Local teens and law enforcement get needed supplies for local schools 

Part of nan group from nan Teen Career Camp astatine Walmart. | Andrea Olson, EastIdahoNews.com

AMMON — A group of teens on pinch section rule enforcement purchased supplies to springiness backmost to schools arsenic portion of a organization work project. 

The kids are portion of nan Teen Career Camp put connected by nan Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office. The summertime campy is for ninth- done 12th-graders who whitethorn beryllium willing successful a rule enforcement career. 

The kids person spent this week — Monday done Thursday — learning really to scuba dive, learning firearm safety, and emergency response, among different aspects of nan job.  

To wrap up nan camp, nan teens sewage to do a work task successful Ammon Thursday. 

“We’re going to Walmart and getting schoolhouse supplies for different schools that are successful request that can’t really get arsenic much,” said Ryan Siders, a 15-year-old progressive successful nan teen camp. 

The group of 21 kids divided up pinch deputies and had a checklist of supplies to find. They put markers, folders, glue sticks, notebooks and different items into carts. 

After checking retired of Walmart and loading bags onto a bus, nan kids pinch deputies took everything and dropped it disconnected astatine a storage for Bonneville Joint School District 93.

Andrea Olson, EastIdahoNews.com

Sgt. Bryan Lovell said it’s a measurement to springiness back.

“Our Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 8 — that’s wrong nan sheriff’s agency — they do fundraising passim nan year. They are a immense support successful nan Teen Career Camp and helping america get materials for nan kids that are participating,” Lovell said. “They besides supply nan costs for america to get these schoolhouse supplies present astatine Walmart.”

Lovell said they had astir $2,500 they were capable to walk connected schoolhouse supplies. He added nan fundraising that nan FOP does comes from businesses successful nan area.

“We’re really grateful that our organization has fixed america nan expertise to do this,” Lovell said. “Then having our lodge members and our deputies return these kids and show them nan positivity, nan bully emotion that they tin get by doing charitable things. We consciousness for illustration those are lessons that tin beryllium taken pinch them passim their full life.”

Some of nan schoolhouse supplies from Walmart successful Ammon. | Andrea Olson, EastIdahoNews.com

It’s nan 2nd clip that Ryan has participated successful nan teen campy and he knows it’s important to thief others.

“Other kids who travel to schoolhouse who don’t person these supplies, they whitethorn really request it,” he said. 

Ryan loved being a portion of nan campy and has considered a profession successful rule enforcement. 

“I would beryllium nan first bull successful my family if I became a cop. Also, I for illustration helping different group out,” he told EastIdahoNews.com. 

Sixteen-year-old Serenity Mannie echoed Ryan and said she liked nan work task and spending clip pinch everyone. 

“I consciousness for illustration we’re helping retired a batch of people, and that’s a bully point that we’re doing,” she said. 

Serenity traveled from Jerome to beryllium a portion of nan camp. She has precocious hopes for her early and is willing successful nan criminal justness portion of it, past wants to beforehand to nan SWAT team.

This is nan 3rd twelvemonth nan Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office has put connected nan free Teen Career Camp, and it’s grown successful popularity. There are 2 weeks of campy each year. Next week, location will beryllium a campy pinch astir 16 kids. If you are willing successful learning much astir it, telephone nan sheriff’s agency astatine (208) 529-1200.

Andrea Olson, EastIdahoNews.com