A national outpouring of grief followed the mid-December murders of two young Queensland Police officers in Wieambilla, including in the Whitsundays where a group of Bowen kids took the opportunity to thank their local officers.
Children from ‘Kidz at the Beach’ day care centre visited their local officers at the Bowen Police Station last Friday, offering them their gratitude as well as some delicious home baked cookies.
Chaperoned by Owner and Director of Kidz at the Beach, Anna Woodhouse, and Police Sergeant Michelle O’Regan, the kids were treated to a tour of the station as thanks for their gifts.
Those gifts included the aforementioned cookies – baked at Kidz at the Beach’s premises by the children themselves – as well as the children’s own drawings of police officers with ‘Thank You’ written on each.
Police Sergeant O’Regan said Kidz at the Beach had contacted her sending their well wishes to all Bowen officers which soon expanded to the pictures.
“They hopped on the bus, we took them to the police station, and they delivered their drawings which are just fantastic,” Sergeant O’Regan said.
“The guys were busy at the station, but they took the time out of their day to show the kids around because it really filled our buckets. It’s wonderful to see the genuine appreciation from the little people – it enlightens your soul in relation to what we do in community.
“Community is right behind police at the minute, and it’s just wonderful to have that.”
Bowen’s police officers were lucky enough to have a show of appreciation from some of the town’s ‘little people’ this week during what is a tough time for all law enforcement personnel
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