Fairfield Officers to Host Tip-A-Cop Benefiting Special Olympics

Officers with the Fairfield Police Department and Fairfield University Department of Public Safety will host a Tip-A-Cop event to benefit Special Olympics Connecticut at Chip’s Family Restaurant on Friday, October 15th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Chip’s Family Restaurant is located at 525 Tunxis Hill Cut Off, Fairfield. To find out more, visit soct.org, email specialolympicsct@soct.org or call 203-230-1201.

During the event, the officers will volunteer their time to work alongside restaurant staff to take breakfast and lunch orders and serve customers. All tips they receive for their efforts will go to Special Olympics Connecticut to support its year-round sports, health and fitness programs for athletes of all abilities. Tip-a-Cop is a Law Enforcement Torch Run event to benefit Special Olympics Connecticut.

About the Law Enforcement Torch Run® for Special Olympics Connecticut
The Law Enforcement Torch Run® for Special Olympics Connecticut is one of the movement's largest grass-roots fundraiser and public awareness vehicles - celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2021. A highlight of the program is the annual Torch Run, when officers from police departments and law enforcement agencies across the state participate in a three-day run leading up to the Special Olympics Connecticut Summer Games in June. The program extends throughout the year, as the officers also organize and host fundraisers that include but are not limited to Tip-a-Cop, Cop-on-Top and Penguin Plunge events.

Platinum Sponsors of the program include The Hometown Foundation, Whelen Engineering, WWE, and The Bearingstar Insurance Charitable Fund. Gold Sponsors are Adams Hometown Markets/IGA Hometown Supermarkets and Papa's Dodge

About Special Olympics Connecticut
Special Olympics Connecticut provides year-round sports training and competitions for over 12,000 athletes of all ages with intellectual disabilities and Unified Sports® partners - their teammates without disabilities. Through the joy of sport, the Special Olympics movement transforms lives and communities throughout the state and in 172 countries around the world by promoting good health and fitness and inspiring inclusion and respect for all people, on and off the playing field. (www.soct.org)

Partner Sponsors: Bozzuto's Inc., Enterprise, ESPN, Eversource Energy, The Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation, The Hometown Foundation, Law Enforcement Torch Run, NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut, TD Bank, Raytheon Technologies and WWE.

Year-Round Suppliers: Adams Hometown Markets/IGA Hometown Supermarkets, Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, Connecticut Portable Storage/PODS, Marcus Communications, N&D Sports, Poland Spring, State of Connecticut Judicial Branch Community Service and WORX.