ECPAAA Donates and Prepares Meal for Euclid Police

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This is my first year for all the ECPAAA events, but our organization has done the holiday meal for many years. Traditionally it was done at Christmas, but with the influx of food given as gifts during the Christmas season, the meal was moved to the 4th of July.

This year we held our annual holiday meal on Thursday, the 2nd of July and Saturday, the 4th of July. The meals are spread out over two non-consecutive days to allow as many officers as possible to partake.

Dedicated, caffeinated volunteers arrived at the police department at 5 am. The breakfast shift ran from 6 am until 9:30 am and lunch and dinner from 2 pm until 5:30 pm. All meal supplies and decorations for the roll call room are donated by the ECPAAA or members of the group independently.

A handful of people fried bacon and sausage, made pancakes and waffles, fresh fruit salad and hot egg strata were a few of the choices available for breakfast. Lunch included pulled pork, mashed potato salad, deli sliders, macaroni salad, crudité, and fresh caught and fried on the spot Lake Erie Walleye. There were also various desserts.

We fed all the members of the Euclid Police Department and the corrections officers from the jail. Everyone was sure to show their gratitude and appreciation. It's funny, when you cook bacon, people are just nicer.

The ECPAAA set up, ran, and cleaned up this entire event. Terri Zakraysek, Jean Schoeniger, Jen Wolford, Guy Wolford, Denny Brown, Peggy Owens, Jason Owens, Colleen Kendel, Melissa Horvath, Krystal Kaminski, Bob Ayers, Carl Lake, Bonnie Gallon, Ryan Cederlund, Marlene Cederlund cooked or brought in dishes to share. Captain Denny Brown's walleye was definitely a favorite.

The Euclid Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association is a group of Citizen Police Academy graduates who give their time and resources to helping out the Euclid police department. You can find out more about our organization at http://www.euclidcpaaa.com.