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A tradition of giving: Northern Arizona Law Enforcement Toy Drive returns

For a lot of locals, the Northern Arizona Law Enforcement Toy Drive conjures memories of towers of toys and holiday trees reaching for the rafters inside the Flagstaff Mall, or cluttered collection tables outside Walmart staffed by officers and volunteers asking for donations.

Sgt. Jerry Rintala’s favorite toy drive memory is a little different.

Breakfast with Santa and Flagstaff PD

Flagstaff Police Chief Dan Musselman greets Santa inside Dirty Birdies Saturday morning as kids, their families and cops sit down for breakfast. After breakfast, the police officers and kids shopped at Walmart for underprivileged children in the community.

Breakfast with Santa and Flagstaff PD

Flagstaff police officers walk into Dirty Birdies Saturday morning to have breakfast with children and Santa before taking the children to Walmart to shop for underprivileged kids in the community.

Breakfast with Santa and Flagstaff PD

Children and their families sit down inside of Dirty Birdies Saturday morning to have breakfast with Flagstaff police officers and Santa before they heading to Walmart to do some holiday shopping for other children their age in the community.

Toy Drive

A CERT volunteer mans the Northern Arizona Law Enforcement Toy Drive booth at Walmart in Flagstaff. Collection booths were a toy drive mainstay for years, but are no longer in use after COVID. Police Lt. Charles Hernandez said he hopes to bring the booths back next year.



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