberts, presented the bears at the Main Police Station at 321 John Sartain Street at 10am. The bears are used by Police Officers and representatives from the Victims Advocacy Center to comfort traumatized children.  The program co-chair, Lulana Cain said she is involved with the program because her daughter was involved in a vehicle crash and was presented a bear for comfort which was a meaningful gesture for her family.

 

The Corpus Christi Association of Realtors held a contest among their member organizations to collect bears for donation. The contest winner, Keller Williams Coastal Bend Realty, received the travelling trophy for their donation of 1.256 bears. The second place winner was Remax Associates with 1,222 donated bears and the third place winner was Caldwell Bankers with 1,000 bears donated.

 

Corpus Christi Police Captain Hollis Bowers (second from right) presented the winners plaques. Program co-chair, Lulana Cain presented the travelling trophy to representatives from Keller Williams Coastal Bend Realty.