08/05/2026
🌟 Caught Being Sweet: Celebrating Community Partnership! 🌟
Last night at the McMinnville City Council meeting, MPD Officer Geoff Huey and Serendipity Ice Cream owner Becky Simpson were honored with the McMinnville Police Department Challenge Coin Award for creating the “Caught Being Sweet” program, which recognizes local youth and community members for doing good things, showing kindness, helping others, and making a positive difference in our community.
Through this partnership, we are celebrating the good happening around us while partnering with a local business to recognize and encourage positive actions in our community. We love the idea of honoring good deeds and finding ways to encourage more kindness throughout McMinnville.
🍦 So, what does it mean to be “Caught Being Sweet”?
When McMinnville Police officers see someone doing something kind, helpful, honest, or just plain awesome, they can recognize them with a special “Caught Being Sweet” reward card, which includes a voucher for a FREE delicious treat from Serendipity Ice Cream, located at 502 NE 3rd St in McMinnville!
Thank you, Officer Huey, Becky, and Serendipity Ice Cream, for turning a simple idea into a program that will help celebrate kindness throughout our community. Your partnership is making a positive impact and brings great honor to the McMinnville Police Department, the City of McMinnville, and our entire community. đź’™
And a very special thank you to the wonderful children who inspired this program in the first place! Their honesty, kindness, and willingness to help a stranger reminded us that great deeds deserve to be celebrated. Their good deed inspired an idea that we hope will encourage many more acts of kindness throughout our community. ❤️
We are proud to celebrate everyone who is helping make McMinnville a kinder, stronger community!