The culminating event in this year’s Special Olympics fundraising efforts will be a run on June 5, starting in Menlo Park and continuing north on El Camino Real. The origination point will be the Stanford Park Hotel which is located at Menlo Park and San Mateo County’s southern border. There will be a pre-run promo in the parking lot of the Stanford Park Hotel which will include a remote broadcast by radio station   KISS 98.1 FM. KISS will escort the run with police employees from agencies along the run route and Special Olympic Athletes north to Daly City.

Previously, Menlo Park Police employees have participated in a fundraiser called "Tip-a-Cop" at Menlo Park’s Chili’s Restaurant, where over $2700. has been raised for the San Mateo County chapter of the Special Olympics. Menlo Park Police employees appreciate the support our community has shown for the Special Olympics throughout this campaign.

Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for all children and adults with mental retardation, giving them the continuing opportunity to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in the sharing of skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and our community. Special Olympics has programs in more than 120 nations involving more than two million athletes and volunteers.

The men and women of the Menlo Park Police Department are proud to support this program. The San Mateo County Chapter of the Special Olympics can be contacted at 650-579-1758.