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The Alabama Law Enforcement Torch Run is open to law enforcement and corrections officers at the Federal, State and Local level. To find out how you can get involved with the Torch Run, fill out the registration form below and we will contact you.
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July 31, 2010

Message from the State Director

State Director 

 

Welcome to the Alabama Law Enforcement Torch Run (ALETR) homepage. I am excited and honored to be serving as the ALETR again this year. It is my hope that 2010 will be the best year yet in our service to Special Olympics! Our goal this year is to continue to increase awareness and recruit more law enforcement volunteers for the ALETR. What can you do as a law enforcement officer in Alabama? Join our cause. You do not have to be a runner to participate! If you are a chief or sheriff, your participation could be in encouraging and allowing officers in your department to participate. Other law enforcement personnel could help by raising funds and awareness of Special Olympic athletes in your city and county. The one thing that I can promise you is that once you get involved, you will be sold on the Torch Run! We are now in the middle of one of our greatest years in the history of the ALETR, but it is not too late to get involved in several upcoming events. Go to the links for News and Information and Fund Raising Events to find out what is happening. Then mark your calendar and join law enforcement personnel from around the state for the 2010 ALETR campaign.

On May 13th and 14th, the ALETR held our signature event as we carried the “Flame of Hope” across Alabama and into the City of Troy for the 2010 Special Olympics of Alabama State Games. This one event brought together over 150 personnel from over 40 different law enforcement agencies. After starting the Torch Run in Decatur on the morning of May 13th, we held legs of the Run in Hartselle, Cullman and Birmingham. After an overnight stay in the Pelham, the Torch Run continued through Pelham, Montgomery and then on to Troy. Law enforcement then proudly represented their agencies as they wore their uniforms into the Opening Ceremony at the football stadium at Troy University. I want to thank everyone who helped make this the best State Run ever!

One of the big events still coming up is the 2010 Torch Run Golf Tournament will be held at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Oxmoor Valley Course on July 29th.  Click the link on the left page for more information and how you can register a team.

For more information about how you and your department can get involved in the Alabama Law Enforcement Torch Run, please do not hesitate to contact me by phone or by email.

Sincerely,
Lieutenant Ken Atkinson, State Director ALETR
205-329-8229 or ken.atkinson@homewoodal.org