Crime & Safety
Thursday In Marin County: Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run
Our "Team Marin" will carry torch to Golden Gate Bridge. Details here on how to donate to this worthy cause!
MARIN COUNTY, CA -- The Special Olympics torch -- the Flame of Hope -- will make its annual trip through Marin County on Thursday on its way to the Special Olympics Summer Games.
On Thursday, June 16, law enforcement personnel and public safety partners from across Marin will participate in the Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) to help raise funds for Special Olympics in Northern California.
Team Marin will provide an escort of runners for The Flame of Hope, carrying it from the Civic Center in San Rafael to the San Francisco side of the Golden Gate Bridge. Once across the Bridge, the torch will be passed to another LETR team.
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The torch will continue on its journey, making its way to the Special Olympics Northern California Summer Games in Davis the weekend of June 24 through June 26.
Team Marin will be joining hundreds of law enforcement personnel throughout Northern California raising funds to support Special Olympics.
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Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and competition opportunities for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. But it is so much more than a sports program, according to organizers.
It is training for life -- empowering these individuals with self-confidence and self-esteem that carries over into their day-to-day lives.
Currently nearly 18,000 Special Olympics athletes participate at no cost to the athletes or their families. This is made possible through the year-round fundraising events of the Law Enforcement Torch Run.
Through its grassroots fundraising efforts, LETR is the single largest supporter of Special Olympics in California.
If you would like to donate to Team Marin, you can visit http://2016LETR.kintera.org/teammarin or make checks payable to SONC (Special Olympics Northern CA) and send to Patty Monge, Central Marin Police Authority, 250 Doherty Drive, Larkspur, CA 94939.
--Info/image courtesy of Central Marin Police Authority/SONC
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