URI Police collect holiday donations
Photo: Deputy Chief Paul Ricci lends a hand as Britany Valliere of North Kingstown and her daughters Averi, 1, and Aria, 3, make a donation. ‘A humbling experience’: URI Police collect thousands of holiday donations for Stuff-A-Cruiser The URI Police Department and other members of the University community recently teamed up to collect over 2,500 donations of toys, clothing, and gift cards to grocery stores as part of the annual Stuff-A-Cruiser Holiday Toy Drive. Stationed outside the Walmart Superstore in North Kingstown last weekend, the group had two busy days of gift gathering. Shawn Miner, URI’s coordinator of community outreach and Education for the Department of Safety, coordinated the event. “We had five or six officers at the event,” said Miner. “We also had a large representation from the Department of Public Safety as a whole. We had someone from the finance department who donated their time, and someone from emergency management. Other public safe...