Law Enforcement Officers across the U.S. Team up with Red Robin Gourmet Burgers to Raise Funds for Special Olympics
March 21 2011 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
If you have ever dreamt about having your local police
officers wait on you, now is your chance. Red Robin Gourmet
Burgers, Inc. (Red Robin), Special Olympics and law enforcement
officers in cities across the country will unite at Red
Robin® restaurants on Saturday, March 26
as part of a national effort to raise funds for Special Olympics
Programs through in-restaurant Tip-A-Cop®
events. During this time, law enforcement will trade in their
handcuffs and badges to earn tips from restaurant guests by filling
beverages, serving guests gourmet burgers and
Bottomless® Steak Fries, to benefit their
local Special Olympics Program. Tip-A-Cop events will be held at
Red Robin restaurants* throughout 36
states in 349 restaurant locations. In addition, 50 cents from
every pairing of one of Red Robin’s gourmet burgers and a Coca Cola
product sold** from Monday, March 21
through Friday, March 25 will be donated to Special Olympics,
Inc.
“Our annual Red Robin Tip-A-Cop events are always a good
time for a great cause,” said Michael Teem, executive director, Law
Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. “The tremendous level
of law enforcement and community support, and the unparalleled
generosity from Red Robin and Coca Cola, are what will make this
event so successful this year. The money raised will be used to
support the Special Olympics mission of inclusion and acceptance
for people with intellectual disabilities in communities throughout
the United States.”
Tip-A-Cop is part of the annual Law Enforcement Torch
Run® (LETR) campaign for Special
Olympics. LETR, which includes an international series of relay
runs and special events like Tip-A-Cop, is presented by more than
85,000 law enforcement officers worldwide to help raise money and
public awareness for Special Olympics. LETR is the largest
grassroots fundraiser and public awareness vehicle for Special
Olympics through which funds raised go directly to local programs
in states or countries where the funds are generated.
“Since the inception of the Tip-A-Cop program six years
ago, Red Robin has donated more than $1.5 million to Special
Olympics Programs across the country,” said Susan Lintonsmith, Red
Robin chief marketing officer. “As a community-oriented restaurant
company, we are proud to again support Special Olympics in the
communities we serve.”
For more information about Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and
to find a restaurant location near you, please visit
www.redrobin.com.
* Participating restaurants only.
** Maximum donation not to exceed $50,000.
About Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (NASDAQ:
RRGB)
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.
(www.redrobin.com), a casual dining
restaurant chain founded in 1969 that operates through its wholly
owned subsidiary, Red Robin International, Inc., has been serving
up wholesome, fun dining experiences in a family-friendly
environment for more than 40 years. Red Robin, the
“Smiling Burger®” expert, is famous for
serving more than two dozen high-quality, Honest to
Goodness® gourmet burgers with Bottomless
Steak Fries®, as well as a wide variety
of salads, sandwiches, wraps, soups, appetizers, entrees and
signature Bottomless Beverages™.
There are more than 450 Red Robin®
restaurants located across the United States and Canada,
including corporate-owned locations and those operating under
franchise agreements. Red Robin…
YUMMM®!
About LETR
Celebrating its 28th Anniversary in 2009, the Law
Enforcement Torch Run® (LETR) for Special Olympics is the
movement's largest grass-roots fundraiser and public awareness
vehicle, encompassing a variety of events including
Torch Runs, Polar Plunge® events and the
World's Largest Truck Convoy® fundraiser. More
than 85,000 international law enforcement officers have
carried the Flame of Hope™ to the Opening Ceremonies of local and
state/provincial Special Olympics competitions and Games,
and Special Olympics World Summer or Winter Games.
The LETR is now present in all 50 U.S. states, Canadian
provinces and 46 nations around the world. In 2008 the
LETR raised more than US$34 million for Special Olympics Programs
around the world and has raised more than US$272 million since its
inception in 1981.
About Special Olympics
Special Olympics is an international organization that
changes lives by encouraging and empowering people with
intellectual disabilities, promoting acceptance for all, and
fostering communities of understanding and respect worldwide.
Founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the Special Olympics
movement has grown from a few hundred athletes to nearly 3.5
million athletes in over 170 countries in all regions of the world,
providing year-round sports training, athletic competition health
screenings, and other related programs. Special
Olympics now takes place every day, changing the lives of people
with intellectual disabilities in all regions of the world and in
community playgrounds and ball fields in every small neighborhood’s
backyard. Special Olympics provides people with
intellectual disabilities continuing opportunities to realize their
potential, develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and
experience joy and friendship. Visit Special Olympics at
www.specialolympics.org.
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