{"id":352484,"date":"2026-07-25T23:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T23:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/352484\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T23:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T23:04:07","slug":"broward-officers-pair-with-local-teens-for-annual-back-to-school-event-at-coral-ridge-mall-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/352484\/","title":{"rendered":"Broward officers pair with local teens for annual back-to-school event at Coral Ridge Mall &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; It\u2019s almost time to go back to school, and some South Florida teens got to shop with a cop to gear up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 200 teens were paired with uniformed officers from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department and Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office for the annual back-to-school event on Saturday morning at the Coral Ridge Mall T.J. Maxx.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each teen received a $100 gift card and a backpack filled with school supplies to ensure they\u2019re ready to learn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event was also an opportunity for younger people and officers to build stronger relationships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey can see there\u2019s a community that stands with them, there\u2019s a community that supports their educational endeavors and that they actually belong to a community of hope and sustainability that will be there for them in their times of need,\u201d said CEO of Handy, Kirk Brown. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 1985, \u201cHandy\u201d said it\u2019s helped more than 50,000 at-risk youth and their families achieve self-sufficiency through programs focused on developing youth, mental health, and housing assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; It\u2019s almost time to go back to school, and some South Florida teens&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-352484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}