Cactus Rose teamed up with Wilton’s Finest to benefit Special Olympics as part of the “Tip a Cop” effort. Officers from the Wilton Police Department served the restaurant’s dining patrons last night and they donated 100 percent of their tips to support Special Olympics. Organizers said the event was a fun evening for the whole family to demonstrate giving back. They said that even Miss Connecticut showed up to support the effort!
According to the Wilton Police Department’s website, there is a more than thirty year relationship between Special Olympics and law enforcement throughout the United States. Most publicly, police departments in all 50 states as well as more than 30 countries run the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics, “an international series of torch relays run by law enforcement officers, leading up to each state or nation’s Special Olympics Summer Games. Law enforcement officers raise money in conjunction with their respective Torch Runs for their local Special Olympics programs.”
