PHOTO GALLERY: Run With The Law Supports Special Olympics

A rainy-day run with local middle schoolers and Glenview Police helps raise money for athletes with intellectual disabilities.

By Philip Downie
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April 28, 2011

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Attea and Springman music instructor Elena Ryan, who is seven months pregnant, runs under her students' arms as one of the last group of participants to finish the course.

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(left to right) Kaitlyn O'Brien, Jessica O'Young, Christina Piron, and Justine Kim, all 8th graders at Attea Middle School, pose for a photo while waiting for the run to begin.

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(left to right) Glenview Police Officers Tim Heiser, Cathy Sostak, Paul Affatati, Phil Perlini, Michael Mazurkiewicz and Jim Rocuskie pose for a photo before running with about 100 middle school students to raise money for Special Olympics Illinois.

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Special Olympics athlete and representative Meghan O'Connor thanks those in attendance for their support of the organization. O'Connor, a Park Ridge resident, has competed for more than 25 years and regularly speaks at schools, organizations and private clubs on behalf of the Special Olympics. "I love sports, I'm a jock," she said.

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Officer Ken Smith, Attea's school resource officer, runs with a torch the police passed off as they led students around Gallery Park. "Run with the Law" serves as a warm up for the Law Enforcement Torch Run, all of which benefits Special Olympics Illinois. Smith runs "True Blue," a student group at Attea that focuses on volunteering. Officer Smith told Patch that he thought the event would be a great way to bring the student and police volunteers together.

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Officer Tim Heiser leads students on their run around Gallery Park, slightly more than a mile.

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Despite the rainy weather Wednesday afternoon, roughly 100 Attea and Springman Middle School students—along with teachers, administrators, parents and members of the Glenview Police Department—took part in "Run with the Law" to benefit Special Olympics Illinois.

The event, in addition to the Law Enforcement Torch Run on June 5, raises money for nearly 27,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities. Each participating student was required to raise at least fifty dollars to participate in the one-mile run at Gallery Park.

Special Olympics athlete and representative Meghan O'Connor, who has competed in swimming for 25 years, was on hand to offer her gratitude on behald of the organization.

Above, check out photos from the (very wet) benefit run.

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