Jeremie always dreamed of being a police officer. After dealing with being bullied at school, of course the 10-year-old longs to be on the side of the good guys.
"I've been picked on ever since I was in kindergarten," Jeremie explained.
However, after watching recent news, Jeremie began to have second thoughts about cops.
"He goes, 'Mom, the cops are still the good guys, right?' And I said, 'Yeah, there are some bad police officers. And there are still the good ones that are trying to protect themselves,' " his mom, Marcella, told CBS.
Seeing the cops get a bad rap has been difficult for him to process. "It makes me really sad," said Jeremie.
So Jeremie decided to do something about it. He wanted to throw the officers a thank you party but his mom explained that she didn't quite have the money for that.
Then Jeremie made a pretty big sacrifice — instead of having a birthday party, he's going to help out these cops.
"Because the police are more important than any birthday party," Jeremie explained. To raise money for the party, Marcella and Jeremie have been selling cookies.
Jeremie reminds me a lot of 9-year-old Ethan who gave up his birthday presents so that he can donate $1,200 to police K-9s!
"It was very uplifting and it did start to improve morale… You could just see it on the officer's faces. They would light up," said Michelle Bryant of the Lansing Police Department.
The party will be held in February 2016, Jeremie's 11 birthday. Hundreds of officers will attend from all over Michigan. Somehow I think that Jeremie may not be getting a birthday party but he may be getting the ultimate birthday present.
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