NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Sergeant Andrew Soule with the Reno County Sheriff's Office said they are holding some fundraising events for Kansas Special Olympics called Cover the Cruiser.
"The idea behind the Cover the Cruiser events is, we'll come out and we'll have medallions and some tape," Soule said. "We will accept donations for those medallions and the goal is to try and completely cover up one of our patrol vehicles."
The first event is this week.
"It will be this Friday, September 16," Soule said. "We will be out at the Hutchinson High School homecoming football game. We will be outside the west entrance to Gowans Stadium. We'll have the vehicle parked out there and we'll have a table set up to accept donations, and we'll see how much we can cover the car."
This is the second year they have done this fundraiser. The other event will be October 21, 2022 at the Buhler High School football game.
"At the Hutchinson game, we were in the neighborhood of $800," Soule said. "At the Buhler game, we were in the neighborhood of $2000. The Buhler game went really well and I just didn't have a whole lot of time to promote the Hutchinson event ahead of time. I would expect our Hutch number to go up a little bit this year and get us closer to what Buhler did."
A single medallion is a dollar with six for five dollars.