Locust Police Department issued the following announcement on Mar. 15.
At last night’s City Council meeting, a new yearly recognition created by the Locust Police Department was awarded to a very special and deserving young Locust citizen.
The Locust Police Department is so blessed by the amount of support and appreciation we receive from the Locust community, and the decision was made to create an annual award that recognizes an individual within the city that performs exemplary deeds or services for the city or their fellow citizens and exhibits a strong sense of selflessness, caring, and responsibility, while encompassing the values of compassion and strong morals represented in the City of Locust slogan “A City With A Soul”.
The inaugural 2021 Locust Police Department Citizen Of The Year was awarded to Locust citizen and 1st grader Autumn Huneycutt. Ms. Huneycutt last November held a porch yard sale at her house in Locust to sell her toys for the specific purpose of raising money to donate to the Locust Police Department Shop With A Cop program. At the end of the sale, Autumn presented a check for $79.00 to be utilized by the program to help children in need have a great Christmas. Additionally, Autumn’s toys that remained she donated to West Stanly Christian Ministries which would further use them to provide to those in need in our area.
Ms. Huneycutt’s actions truly personified what “A City With A Soul” means and her good deed was an extraordinary display of selflessness, caring, and responsibility for her fellow citizens and students.
The Locust Police Department congratulates Ms. Autumn Huneycutt on this very deserved recognition and for representing the very best of the City of Locust!
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Source: Locust Police Department
