The Lake County Leg of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics is taking place tomorrow. Eustis Police Department staff will be participating in the run, which starts at 10:00 AM and ends at 12:00 PM, Wednesday, April 25, 2012.
Where: South on Citrus Tower Boulevard, Clermont FL, and end at the Special Olympics FL Headquarters (1915 Don Wickham Drive). Total distance is 2.1 miles
THE TORCH RUN: For nearly three decades, the Special Olympics “Flame of Hope” has traversed Florida in an intrastate relay of simultaneous routes throughout the state, covering countless thousands of miles. The torch is carried by local and state law enforcement officers all the way to the Opening Ceremony of Florida’s annual State Summer Games, which will be held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex (at the Walt Disney World Resort) on Friday, May 18, 2012.
The Law Enforcement Torch Run is the largest awareness and fund raising event amongst Special Olympics Florida and law enforcement agencies. Statewide, the participating chiefs, officers, sheriffs, deputies, agents and cadets from virtually every branch of federal, state, county and municipal law enforcement, represent a total of over 300 different agencies that serve as “Guardians of the Flame.”
The Torch Run began its existence as the S.O.M.E. (Special Olympics Mileage Event) Run, when a handful of officers ran the “Flame of Hope” throughout the state in an exhausting, non-stop run. Soon law enforcement agencies throughout Florida became involved and the S.O.M.E. Run would go on to become the “Florida Law Enforcement Torch Run.”
Publix Super Markets serves as the Premier Sponsor of the Florida Law Enforcement Torch Run.
To learn more about Special Olympics Florida and the Torch Run visit www.specialolympicsflorida.org.
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