Local boy (Council Bluffs, IA) turns $500 prize into Christmas for other kids

DEREK SULLIVAN/WORLD-HERALD NEWS SERVICE

JJ Johanns, 11, donated the $500 he won as part of an essay contest at Wilson Middle School to the Shop with a Cop program on Sunday at Walmart at Manawa Center in Council Bluffs.

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POSTED: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2015 11:29 AM | UPDATED: 2:46 PM, TUE DEC 15, 2015.
By Derek Sullivan / World-Herald News Service

COUNCIL BLUFFS – For some kids, $500 buys a lot of toys and video games.

For JJ Johanns, an 11-year-old sixth-grader at Wilson Middle School, $500 bought Christmas for other children.

JJ, who recently won the money in a national essay contest sponsored by Canadian National Railroad, donated all of his winnings to the Council Bluffs Police Department’s Shop with a Cop event.

“I heard about it, and I know some kids in my school participate in it, so I wanted to help people who don’t have a lot of things,” JJ said.

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DEREK SULLIVAN/WORLD-HERALD NEWS SERVICE

Jordan (last name withheld), 11, prepares to go shopping with Council Bluffs Police Officer Paul Galus on Sunday morning at the Walmart at Manawa Centre. Jordan and more than 100 other children participated in Shop with a Cop.