Sterling Heights police deliver Christmas cheer to family in need Boys receive gifts from officers
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – Sterling Heights police provided an early Christmas to a family in need of some help and holiday cheer this year.
Hospital bills have added up for the family police chose to help.
Bentley Flynn, 9, was born with half a heart. He’s scheduled to have heart surgery the day after Christmas.
So, the police department teamed up with local businesses to provide Bentley and his 6-year-old brother, Parker Gordon, with gifts.
The department also provided gifts, restaurant gift cards and groceries to 20 other local families.
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