Westside Shop with a Hero

04/23/2026

Our annual Golf Tournament has been scheduled!! Please email Lt. Kinsley to sign up! We are also taking Hole sponsors at $100 a piece your name will be posted at one of the 18 holes notating your sponsorship. We are also looking for donations for the silent auction! Gonna be a great day, hope to see you there!

12/23/2025

Just in time for Christmas we were able to connect a local business needing to sponsor a family with a family that reached out to our organization just after the deadline. We were able to take them shopping today for a holiday meal and some gifts and needs just in time for the holiday!

12/08/2025

🎄🚓🚑🚒My favorite day of the year has once again come and gone...

On behalf of everyone involved in this year's Shop with a Hero event, we want to extend our deepest gratitude to all the incredible community members, businesses, and volunteers on the Westside of the Lake who made Saturday possible. Your generosity, countless hours of hard work, and genuine commitment to helping local families reflect the very best of what our community stands for!

Because of your support-whether through fundraising, donating, organizing, or simply showing up- we were able to create an unforgettable experience for the 99 kids we served this weekend. Your kindness doesn't just provide gifts; it creates memories, builds trust, and shows our youth that they are surrounded by people who care.

Thank you for making a difference this holiday season, for believing in this mission, and helping us bring joy to families who need it most. We are truly grateful for each and every one of you. 🎄🚒🚓🚑

-Lieutenant Schultz

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12/08/2025

12/08/2025

This year volunteers from the Sunrise Beach Police Department, Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District, Laurie Mo Police Department, Gravois Fire Protection District, Linn Creek Police Department, Lake West Ambulance, Osage Beach Police Department, Osage Beach Fire Protection District, and Missouri State Highway Patrol came together to spread Christmas Cheer to children across the Westside of the Lake.

Thank you to all the volunteers, from the first responders to Studio T Images, The Grinch, Santa, and his elf. And a huge thank you to the employees of Target in Osage Beach who worked behind the scenes to make this year a huge success. We couldn't have done it with out all of you!

11/01/2025

🎶 🧑‍🎄“Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas”🎅 🎶

As we wrapped up our fall fundraisers for the year, and are getting into our festivities for Shop with a Hero, we’d like to give a huge shout out to all our donors from the “best side of the lake.”

This year we have raised just over $10,000 dollars for the Westside Shop with a Hero! That’s 100 kids that will have a fantastic holiday because of all of you!

We truly have the best community and we thank you all so so much! We couldn’t do any of this without all of you!

10/31/2025

Huge Thank you to everyone who came out to support us tonight Westside Pub and a huge shout out to Travis and his staff for hosting us again! We raised thousands of dollars for this years kiddos and Westside Shop with a Hero!

12/15/2024

Shop with a Hero 2024

12/15/2024

🎄🎅My favorite day of the year has once again come and gone! “Shop with a hero” 🎅🎄

From myself and the first responders I would like to extend a thanks to the patience and understanding we received from the families we spent the day with, there’s always bumps and kinks we have to work out day of and you all were amazing today!

This is always my favorite day of the year. Normally when interacting with the general public they are having an emergency and for some people the only interaction they’ve had with us is on their worst days. But every year when we get together with the members of our community and get to have fun and spend time with their children and help them pick out Christmas gifts I see the delight on not only the children’s faces but the faces of the officers and firefighters as well which makes all the hard work worth it! So on behalf of all of the first responders thank you for participating today and having a blast with us!

Merry Christmas,
LT. Schultz