PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Christmas came early for hundreds of Philadelphia children on Friday.
Members of the Philadelphia Police Department took dozens of children on a shopping spree at the Walmart on Christopher Columbus Boulevard.
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Each child got a gift card with $150 to buy presents for themselves and their family members.
It is the third year the department has hosted "Shop with a Cop." Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford said the event brings officers just as much happiness as it does children.
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"It makes us smile, seeing so many different things through the course of a year, " said Stanford. "This is what it's all about, seeing the happiness, seeing the joy on the face of so many children and parents and officers."
Three hundred and thirty-seven children from underserved communities participated in this year's "Shop with a Cop" event.