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New Britain Police Department to host 5K to benefit Special Olympics Connecticut
Officers with the New Britain Police Department to host the 6th Annual A.W. Stanley 5K to benefit Special Olympics Connecticut at A.W. Stanley Park located at 2159 Stanley Street, New Britain, CT, Saturday, June 13th, 2026. The run will begin at 9:00 AM and the one-mile walk will begin shortly afterwards.
You can register here: https://runsignup.com/Race/CT/NewBritain/AWStanleyPark5K. The registration fee is $30 and all proceeds will benefit the athletes of Special Olympics Connecticut. Accessible parking is available inside the park. All others to use street parking as well as Holmes Elementary School.
The A.W. Stanley 5K is a Law Enforcement Torch Run event to benefit Special Olympics Connecticut.
About the Law Enforcement Torch Run® for Special Olympics Connecticut
The Law Enforcement Torch Run® for Special Olympics Connecticut is a year-round program and one of the movement's largest grass-roots fundraiser and public awareness vehicles. Officers organize and host fundraisers that include but are not limited to Tip-a-Cop, Cop-on-Top and Penguin Plunge events, all to benefit local Special Olympics athletes.
A highlight of the program is the annual three-day Torch Run which takes place every June. During the Torch Run, officers from police departments and law enforcement agencies across the state run and carry the Special Olympics "Flame of Hope" more than 500 miles through their towns and cities to the site of the Special Olympics Connecticut Summer Games.
Platinum Sponsors of the program are the Bearingstar Insurance Charitable Fund, the Connecticut Elks Association and Whelen Engineering.
About Special Olympics Connecticut
Special Olympics Connecticut provides year-round sports training and competition opportunities for nearly 14,000 athletes of all ages with intellectual disabilities and Unified Sports® partners - their teammates without disabilities. Through the joy of sport, the Special Olympics movement transforms lives and communities throughout the state and in 200 countries around the world by promoting good health and fitness and inspiring inclusion and respect for people of all abilities, on and off the playing field. (www.soct.org)
Partner Sponsors: The Connecticut Elks Association, Enterprise, ESPN, Eversource, Foxwoods Resort Casino and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, the Knights of Columbus, the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Connecticut, the Mohegan Tribe, NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut, Pratt & Whitney, an RTX Business, and Webster Bank. Year-Round Suppliers: Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, Hearst Connecticut Media Group, N&D Sports, Pepperidge Farm, and WORX