Special Olympics West Hawaii is hosting a meeting about the upcoming Cop on Top program.
Volunteer KC Strand will discuss how people can participate by volunteering to serve various shifts. She will also answer questions about the annual three-day fundraiser.
The meeting promptly begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the Kona International Marketplace. For more information or to sign-up, contact Strand at zionvideos@yahoo.com.
“Please join us. We still need lots of volunteers, but it’s looking like we are going to a blast during this event,” Strand said. “I also want to thank all those who have e-mailed or called to sign up.”
Participants — SOWH athletes, coaches, volunteers, family members and friends — will ask for donations, express gratitude, man the information table and pass out balloons.
“If you can only do one Special Olympics fundraiser a year, please, please, please make this the one,” said Area Director Dave Ross. “Better yet, grab a friend or co-worker to help out.”
Cop on Top benefits Special Olympics West Hawaii. Starting at 6 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, local police officers sit atop of a scaffold in front of Safeway, located at 75-1027 Henry St. in Kailua-Kona. They will increase awareness of Special Olympics, as well as collect donations from customers and the public. Until 10 p.m. Sept. 20, the police officers will eat, sleep, play and encourage contributions on the scaffold.
Customers that purchase select Meadow Gold or Viva products at any Safeway store through Sept. 20 also help raise money Special Olympics Hawaii.
“This is a very important fundraiser for SOWH because it has regularly generated 50 percent of this organization’s yearly operating budget,” Ross said.
