‘Stuff the Duck’ returns to help students with school supplies

Not to be confused with “Howard the Duck” or Foie Gras.

If you’ve never before seen an amphibious armored personnel carrier up close and personal, then Saturday will be your lucky day.

That’s when the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office will have its highly specialized crime-fighting tool, affectionately dubbed “The Duck,” in the parking lot of the Inverness Walmart Supercenter on East Gulf to Lake Highway.

On Aug. 4, from 8 a.m. to noon, the agency will team up with Walmart and the Citrus County School District to “Stuff the Duck” with much-needed school supplies for the county’s children as they head back to classes on Wednesday, Aug. 8th, 2012.

Please help by making sure every schoolchild, regardless of family finances, has the tools he or she needs to be successful in the classroom. Brand-new items, such as pens, notebooks, erasers, glue sticks, highlighters, pencils, crayons, loose-leaf paper, book bags, memo pads, index cards, binders and more, are much appreciated.

School Resource Officers (SROs) Joe Faherty, Tim Langer and Todd Farnham will be on hand to collect donations and showcase the program’s brightly detailed Camaro and Dodge Magnum FOCUS (Filtering Out Crime United with Students) cars for all to see.

Every little bit helps, so please stop by on Saturday and help “Stuff the Duck!”

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