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Ventura County Sheriff’s Department and Special Olympics team up for a night of fun
By Anonymous — Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
 Ventura County Sheriff's Department Location: Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill (Camarillo) Date & Time: Tuesday, July 22nd from 5:00 to 9:30 pm Tip-A-Cop, Camarillo will have representatives of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department volunteering their time to become “celebrity servers” with all tips becoming tax-deductible donations to Special Olympics Ventura County. Eight law enforcement agencies and more than a dozen restaurants team up during the year in support of Special Olympics Ventura County. “Tip-A-Cop” nights are designed to invite the public to a dining experience filled with fun, entertainment, and a chance to meet their local law enforcement agencies. Tips for the evening become tax-deductible donations to Special Olympics and provide athletic training and competition to over seven hundred (700) intellectually disabled children and adults, ages 8 years and up. All activities are free of charge to the athletes. Athletes participate in fifteen sports at over forty training sites throughout Ventura County. Highlights of this year’s evening include: McGruff the Crime Dog for kids to meet and get suggestions for safety, Sheriff Department police cars to look at, and Sheriff Department K-9’s to pet and adore. Also, deputies will be available to answer questions and inform the public. In addition, kids will receive free junior deputy stickers! Ventura County Special Olympic athletes will also attend to help serve food, talk with guests about how Special Olympics is important to them, and sell Torch Run T-Shirts. The athletes are eager to display their medals of achievement and share their recent experiences at Special Olympics events. Ventura County Sheriff’s Department and Special Olympics Ventura County would like to thank General Manager Rob Harrison and all of the staff at Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill for continuing to support this event. |
