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Cruiser Convoy |
Final Leg to
2009 Summer Games |
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If you are a member of Massachusetts Law Enforcement, we have a program
custom-made for you to be a part of the worldwide partnership between
Special Olympics and law enforcement.
The Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) provides awareness, encouragement,
and funds to Special Olympics; while giving the law enforcement
community excellent PR opportunities, rewarding volunteer work, and an
effective community policing tool. |
Below is a list of LETR events planned for 2009. Please get involved! Or
– if you have an idea or would like to start an event (i.e. a Torch Run)
or a fundraiser (big or small!) in your area, we want to hear from you!
Contact the Special Olympics MA LETR Liaison, Steve Huftalen:
978-774-1501 x 212 or click here to send an e-mail.
2009 Events Calendar
May TBD - Irving to Serve and Protect,
Irving Oil locations in MA
Check back soon for more information!
May 15 - Plymouth County Torch Run,
21 miles – Plymouth to Brockton
Leg Leader: General Counsel Patrick Lee, Plymouth County Sheriff
Department,
508-830-6287,
click here to send an e-mail
June 12 - Cape Cod Torch Run,
66.7 miles – the entire length of Cape Cod
Leg Leader: Lt. Richard Tavares, Bourne PD, 508-326-0275,
click here to send an e-mail
June 17 - Essex County Torch Run,
3 miles – Middleton PD to Danvers
Leg Leader: Chief James DiGianvittorio, Middleton
Police Department, 978-774-4424,
click to send an e-mail
Click
here to see photos from the Essex County Torch Run.
June 17 - Bristol County,
5 miles – Attleboro to Norton
Leg Leader: Chief Richard
Pierce, Attleboro Police Department, 508-222-1212,
click here to send an e-mail
June 19 - Final Leg, Boston College to Boston University
with exciting conclusion at the
2009 Summer Games Opening Ceremonies
Leg Leader: Joanne Russell-Gomez, Department of Labor, 617-565-9659
Final Leg Registration Form |
Final Leg Torch Run Course
6/19 Friday night run
details:
Parking:
Runner parking is
at the parking garage at Boston College by the Football Stadium.
Registration is open from 6:00 PM to 7:15 PM at Boston College.
The run will begin at approximately 7:15PM.
There is a
suggested entry fee of $20 and all runners will receive an
official 2009 LETR T-Shirt.
Staging and Torch Run:
Runners
will arrive at Boston University around 7:45 and will wait for
up to 45 minutes to carry the torch into the Opening Ceremonies.
Water and pizza will be available during the wait, and restroom
facilities are available. Once signaled, the runners will carry
the torch into the Special Olympics Summer Games Opening
Ceremonies. The runners will enter the stadium in a processional
group and run ¾ around the track. The torch will come in last
and will light the cauldron, officially declaring the games
open. Officers are invited to mingle with the athletes for a few
minutes – they are honored to have you there!
Post Torch Run:
After the
Torch Runners bring the torch into Opening Ceremonies at the BU
Tennis Center, there will be a shuttle leaving at 9PM from in
front of the BU Tennis Center to take runners back to BC parking
garage. A second shuttle will be leaving at 10:30 p.m. from the
corner of Babcock Street and Comm Ave for those who want to
socialize at T’s Pub or elsewhere after the event.
 June 20 - Cruiser Convoy, Harvard University Athletic Fields:
site of the 2009 Summer Games.
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Promotional Flyer
June 20 - California Transit
Authority Concert
On Saturday, June 20, 2009, join the Plymouth
Police Ranking Officers Association to help raise money for
Special Olympics Massachusetts. Come enjoy Danny Seraphine
(founding member of the group CHICAGO) and CTA (California
Transit Authority) and listen to CHICAGO’s greatest hits at
Memorial Hall in Plymouth.
The Plymouth Police Ranking Officers Association, when formed,
partnered itself with the Special Olympics Massachusetts in
support of its many activities and Special Olympics athletes.
During all of our fundraising campaigns, we contribute a large
portion of all of our proceeds to the Special Olympics
Organization.
On this special night, we will
feature the music of the great group CHICAGO along with Ernie
Boch Jr. and his Automatics. This will also be the weekend of
the Special Olympics Massachusetts Summer Games being held in
Boston. We will have many of the Special Olympics athletes and
their families in the audience that night.
Tickets will be available soon on the Memorial Hall website at
http://www.memorialhall.com.
We hope to see you at this great event!
For more information about CTA, visit
http://www.ctatheband.com/.
July TBD - Paintball Tournament, Upton
August
TBD - August Tournament Torch Run, Amherst PD to UMass Amherst
Check back soon for further information!
Leg Leader: Lt. Bob O’Connor, Amherst Police Department,
413-259-3208,
click to send an e-mail
August
29 -
Ride with the Champions:
62, 20 or 12- mile bike ride through scenic North Shore
December 5 & 6 - Jolly Jaunt: 7 locations in Massachusetts, LETR
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Money raised with this event stays in the local community and supports
the improvement of thousands of lives throughout the Commonwealth by
providing year-round sports training and athletic competition for
individuals with intellectual disabilities. All of the approximately
10,000 athletes who currently participate in SOMA programs, do so at no
cost to themselves, their families, or their caregivers. However, the
movement benefits just a small percentage of the 90,000 people in
Massachusetts with intellectual disabilities. Be a part of the global
movement to grow the number of individuals with intellectual
disabilities who participate in Special Olympics by raising money for
the Torch Run.
There are many different ways to raise money with the Law
Enforcement Torch Run. Consider using one of the following
suggestions to help raise money with the law enforcement torch run
in your area:
- Start a run and charge Run Registration Fees (anywhere from $10 to
$50 per runner, includes t-shirt)
- Collect Pledges (provide runners with pledge forms and ask to
solicit pledges)
- Sell Merchandise (e.g., t-shirts/hats/pins/paper torches)
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Sell Distance Markers/Adopt a Mile (sell them for $125 to $150
each to businesses along the run route)
- Selling Posters for $25 each to businesses along the route that
say “The Torch for Special Olympics will be passing by here at X
time on X date”
- Fundraising Scratch Cards.
Each
participant takes a scratch card with 45 dots on it. They ask
people to scratch off dots and uncover a suggested donation
amount ($0 to $5). Once all the dots are scratched off, the
torch runner has raised $100!
- Sponsorships (companies interested in law enforcement business)
- Special Events (Tip-A-Cop, Cops on Top, Jail
'N' Bail, spaghetti
dinner, golf tournament, etc.). Tip-A-Cop is especially popular in LETR culture – we approach a local restaurant and ask if law
enforcement officials can shadow the wait-staff for an evening and
collect “tips” for Special Olympics.
Contact Steve at 978-774-1501 x 212 if you are interested in
exploring any of these ideas, or you would like to start a
fundraiser in your department!For more detailed information, contact:
SOMA State Headquarters:
LETR Liaison, Steve Huftalen 978-774-1501 x 212
Local SOMA offices:
South/Cape: Jay O’Brien - 508-821-3635
West: Heather White - 413-420-0020
Boston/North: Sean Canty -
978-750-1051
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- This largest grassroots fundraising program benefiting Special Olympics
began in 1981 when Wichita, Kansas Police Chief Richard LaMunyon saw an
urgent need to raise funds for and increase awareness of Special
Olympics.
- The idea for the Torch Run was to provide local law
enforcement officers with an opportunity to volunteer with Special
Olympics in the communities where the officers lived and worked.
- After three years of successful runs in Kansas, Chief LaMunyon presented
his idea to the International Association of Chiefs of Police, which
endorsed Special Olympics as its official charity through the Torch Run.
Today, all 50 states and over 40 countries have their own versions of
the Torch Run.
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