Holiday Heroes

Holiday Hero group photo 2023
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The History of "Shop with a Cop," 1999 - 2019:


Beginning in 1999, The Tomball Police Department has partnered with Tomball Wal-Mart and Tomball ISD to take 20 to 25 economically disadvantaged children for a day of Christmas fun with a police officer. Since it's conception, this program served approximately 360 children with almost $70,000 in family gifts. It created new friendships and positively impacted those in our community who would typically only see a uniformed officer during a less cheerful event. These children filled their baskets with slow-cookers for their moms, toys for their siblings, and electronics for their dads. The "participants" in Tomball Police Department's Shop With a Cop program often think of themselves last. Many children live with someone other than their parents, are otherwise separated from their family members, and have several siblings living at home with them. 

Holiday Heroes (formerly "Shop with a Cop")

In 2020, The Tomball Fire Department and Tomball Police Department combined their two respective charitable Christmas programs to form a single City-Wide event with participation from all of Tomball's First Responders called Holiday Heroes. Members of the Tomball Police Department, Fire Department, Public Works, and City Hall joined together with the many community businesses and families that sponsored Holiday Heroes and took an unprecedented 43 children shopping at Tomball Wal-Mart.  

The program grew even larger in 2021 when members of Northwest Community Health, Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, and Harris County Sheriff's Office joined in to be the Holiday Heroes for 72 Tomball area children, each given a $300 limit at Tomball Wal-Mart. In addition to the 72 children that went shopping with Heroes at the event, additional sponsors stepped up to adopt four families for the holidays, which brought a new element to the Holiday Heroes event, more in line with Tomball Fire Department's Holiday Family Adoption in years' past.

Each year, Tomball ISD counselors and staff nominate children from their schools for this program and submit them to the School Resource Officer(s) for consideration for the program. Holiday Heroes is 100% funded by donations from Community sponsors and hosted by Explorer Post 5451.

Any level of support comes with our deepest gratitude, and the heartfelt thanks of 200+ child participants (and their families!), as well as the many community members touched by this event yearly since it began in 2000. 

For more information, please contact Angela Fagg at (281) 290-1303 or afagg@tomballtx.gov

Please make checks payable to:  “EXPLORER POST 5451 BOOSTER CLUB” with “Holiday Heroes” on the memo line.

c/o Angela Fagg

Tomball Police Department

400 Fannin St.

Tomball, TX  77375

Holiday Heroes cannot happen without the generosity of numerous volunteers', organizations, donors, and fundraisers. If you would like to sign up to volunteer, please fill out the form below. CLICK HERE

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Credit Card donations may be made online:

Paypal: https://paypal.me/ep5451 

Holiday Heros QR code. Hyperlink to Holiday Heros donation page.