News Release



For further information please contact: Sgt. M.K. Elmore

(417) 469-3121

G-07043

July 26, 2004



EMPHASIS: Special Olympics T-Shirt Sales



Officers from Troop G of the Missouri State Highway Patrol will be selling “Torch Run” T-shirts to raise money to support Special Olympics Missouri. The T-shirts will be on sale at the West Plains Wal-Mart Supercenter on Saturday, July 31, from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., with all proceeds going to benefit Special Olympics athletes from Howell County.



Special Olympics provides year round sports training and athletic competition to children and adults with mental retardation or closely related developmental disabilities. The culmination of the fundraising efforts comes each year when law enforcement officers carry the “Flame of Hope” torch across the state to its final destination, the Special Olympics Summer Games in Columbia, Missouri.