2020 California Non-Profit of the Year

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BUILDING THE FUTURE – ONE INTERACTION AT A TIME

Shop with a Cop Foundation of Silicon Valley (SWACSV) is an ethnically-led, 100% volunteer non-profit charitable organization, established in 2008 with an IRS ruling of a 501(C)-(3), charitable entity, in January 2012. SWACSV’s primary goal is to promote literacy among children, ages 5-12, from under resourced neighborhoods and children who have suffered a traumatic crisis in their lives such as the loss of a parent due to violence or domestic violence in the home.

Shop with a Cop’s philosophy is to foster a continued mutual respect between law enforcement and the communities they serve by engendering trust in the community and humanizing the person behind the badge so children can see police officers through a different lens. We would like to build bridges of collaboration and strategically invest in education, leadership development, and capacity building programs to help youth achieve to their fullest potential.

Phone

(669) 226-2663

Mailing Address

P.O. Box 8003 San Jose, CA. 95155

Email

info@shopwithacopsv.com

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Our Team

Executive Director

Darrell Cortez

San Jose Police Department-retired

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Secretary

Alicia Cortez

Educator/Community Volunteer

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Treasurer

Raymond Ortiz

Santa Clara County Juvenile Probation-retired

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Board Member (Posthumous)

Virginia Ortiz

Elementary School secretary-retired

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Daniel Acosta

Chief of Police-Foothill/De Anza Community College

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Desiree Salguero

Santa Clara Co. DA Investigator

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Rebecca Marquez

Sgt. San Jose Police Dept.-retired

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Mark Lopez

Assistant Director Healthy Kids Foundation

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Elisa Carias

Supervisor-Santa Clara County Juvenile Probation

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Cecilia Barrie

Elementary School Principal-retired

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