St. Cloud COP House

***Winter Coat Giveaway***🧥🧥🧥

St.Cloud Subaru And Used Car Outlet is donating kids winter coats to be given out at the St. Cloud Police Department on Monday, January 15th, 2024, 1pm-4pm (or until supplies run out). Stop by or register at the link below for a guaranteed spot!

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St. Cloud Area School District 742
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota

What better way to spend a fall Friday evening than at a pumpkin patch! Our PAL (Police Activities League) program transported kids from the Southside neighborhood to Stoney Brook Farms Inc. for a pumpkin filled evening! They had an amazing time getting buried in the corn pit, getting lost in the corn maze, riding the tractor wagon through the pumpkin field, and trying out all the different activities the pumpkin patch offered. We thank the folks at Stoney Brook Farms Inc. for the warm welcome and wonderful memories! 🥰

Thank you Rotary Club of St. Cloud for giving up your afternoon to do a fall cleaning of the COP House! It looks really great in here!! We very much appreciate it 😊😊

For those who were unable to catch the Minnesota Bound episode live, here it is!

We are so grateful to the St. Cloud Fire Department and members of the St. Cloud Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 464 for all their donated time, expertise, and equipment which made this happen. We are excited to continue to work with you and look forward to a day of ice fishing this winter!

Cops and Kids Go Fishing! Kids get a chance to fish with their community leaders.FOLLOW US!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mnboundtv/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/ Fac...

The Police Activities League (PAL) brought about 25 kids to AirMaxx Trampoline Park for an afternoon of jumping, backflips, dodge ball, splits, and loads of fun! We thank Jason and the staff at AirMaxx Trampoline Park for making this a great experience for the kids!😊

Over the last three years, Women of Worth (WOW) has been mentoring and leading our young women while building lifelong values to include wilderness skills, teamwork, and leadership. Through partnerships with our COP House Fishing Crew and Les Voyageurs Inc., our young women have learned skills, and had the opportunity to pitch a tent, canoe, fish, hike, and learn basic wilderness survival all while having fun. All these skills have challenged but also built self-confidence in these wonderful young women.

From adventurous day-trips to State Parks, to our trip to Snowbank Lodge in the Boundary Water Canoe Area (BWCA) this past August, our girls have traveled to different parts of Minnesota doing different outdoor activities! Thank you Snowbank Lodge and Outfitters for hosting us!

Many thanks to Zach Fritz of Les Voyageurs Inc. for all your help as well! We also want to thank every past presenter, mentor and volunteer that has contributed to our program and these amazing young “Women of Worth” ladies these last three years.

After months of fishing and wilderness training, the Fishing Crew put their skills to the test in the Boundary Waters. They spend four days surviving in the wilderness and put their fishing skills to the test. This year they found the walleyes and caught enough for two meals. The Crew persevered through the challenge and came back feeling confident in their wilderness survival skills. It was a fun trip and a great way to close out the summer season.

In other news, check out the next episode of Minnesota Bound airing this Sunday evening! They will be featuring the COP House Fishing Crew and our fishing event on Lake Peppin.

🎒 COP House Back to School Backpack Giveaway Recap 🎒

Close to 400 backpacks were given out, with over 250 of them containing school supplies!! This would not have been possible without the generous donations of Rotary Club of St. Cloud, Batteries Plus Bulbs, Scheels, & all the kind citizens who donated school supplies! We would also like to thank CentraCare, St. Cloud Area School District 742, and Stearns County Public Health for their partnership in this event!

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Back to School haircuts was a huge success! We were able to get haircuts/braids for about 40kids! We would like to give a huge thank you to Chris Bryant Underwood Sr., Adjosika - Personal Page with Blossomtology, and Tete with Tetefyed Tetefyed. We would also like to thank the community members who stepped up and helped braid. Look at those beautiful hairstyles and cute smiles all ready for first day of school!

****BACKPACKS & SUPPLIES ARE ALL OUT*****

📚🎒✏️Back to School Backpack Giveaway📚🎒✏️

We are excited to announce that we will be giving out backpacks with supplies again this year!! Stop by the COP House on Tuesday, August 29th, 3pm-5pm (or until we run out). Supplies go quick so come early! Child must be present to receive a backpack!

📚🎒✏️Back to School Backpack Giveaway📚🎒✏️

We are excited to announce that we will be giving out backpacks with supplies again this year!! Stop by the COP House on Tuesday, August 29th, 3pm-5pm (or until we run out). Supplies go quick so come early! Child must be present to receive a backpack!

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With school quickly approaching, we are excited to announce that we will be offering free haircuts/haircare for kids at the St. Cloud COP House! Spots are limited, so come early. See flyer below for details.

We'll also be announcing our Back to School Backpack giveaway soon, so stay tuned!!

Fishing Crew and Women of Worth (WOW) are ready and excited for their upcoming trip to Ely, MN next week. The Fishing Crew will be doing a 3-day trip into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA). Women of Worth will be staying at Snowbank Lodge and Outfitters and the girls will have the opportunity to tent outdoors. We are hugely grateful to Zach Fritz and the rest of Les Voyageurs Inc. for all their help in training the kids and staff! We feel much more confident and prepared!!

Join us for Monday Night Lights and the grand opening of the newly installed basketball court lights at Haws Park! The first and ONLY lit basketball court in St. Cloud! All brought to you by the generous donations of St.Cloud Subaru And Used Car Outlet and Design Electric Inc.

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Our Hometown Hero: Sergeant Priebe everyone! Click on the link below to watch video!

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What a great turnout for National Night Out last night!! We would like to thank KNSI Radio, 1427, Target Store St-Cloud, St. Cloud Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 464, and our newest COP House partner, St. Cloud Area School District 742, for their partnership in making this a great event!

COP House Fishing Crew in action! Thanks to Scheels and American Heroes Outdoors for documenting the fishing outing. The kids had a blast! Click link below to watch video!

ST. CLOUD COP HOUSE FISING CREW 🎣 BOYS & GIRLS CLUB DAY Join us as we highlight the St. Cloud police departments' "Cop House Fishing Crew" and their day out on Lake George with kiddos from the local Boys & Girls c...

Stop by next Tuesday at our National Night Out party!! We'll have food, games, ice cream, & giveaways! Hope to see you there!

Our Women's Self Defense course is back again this upcoming fall at St. Cloud State University! Share this with family and friends before the class fills up!

2023 Boys SCYLA is underway at Camp Ripley! We are very excited to see these boys push themselves and gain valuable skills. Follow SCYLA's page for updates on how the academy is going!

📓📚✎ Back to School Supply Drive✎📚📓

We are collecting school supplies for our Back to School Backpack Giveaway! Donated items can be dropped off at the COP House Monday-Friday, 11am-6pm. Backpack Giveaway will occur late August (date to be announced soon). For any questions, email [email protected]. Please share this post with your contacts!!

In partnership with Minnesota Conservation Officers Association, COP House Fishing Crew & staff took about 40 kids from the Southside Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota and drove them to Lake George for an afternoon of fishing! The Conservation officers brought their boats so the kids could experience fishing on the lake. Most of these kids have never been on a boat or gone fishing before, so this was quite the experience for them! We thank the Minnesota Conservation Officers Association and St. Cloud MN Park and Recreation for their patience with the chaos and helping create these wonderful memories! We also thank the Conservation officers for donating fishing equipment to the COP House for future use.

In other exciting news, a "news" version of Minnesota Bound's story on the Fishing Crew will be airing on KARE-11 tomorrow (Saturday) at 9:30am!! The release date for the long version will be announced soon!

The St. Cloud Morning Optimist Club has donated $15,000 to the St. Cloud COP House, which will be used to support youth programming. We are grateful for their support of our work, as well as their support of so many other needs in our community. Thank you!

COP House Soccer Camp Sets New Record (KNSI) - The St. Cloud Community Outpost soccer program set a new record for attendance in its third year. &nb...

Our School Resource Officers (SRO) have been busy this week at the St. Cloud Youth Leadership Academy (SCYLA). They taught the girls a lot about leadership, resilience, and hard work. The girls pushed and challenged themselves while also having a little fun ;) In addition, we had the COP House Fishing Crew join them for an afternoon of fishing! Follow SCYLA's page below to learn more about the academy! Boys' SCYLA is scheduled to occur next month.

Our Reserve program is currently recruiting for reserve officers. Spread the word if you know someone who might be interested!

171 kids! A new record for the 4-day COP House Soccer camp!! New friendships were made, new soccer skills were learned and the kids gave the staff a run for their money this year, but we matched their energy and put on the best camp EVER!! Thanks to professional soccer player Tony Sanneh for speaking and providing staff from the The Sanneh Foundation and to the St. Cloud State University Men's Soccer team for their help in running the skills portion of the camp this year! We also thank our sponsors, Scheels, Bernick's, General Mills, Costco and Chick-fil-A Crossroads Center.

The season has officially started for the 2023 COP House Fishing Crew! The COP House Fishing Crew is a summer-long program for high school-aged young men that ends with a trip into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. We kicked off the season by going to Lake Pepin where members of the St. Cloud Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 464 volunteered their time and expertise to get a ton of walleyes in the boat. We kept plenty of fish and we will be having a big fish fry!

In other news, we are excited to announce Minnesota Bound will be doing a story on the COP House Fishing Crew! They accompanied us to Lake Pepin to get footage for the story and we will let you know when it will air.

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We would like to thank Coborn's for donating 100 boxes of ice cream to the COP House! We appreciate this amazing donation as we have over 100 kids a day coming through the COP House for ice cream and snacks in the summer!! This is the second year Coborn's has filled our freezer with delicious ice cream! With our soccer camp coming up next week, this donation has come at the perfect time!! 🍨🍨

We hope to see you there!

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Soccer Camp is sold out!! However, due to high demand, we have added a few extra spots! Sign up quick before it fills up!!!

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St. Cloud Subaru Share The Love Donates Record Amount To COP House (KNSI) - The St. Cloud Community Outpost got a $71,200 donation thanks to a local car dealership's customers d...

⚽⚽ FREE COP HOUSE SOCCER CAMP ⚽⚽

We are happy to announce the dates for our 3rd annual FREE Soccer Camp!! The camp will occur June 5th – 8th at Haws Park in St. Cloud, MN. It’s open to ages 6-13. No experience necessary! Spots are limited, so sign up quick at the link below! We thank The Sanneh Foundation and St. Cloud State University Men's Soccer for their partnership in making this camp happen!

Hope to see you all there!

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As spring semester comes to an end, we bid farewell to COP House Book Club. Thank you Officer Danielle Smith for closing out this season! We loved having you as our reader for this week!! The kids also had a great time braiding your hair!

Thank you to all the Officers, Sergeants and Lieutenants who joined us this season. We hope to see you again (along with new faces) in the fall! In addition, we would like to thank Reserve Officer Marion Larson for helping out with Book Club this whole month! She has been a great help in managing the chaos and excitement that Book Club sometimes generated!

We will now be shifting focus to our summer programs, starting with our free soccer camp occurring in the first week of June. Stay tuned for more details! ⚽⚽

Now that we are out of the chaos of the petting zoo, we would like to share photos from our last two book club sessions. We would like to thank Officer Debora Ocloo and Officer Lauren Weisser for being our readers! They are both members of the Community Response Team (CRT) assigned to the COP House and help with all our programs/events. We appreciate them spending the afternoon reading books with us! We would also like to thank the Southside Boys and Girls Club for letting us host Book Club in their space while we brave this crappy weather. We look forward to seeing who our reader will be for our final book club session of the season next week!