Wellesley Island, New York -- The U.S. Border Patrol, Wellesley Island Station will host the 25th anniversary Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run on Saturday, June 4 when the New York State Special Olympics ‘Flame of Hope’ journeys through the Thousand Islands Region of northern New York.
Border Patrol agents, Special Olympic athletes and law enforcement
agency representatives will begin their run at the historic Tibbetts Point
Lighthouse and follow New York State routes 12E and 12 to Grass Point State Park
in the town of Orleans.
A lighting ceremony will take place at 9:45am, followed by the run at
10 am.
“Wellesley Island Border Patrol Station is honored to coordinate this
event and support New York Special Olympics and its athletes,” said Patrol Agent
in charge Matthew Roggow.
“This is the second year that the Station will coordinate the event
in the Thousand Islands region.”
The run is one of many state-wide Law Enforcement Torch runs, all of
which precede the New York State Summer Games, also held in June in Utica.
Last year more than 85,000 law enforcement officers from 35 countries
carried the ‘Flame of Hope’ across their communities and on into their local
games and competitions. In 2010, more than $36 million was raised
internationally through Law Enforcement Torch Run initiatives, of which over $1
million was raised right here in New York. The funds generated by the Law
Enforcement Torch Run support more than 51,000 Special Olympic athletes who
train and compete year round in 22 Olympic-style sports.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border
agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management,
control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports
of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of
the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
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