When Rhode Island police officer Jill Marshall found an elderly woman, who was living with her disabled son and had nothing to eat, during a welfare check, she offered to go grocery shopping for the family — and their cat.
The Warwick Police Department received a call on Friday night from a community service organization alerting authorities that an 87-year-old woman had no food in her home.Officer Jill Marshall, who works with the department's Community Services Division, volunteered to conduct a welfare check and found the elderly woman, who was living with her disabled son, had nothing to eat.Officer Marshall offered to go food shopping for the family -- and their cat.
"Read MoreMarshall had visited a local grocery store, which donated $25 to help cover the cost of groceries. When other people in the store heard of what Marshall was doing, they donated enough money to buy $100 worth of food for the family. "I was ready to use my own money to help them but the generosity of those shopping and Shaw's paid for her list. I would have never left them and make them wait for food. That's just not humane," Marshall told CNN.
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