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Left: Author Jessica Thompson. Centre: Fionn Ryan after picking up his copy of Operation Blue Light Heroes. Right: Illustrator Pat Taaffe
‘Operation Blue Light Heroes’ is the third book brought to you in consecutive years by the Operation Blue Light Santa team.
The previous two books were ‘Operation Blue Santa’ (2021) and ‘Operation Blue Nose Reindeer’ (2022).
The books were written by journalist Jessica Thompson and 2023 book ‘Operation Blue Light Heroes’ is beautifully illustrated by Pat Taaffe.
In this year’s story, there is panic at the North Pole on Christmas Eve as the reindeer all come down with the flu. Unable to fly the sleigh, Santa has to come up with a plan to save Christmas. With the help of An Garda Síochana, he enlists the help of the Garda Dog Unit and the Little Blue Heroes. The story features six Garda Dogs and seven honorary Gardaí from the Little Blue Heroes.
Operation Blue Light Heroes is available to purchase costing €10 per copy. Copies of the two previous books will also be on sale for €5 each.
For updates on where you can purchase your copy, or to order a copy by post, see @BlueLightSanta on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
ABOUT THE LITTLE BLUE HEROES FOUNDATION
Little Blue Heroes Foundation was established in April 2017 and is a not for profit registered charity. It is a voluntary led charity with one person from the community to operate the day to day running of the charity.
It is supported by An Garda Síochána and the Garda Commissioner. The charity receives no state funding and relies heavily on community support to enable it to provide its services to families in need.
The charity’s two main aims are providing financial support to families directly or indirectly through many of our programmes. Its second aim is granting the wish of the children we support to become Honorary Gardaí within An Garda Síochána. The children are issued their own Garda uniform and are welcomed into the force by their local Gardai.
To date the charity has assisted 760 families and has 408 Honorary Gardai across the country. Little Blue Heroes Foundation has given out over €1,000,000 in aid to families over the last six years.
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