Vermilion resident wins Flame of Hope raffle
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Steve Kennedy is the winner of the 2010 Alberta Law Enforcement Torch Run
Flame Of Hope Raffle.
The Vermilion resident will drive away on a 2010 Harley-Davidson FLSTC Heritage
Softail Classic worth almost $25,000.
Second prize, a 2010 Harley-Davidson Sportster XL 883N Iron 883, will be taken
home by Shelly Rosser of Lethbridge.
City of Calgary firefighter Jeff Turner won the third-place $2,500 cash prize.
Every year the Flame of Hope raffle raises money for sports programs that
benefit athletes with intellectual disabilities all over Alberta |
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THE
LAW ENFORCEMENT
TORCH RUN MISSION
The mission of the Law Enforcement Torch Run
for Special Olympics is to raise awareness and funds for the Special
Olympics movement worldwide. Law enforcement officers from the 50 United
States, 10 Canadian provinces and territories, and 32 countries carry
the Flame of Hope in honor of the Special Olympics athletes in their
area and around the world.
The Law Enforcement Torch Run is the largest grass-roots fund-raiser and
public awareness vehicle for Special Olympics in the world. In 2006,
this international program raised over $26 million USD to support
Special Olympics programs; the total raised since the Torch Run's
inception in 1981 is US$150 million. More than 80,000 law enforcement
officers from thousands of agencies have carried the Flame of Hope.
The International Association of Chiefs of Police is the founding law
enforcement organization of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special
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THE ALBERTA
LAW ENFORCEMENT
TORCH RUN MISSION
The Alberta Law
Enforcement Torch Run program, supported by the Canadian Association of
Chiefs of Police (CACP), has grown at an incredible rate since it's
re-inception in November of 2002.
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CALENDAR of EVENTS
Upcoming Events for 2010 will be posted here! |
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Active throughout the
province in the late 1980s and through the mid 1990s, the program was
successful in raising in excess of $100,000.00 annually. The provincial
program was inactive for a 5 year period between 1997 and 2002.
In 2002, the provincial
program was re-vitalized and a number of fundraising events and
awareness events were conducted.
The Alberta Law
Enforcement Torch Run program has been recognized by the Internationally
Law Enforcement Torch Run Program for growth. For the
2003/2004 year, the Alberta LETR was given the award for the Highest
Percentage Growth of all programs in the world. In 2004/2005, our
program received the 4th place award for percentage growth and the 5th
place award for largest gross increase in fundraising.
Thank you so much to the Calgary Police Service Half Marathon
for their continuous support by way of a generous donation to LETR for
Special Olympics.
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