SWAT fundraiser donates to Sally's House

The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team raised over $6000 during this year’s fundraiser for Sally’s House, according to a news release.

This is the fourth year the SWAT Team has raised funds to help Sally’s House, emergency receiving facility for children 2-12 years of age who have been removed from their home due to abuse, neglect, abandonment or criminal activity.

This year funds were raised by putting together the official 2019 SWAT Team calendar.

When you hear about a SWAT team, it brings to mind intense situations where well-trained Deputies arrive with specialized equipment as they work toward resolving an extremely dangerous, possibly life-threatening situation or serve a high-risk warrant and apprehend an armed, violent offender but not today.

On May 2, the team spent some time with the children at Sally’s House and the staff of the Salvation Army. They also presented a check for $6,160, a donation they raised as a team, to help Sally’s House provide the wonderful and much-needed assistance and stability to children in our community.

The team decided four years ago; they wanted to work together to give back to our community.

The first year, they raised funds internally and choose to donate the $1,000 to Sally’s House, a place for children in need, a place for them to be safe. After meeting the children and seeing the smiles on their faces as they looked at the equipment and asked questions, they wanted to do more in true SWAT Team fashion.