Monte Baker hands community service officer Jeremy Mitchell gets a wrap from Sparky’s Brewing Company Tuesday. (Diane Beals/Salem Reporter)
Salem police officers were greeted with a free meal when they drove up to Sparky’s Brewing Company Tuesday afternoon.
Throughout the day, officers would pull up to the south Salem brewery and get handed a sack lunch filled with a bacon avocado wrap and chips.
Deputy Police Chief Steve Bellshaw said there have been a number of business that have wanted to donate food to officers now that restaurants are closed. The Salem Police Foundation is facilitating the donations.
Claudia Vorse with the Salem Police Foundation said Adam’s Rib Smoke House and Rudy’s Steakhouse have also offered to donate meals to police officers.
Senior officer Matt Merritt gets a sack lunch from Allyson Dart at Sparky’s Brewing Company in south Salem. (Diane Beals/Salem Reporter)
Sparky’s Brewing Company gave Salem police officers a free sack lunch Tuesday. (Diane Beals/Salem Reporter)
Sparky’s Brewing Company employees prepared wraps for Salem police officers Tuesday. (Diane Beals/Salem Reporter)
William Salinas sits on a picnic table in front of other stacked picnic tables at Wallace Marine Park on Monday, April 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Cruz Moreno, of Keizer, practices social distancing while fishing for rainbow trout at Cascades Gateway Park on Monday, April 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Chris Brauhn and Kacie Gordon, of Salem, take a break from quarantining to fish for rainbow trout at Cascades Gateway Park on Monday, April 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Janita Janes, of Salem, mulches a pathway at the Salem Community Sun Gardens on Monday, April 6. “The plots are big enough that it’s easy to stay apart,” Janes said. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
A sign in the front window of La Margarita Express on Monday, April 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
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