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Volume 6
Issue 41
Dec. 23 - 29, 2009



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Richmond Police Activities League treats 200 kids to pancake breakfast, shopping spree

From the Globe News Desk

On Saturday, the Richmond Police Activities League hosted a pancake breakfast and shopping spree for 200 local youth. Each child teamed up with a police officer and spent $100 on presents for themselves, their friends and their families.

Richmond Police Activities League

Photo by Z'ma Wyatt

Jermaine Thaxton, 10, Laique Perkins, 8, Demarea Davis, 12, Raymond Logan, 10,
and Naydine Monroe, 9, at the RPAL pancake breakfast.

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