{"id":60119,"date":"2025-12-18T20:45:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T01:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=60119"},"modified":"2025-12-18T20:45:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T01:45:36","slug":"thank-you-to-walmart-and-target-for-supporting-our-cops-for-kids-shopping-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/12\/18\/thank-you-to-walmart-and-target-for-supporting-our-cops-for-kids-shopping-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you to Walmart and Target for supporting our Cops for Kids Shopping Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our LakelandPD team had a great time teaming up with the Northside Lakeland Walmart and Target crews to pick out items for our annual toy donation drive. 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