Left to right: Deputy Chief Santiago Rodriguez, Dave and Jeanie Cowan, Pat and Cheryl Murphy, Linda Jo Orinski, Sharon Graville, Lin Lawrence, and Carl Halladay.
Suzanne Butler
For the tenth year in a row, the annual Fall Home and Garden Tour was sold out! Thank you, PebbleCreek, for your support of the city of Goodyear’s Shop with a Cop program!
This year, more than $12,000 has been raised to date through ticket sales and donations. The Home Tour Committee and city of Goodyear Police Department thank all of you that attended the tour and so generously gave donations.
The Shop with a Cop event took place on Saturday, Dec. 7, at approximately 8:30 a.m. at the Walmart Super Store on Estrella Parkway.
Teachers, police officers, and crisis center staff choose Goodyear children-in-need to participate in the program. A police officer escorts each child through the store to select items they would like to buy. These children have little to nothing, but often choose to spend their money on other family members. It is a heart-warming experience to see the excitement and joy in their faces.
Goodyear Deputy Chief of Police Santiago “Jimmy” Rodriguez met with all homeowners and volunteers prior to the tour and expressed his appreciation for all that our community does to make Shop with a Cop an annual event.
This event would not be possible without the PebbleCreek homeowners that graciously opened their homes to be on the tour. The committee would like to personally thank each of them! Your kindness in giving people in our community the opportunity to tour your homes and your time to prepare your homes is deeply appreciated.
The homeowners who opened their homes for the tour this year were Cheryl and Pat Murphy, Linda Jo and William Orinski, Carl Halladay, Jeanie and Dave Cowan, Lin and Mike Lawrence, and Sharon and Dan Graville.
Many thanks to the host and hostesses who volunteered their time to ensure the success of this year’s tour. We could not have done it without your help!
A special thanks to the activities office and Tuscany Falls front desk for ticket sales assistance. Thanks also to Brian Day of BDM Printing for printing the program tickets and to Mary Couzens for generously donating the printing cost. This support makes it possible for all money raised to go directly to Shop with a Cop.
Thank you also to Melissa Gonzales, Food and Beverage director, for the soft drink coupon in each program ticket.
Plans are underway for the 24th annual Fall Home and Garden Tour scheduled for this Nov. 5! Please consider offering your home to be featured on the tour next year. Contact Barbara Hockert at [email protected] or 303-550-9790 for information.
If you were unable to attend this year’s Fall Home and Garden Tour but would like to support the Shop with a Cop program, you may still make a donation by sending your check payable to “City of Goodyear,” (with “Shop with a Cop” noted in the memo section) to Charlotte Krause at 15930 W. Edgemont Avenue, Goodyear, AZ 85395.
Committee members are Wally Campbell, chairman; Barbara Hockert, homes and homeowners; Charlotte Krause, hosts and hostesses/ticket sales; and Suzanne Butler, publicity and program.