For further information please contact: Sergeant Martin K. Elmore
(417) 469-3121
G-06071
June 14, 2007

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 Mountain View Wal-Mart on Saturday, June 23, 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 for children and adults with mental retardation or closely related developmental disabilities. The culmination of the fund-raising 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.

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