Crime & Safety
Community Invited to Popular 'Tip-A-Cop' Fundraiser at Red Robin
The Police Officer's Association is hosting the annual event, which raises money for Special Olympics of Northern California.
By AUTUMN JOHNSON
Members of the Police Officer’s Association in Pleasanton will be trading in their handcuffs, taking dinner orders and serving diners at Red Robin in support of a great cause next week. All of the tips earned by the volunteers during the Tip-A-Cop dinner on Oct. 22 between 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. will benefit the Special Olympics of Northern California.
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The popular event is coordinated, hosted and staffed entirely by the Pleasanton Police Officer’s Association, which is the independent union representing officers of the Pleasanton Police Department. Officers and sergeants donate their off-duty time several times a year to help make the fundraisers successful. Special Olympics athletes will be helping the officers throughout the night.
In May of 2014, an anonymous, benevolent diner left a $1,000 tip after dining at the fundraiser.
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The funds will help to provide local Special Olympics athletes with free year-round sports training and competition opportunities in 11 different sports, according to the Northern California Special Olympics website.
Red Robin is located at 4503 Rosewood Drive.
Photo from 2014 Tip-A-Cop fundraiser courtesy Autumn Johnson/ Patch
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