Special Olympics Indiana Law Enforcement Torch Run to take place in Terre Haute
On May 30, Indiana Law enforcement Officers will run alongside Special Olympics Indiana athletes carrying the Flame of Hope and signaling a start to the 2025 Summer Games. One of the two events will be taking place at the Bicentennial Unity Plaza in Indianapolis, while the other will take place at Indiana State University's Hulman Center in Terre Haute. The Terre Haute event will begin at noon and is a three-mile run that will take the participants through the city and campus.
This run is done to help celebrate the power of acceptance, diversity, and inclusion. The torches used during the run will also be used to ignite the cauldron at the 2025 Summer Games Opening Ceremony that will be held on June 6 at ISU.
Community leaders, residents, and businesses along the course are invited to come out and cheer on participants.
These runs were first started in 1981 in Wichita, Kansas, and have grown into the largest international grassroots supporter for the Special Olympics. Funds raised by both Indiana events will go towards sports training and competition for people with intellectual disabilities at no cost to the participant.
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