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Run alongside area law enforcement for Special Olympics Michigan athletes

 The Allegan Law Enforcement Torch Run will raise funds for Special Olympics Michigan athletes in a community run, and the public is invited and  encouraged to run along with them.

The Allegan Community Run is an opportunity for law enforcement, corrections personnel and community members to run shoulder to shoulder, raising money and awareness for Special Olympics Michigan athletes.

 

Registration is at 9 a.m., the run starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27 at the Allegan Sports Complex, 1451 29th Street, Allegan. It’s one in the series of 41 community runs around the state during Law Enforcement Torch Run week in September.

 

Participation in one of the community runs is $25 per person which includes a dri-fit shirt. For more information, visit www.somi.org and click the Torch Run link or sign up at http://www.firstgiving.com/miletr/allegan16.

 

Special Olympics Michigan Inc. provides year-round sports training and athletic competition for 23,317 children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Athletes build physical fitness, develop self-confidence and prepare for participation in society. //

 

The Law Enforcement Torch Run Travel Teams return this year with three teams spending a week moving all around Michigan supporting the community scheduled runs. It all  coincides with the annual torch run’s central route, a 750-mile non-stop relay run from Copper Harbor in the tip of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to Sterling Heights in metro-Detroit. It starts Saturday, Sept. 12 and ends Friday, Sept. 18.

 

Each of the teams, Fraternal Order of Police, Michigan Department of Corrections and Michigan State Police, provides six runners who each run five miles, averaging eight minute miles. Dedicated runners have been raising money throughout the year to participate in the prestigious event.

 

Special Olympics Michigan is a non-profit organization supported almost entirely by corporate and individual gifts, without support of state funds. The generosity of Michigan organizations, individuals and statewide businesses enable the program to continue.

 

The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics is the largest grass-roots fundraiser and public awareness vehicle for Special Olympics in the world. In the past 30 years, the LETR has raised more than $300 million for Special Olympics athletes.

 

 

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