Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinners: Academy Grads Buy Meals For Cops

AURORA, IL — Graduates of Aurora’s Citizen Police Academy are thanking the city’s officers with some homestyle cooking as they work on the front lines amid the coronavirus pandemic. Academy alumni recently donated nearly $3,000 to cover the cost of 300 chicken dinners from Reuland Food Service for Aurora police officers and department personnel.

Co-owner Ryan Reuland said the company delivered 100 dinners — with a roasted quarter-chicken, mashed potatoes, corn and gravy — to officers Monday and another 100 dinners Wednesday. The final delivery will be made Saturday, the last day of national Police Week, Reuland said in a news release.

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The dinners are part of Reuland's Feeding the Frontline, a grassroots effort to connect people and restaurants to help support health care workers and first responders. Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak in March, Reuland's has delivered more than 6,800 community-sponsored meals to agencies in Aurora, North Aurora and Naperville, the release states.

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"The Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association of Aurora is proud of the officers and civilian staff of the Aurora Police Department for the extra efforts and untold hours they have given the citizens of Aurora,” CPAAA President Denny Wowra said. “Our donated meal is just a small thank you to them.”

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