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Special Olympics fundraiser helps annual activities
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| Columbia High School Special Olympics representatives Marvin Gamble (from left), school resource officer Clint Dicks, Kayla Crayger, Misty Ham, Miranda Van Vleck, Alton Milton and student activities director Donna Darby plan to begin selling Special Olympics torches Monday for the local program as part of a Special Olympics fundraiser. TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter |
By TONY BRITT
tbritt@lakecityreporter.com
The Columbia County Special Olympics program is preparing for its 2009 season by participating in a fundraiser to sponsor the local games and activities.
Special Olympics Florida has teamed with Proctor & Gamble and Publix stores for the fundraiser where paper torches with coupons are sold to donors.
Columbia County Special Olympics county coordinator John Brown said the Proctor & Gamble Torch Sale for Special Olympics is an annual program organized through the Law Enforcement Torch Run, a program involving nearly 700 Law Enforcement volunteers and Publix stores who raise funds for the events. Publix provides Special Olympics Florida with close to $500,000 annually.
The fundraiser officially begins Monday. As part of the program Columbia County Special Olympics athletes, coaches and volunteers will sell the torch coupons for $1, $3 or $5 donations.
“The coupons are redeemable at any store that sells Proctor & Gamble products,” Brown said. “The torches are displayed in the Publix stores.”
Some torches have already been sold and Brown noted that Marvin Gamble, a Columbia High School student, has sold more than $150 worth of torches in the beginning stages of the fundraiser.
The torches will also be sold by Donna Darby and the Columbia High School leadership class students as well as by students in Fort White High School, Five Points Elementary School, Richardson Middle School and Lake City Middle School. Torches bearing the names of donors will be placed in the schools’ cafeterias.
“We’re hoping through our participation outside the Publix stores that we can generate funds for this project as well,” Brown said. “These funds will help pay for travel, uniforms, awards and any of the things we need in our local program. This money filters back down to our local program. This seems to be a fundraiser that is going to be pretty beneficial to our county program.”
Special Olympics Florida has teamed with Proctor & Gamble and Publix stores for the fundraiser where paper torches with coupons are sold to donors.
Columbia County Special Olympics county coordinator John Brown said the Proctor & Gamble Torch Sale for Special Olympics is an annual program organized through the Law Enforcement Torch Run, a program involving nearly 700 Law Enforcement volunteers and Publix stores who raise funds for the events. Publix provides Special Olympics Florida with close to $500,000 annually.
The fundraiser officially begins Monday. As part of the program Columbia County Special Olympics athletes, coaches and volunteers will sell the torch coupons for $1, $3 or $5 donations.
“The coupons are redeemable at any store that sells Proctor & Gamble products,” Brown said. “The torches are displayed in the Publix stores.”
Some torches have already been sold and Brown noted that Marvin Gamble, a Columbia High School student, has sold more than $150 worth of torches in the beginning stages of the fundraiser.
The torches will also be sold by Donna Darby and the Columbia High School leadership class students as well as by students in Fort White High School, Five Points Elementary School, Richardson Middle School and Lake City Middle School. Torches bearing the names of donors will be placed in the schools’ cafeterias.
“We’re hoping through our participation outside the Publix stores that we can generate funds for this project as well,” Brown said. “These funds will help pay for travel, uniforms, awards and any of the things we need in our local program. This money filters back down to our local program. This seems to be a fundraiser that is going to be pretty beneficial to our county program.”
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