{"id":19606,"date":"2015-03-20T06:43:31","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T06:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=19606"},"modified":"2015-03-20T06:43:31","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T06:43:31","slug":"usvi-special-olympics-kicks-off-with-law-enforcement-torch-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=19606","title":{"rendered":"USVI Special Olympics Kicks Off With Law Enforcement Torch Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The USVI Special Olympics\u00a0games\u00a0will kick off\u00a0with the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run on\u00a0Sat., March 21\u00a0on St. Croix and Sat., March 28\u00a0on St. Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>The Law Enforcement Torch Run\u00a0is believed to be the largest grass-roots fundraiser and public awareness event for Special Olympics. Since its inception in 1981, it has grown worldwide with more than 97,000 volunteers across 46 countries, and has brought in\u00a0more than $461 million for the Special Olympics movement.<\/p>\n<p>The St. Croix event will begin at 7 a.m. from the Rainbow Building in Hannah\u2019s Rest\u00a0and participating officers will make their\u00a0way to Renaissance Park, located in Estate Annaberg <em>(adjacent to the Diageo Distillery)<\/em> where the games will\u00a0open at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>On St. Thomas, the event\u00a0will start from the\u00a0U.S Coast Guard Station at the Senate Building at 9 a.m. and make its\u00a0way to the Games site at the Charlotte Amalie High School, beginning at 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the USVI Special Olympics, contact Jana Lee at (340) 772-2277 on St. Croix and Archie Jennings at (340) 776-4303 on St. Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>The Special Olympics was established in 1968 and is a global organization that serves more than four million athletes with intellectual disabilities through the help\u00a0of\u00a0hundreds of thousands of volunteers and coaches each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The USVI Special Olympics\u00a0games\u00a0will kick off\u00a0with the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run on\u00a0Sat., March 21\u00a0on St. Croix and Sat., March 28\u00a0on St. Thomas. 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