Red Robin's Tip a Cop for Special Olympics

Sep 29, 07 -- Red Robin's annual event "Tip a Cop" was in full swing in Kennewick as I left the Time of Remembrance event. 

We were actually headed for sushi when police vehicles with light bars running, and balloons attached begged for some attention.  They were parked on the lawn in front of the Red Robin.  And okay, let's be real here, since H2H began I haven't been able to pass up that kind of bait!  (Hmmm .... never did get sushi, lol)

Now, this was a perfect tie-in as well, as we do the Iraq'n'Robin morale program.  You know, the one with the silly glasses that make everyone, including troops in the desert, smile and act goofy.

Red Robin's "Tip a Cop" effort raises money for the Special Olympics, with the assist of Police Departments all over the country.  Police personnel were assisting the wait staff, bussing tables, bringing drinks and side dishes out.  It was pretty cool.  Kinda neat to see the Chief bringing french fries to a table. 

There were lots of smiles, and it was all for a very good cause.  Hopefully they raised a lot of money for Special Olympics.  Reminds me of more reasons that we call these folks Heroes.

Anyway, as we were led to the table, I tapped one of the officers and told them that we needed to talk.  Talk about amazing opportunities!!!

In any event, we were able to get the message out to the Kennewick Police Dept ... including the guy with the big smile and all the stars on his collar, aka Chief Hohenberg.

They were all great, and our new friend, Mary, sounds like she will take this one up for us there at the department.

Thank you for being so gracious and taking time from your busy day to hear about HeroToHero.US

Y'all rock!

lj

**Side note ... Leaving the Clarion Hotel, where the Remembrance was held, I stopped by the Richland Fire Dept to remind them about the shirt drive, and drop off PackOut invites.  We had visited this house before on one of our Stomps, and we'd gotten shirts from them, so I was pretty comfortable here. 

Turned out they were doing some training, and I didn't really want to interrupt.  But the Captain told me to "stand over there", and go for it.  Turned out they were broadcasting the training class out to the entire RFD.  Who knew?  lol  Long story short, we were able to get the word out to all of our RFD herores.  Thanks guys!  Hope you join us for the PackOut, and look forward to some shirts from you!