A Jim Thorpe business is giving back to its local police department through its community watch program.

Representatives from the Old Jail Museum and Heritage Center on West Broadway recently presented an $800 donation to Police Chief Joe Schatz, Community Watch President Tammy Schatz and Mayor Michael Sofranko at the monthly community watch meeting.

According to Old Jail Museum manager Blaine Dart, the proceeds are from last year’s ghost tours that were held to benefit police. The venue will again set aside all revenue from ghost tours this Saturday, Dart said, which will be forwarded to the department.

“With many news outlets reporting the anti-law enforcement attitude of our country, we put a blank sheet in our kitchen for our guests to write words of encouragement for our local police,” Dart said. “We were able to give the chief about 20 pages of these notes written by our guests.”

Schatz said the department is always grateful for the generosity of the Old Jail Museum.

The donation received is used to purchase such things as candy for the Halloween parade or the adoption of a Christmas tree, which we feel helps build a strong relationship between the Jim Thorpe community, the Community Watch program and the Jim Thorpe Police Department,” Schatz said.