WWW.QNS.COM RIDGEWOOD TIMES AUGUST 10, 2017 15
BACK TO SCHOOL
Cops give away backpacks of school
supplies in honor of slain detective
BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@A_GIUDICEREPORT
The NYPD joined forces with The
Legacy Center in Ridgewood
and the Detective Rafael Ramos
Foundation last weekend to provide
school-aged children with free backpacks
fi lled to the brim with school
supplies.
More than 1,500 backpacks were
handed out to children on Saturday,
Aug. 5, during the giveaway at a block
party event at Wyckoff Avenue and
Centre Street, where the community
got the chance to meet and hangout
with NYPD offi cers.
Ramos was a volunteer with The
Legacy Center, always looking for
ways to give back to the community
he was sworn to protect. He was also a
member of Christ Tabernacle Church
in Glendale.
On Dec. 20, 2014, Ramos and his
partner Detective Wenjian Liu were
shot to death while sitting inside
their patrol car in Brooklyn, a dual
assassination that shocked the entire
city and country. More than 20,000
law enforcement offi cers and others
gathered outside Christ Tabernacle
Church a week later for Ramos’
funeral.
“We give back because that is the
person Rafael was, always helping
others so naturally we wanted to join
The Legacy Center in their eff orts,” a
representative from the Detective
Rafael Ramos Foundation said.
The Detective Rafael Ramos Foundation
will again partner with The
Legacy Center for another backpack
giveaway on Tuesday, Sept. 12, and
are still looking for donations. If you
would like to donate to the next drive,
visit detectiverafaelramos.org.
Photos via Twitter/@NYPDQueensNorth
The community came out to Ridgewood to get free backpacks fi lled with school supplies.
