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Thousand Oaks Claim Jumper restaurant to host Tip-a-Cop event
By Ventura County Sheriff Department — Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
 Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department along with the Thousand Oaks Police Department are teaming up with Ventura County Special Olympics and Claim Jumper restaurant to present a Tip-a-Cop charity event in Thousand Oaks. The event benefits Special Olympics of Ventura County and Southern California. The public is invited to have an enjoyable time and support a great cause by dining out and meeting their local law enforcement officers who volunteer to serve meals. Deputy sheriffs and other volunteers will participate as celebrity servers. Customers can donate tips to the celebrity servers and all of those proceeds will go directly to Ventura County Special Olympics. The mission of the Special Olympics of Southern California is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. This training gives them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, and experience joy. Donations will go to help provide athletic competition for more than 700 intellectually disabled children and adults, ages 8 years and up. The donations will assist these competitors in attending training and competition free of charge as they participate in 11 sports at more than 20 training sites throughout Ventura County. Ventura County Sheriff’s deputies, along with other law enforcement agencies, participate with Special Olympics athletes in the annual law enforcement Torch Run. The 2009 Torch Run passes through Ventura County June 11. Tip-a-Cop Event Information Location: Claim Jumper Restaurant, 2150 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks |
