PSST! FBI TIPS RESTAURANT EVENT TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS.Byline: Daily News Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), division of the U.S. Dept. of Justice charged with investigating all violations of federal laws except those assigned to some other federal agency. will don aprons and serve as waiters for a special fund-raising event. The volunteers from the FBI will be donating their time and hard work to participate in the second in a series of Tip-a-Hero dinners hosted by the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Special Olympics Special Olympics International sports program for people with intellectual disability. It provides year-round training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type summer and winter sports for participants. . The event will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Elephant Bar Restaurant, 27063 N. McBean Parkway, Valencia. Patrons will be given the opportunity to leave a ``tip'' for these law enforcement officers acting as servers, which the FBI will then donate back to the Special Olympics. All those who make a $25 donation will receive a 2004 Tip-a-Hero T-shirt as a memento of the evening. ``We are proud to be involved with such a worthwhile organization as Special Olympics,'' said Grant Chapman Hedley Grant Pearson Chapman (born 27 April 1949) is an Australian politician. Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Chapman was educated at the University of Adelaide and worked as a marketing executive in the oil industry and a self-employed management consultant prior to , general manager of the Elephant Bar. ``We look forward to this event and invite the community to join us for a fun evening.'' The first Tip-A-Hero dinner took place March 25 at Buca di Beppo Buca di Beppo is an American restaurant chain specializing in immigrant Southern Italian food. The name roughly translates as "Joe's Basement" (Beppo is slang for Joe in Southern Italy and Buca means basement (literally it means "hole") in Italian). and raised more than $2,700. Future Tip-a-Hero fund-raisers are scheduled for April 29 at Claim Jumper Noun 1. claim jumper - one who illegally occupies property to which another has a legal claim supplanter, usurper - one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another ; May 6 at Stuart Anderson's Black Angus; and May 20 back at the Elephant Bar. Proceeds from the Tip-A-Hero dinners will help pay for the Santa Clarita Valley Special Olympics' third annual Spirit Games, which will take place May 15. Approximately 1,000 athletes with mental disabilities from all over Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, will come to Santa Clarita to compete in swimming, basketball, track and field, tennis, golf and bocce (Italian lawn bowling). The Spirit Games are open to the community and spectators are encouraged to come and cheer on the athletes during the competition, or enjoy free activities in the Olympic Village that day at Newhall Park. For information about the Tip-A-Hero dinners or the Spirit Games, call the Special Olympics office at (661) 253-2121. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Firefighters Chris Lanc, left, and Simon Sage, pictured here with Special Olympian Marina Williams, helped raise funds at the last event. |
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