Forrest County Sheriff Charlie Sims and deputies from the sheriff’s office held the 2nd Annual Shop With The Sheriff on Dec. 15 and 19 at Walmart on Highway 49 in Hattiesburg.
Shop With The Sheriff is a community partnership with The Pinebelt Foundation to help eligible children in need during the Christmas holiday season. This year the FCSO was able to help over fifty children.
The Pinebelt Foundation receives donations for the event and issues gift cards to the deputies to purchase needed items and toys for the children.
Anyone interested in donating to this fund may contact Cher Socha at 601-545-7800 or the Pinebelt Foundation. Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent of current IRS regulations. Donations can be made online or in the form of cash, check or stocks.
Checks should be made payable to: Pinebelt Foundation with Forrest County Sheriff’s Office Benevolence Fund in the memo line.
Online donations through PayPal can be made at www.pinebeltfoundation.org At the end of the transaction, the screen will ask which fund the donor would like to designate and they can put Forrest County Sheriff’s Office Benevolence Fund.
