Special Olympics Ohio athletes join law enforcement personnel on many legs of the Torch run.
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Officers throughout OH raise awareness for the Special Olympics each year by carrying the Special Olympic torch across state.
“I’m glad that we’re about to support the cause”, said Bucyrus police Chief David Koepke, who carried the torch during the run through Bucyrus. Ending at the Special Olympics Ohio State Summer Games June 24, the participating officers aim to raise awareness and funds for the Special Olympics community.
“I thought it was really fun to watch the Torch Run”, said fourth grader Jenna Maher of Roosevelt Elementary School in Rahway.
The Queensland LETR will be facilitating a Torch Run to coincide with the Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games in October 2016.
Beaschler and fellow planner Don Davis helped organize the event in Marion and Wyandot counties, and Beaschler said his police peers running Friday would include patrol officers, SWAT team members and property room caretaker Kathy Caudill.
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This is the 47th year of the Special Olympics, and the second year the torch run route has included Bucyrus. It first began in the year 1981. To date, the torch run is the largest fundraiser for Special Olympics Ohio. They received insurance, facilities, equipment, uniforms, housing and meals all free of charge. The destination is Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on the campus of The Ohio State University, which is the venue for the Special Olympics. They participated in events such as powerlifting, bocce, gymnastics and track and field. The Torch Run is a statewide campaign coordinated and managed by all divisions of law enforcement officers and officials from throughout the state.
