OP’s Special Events
Long Beach Marathon: October 9, 2011
Long Beach and Los Angeles Police Officers will compete for time and fundraising dollars and they train and run the Long Beach Marathon in October. Each respective department will take what they have raised and use it towards Scholarships and leadership development within their own communities. This will be the first competition directly between the LAPD and the Long Beach Police Department since Long Beach joined the OP Family in March of 2011.
OP’s Annual Events
March 2012
St. Patty’s Day Fundraiser
An evening of community as friends, family and local supporters of Operation Progress gather to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, in Scituate, MA, with a family cooked meal and a chance to win amazing raffle prizes donated by the local businesses for the benefit of the students of Operation Progress.
May 27th, 2012
Commissioners’ Cup Challenge
Run To Remember Half Marathon
A friendly bi-coastal police competition, held every year on the Sunday before Memorial Day, within the Run To Remember in Boston Seaport, MA helps raise money for college scholarships with all proceeds going to the scholarship foundation. The event kicks off with an awards luncheon where the Boston students are presented with their Operation Progress scholarships and culminates with the team having the best combined time in the half marathon being awarded the Commissioners’ Cup. The coveted Ripatti Cup is then presented to the athlete who displayed the most strength, courage and heart. This event normally raises $40,000-$65,000 for the scholarship fund annually.
June 2012
Train For Life Golf Tournament & Raffle
Retired Los Angeles Police Officer Kristina Ripatti was shot and injured in the line of duty in 2006. She is known by friends and colleagues for her passion to work out and train. Once asked what she was training for, she responded, “I am training for life.”
Her response has now become her motto as she rallies her friends and co-workers from the Southeast Division to participate in the Train for Life Golf Challenge for Operation Progresss student college fund. Kristina’s powerful message to never quit is spoken less with words and more with her actions. She continues to give tirelessly of herself speaking at Operation Progress events as well as a myriad of other non-profit events.
Kristinas husband Tim Pearce is on the board of directors of Operation Progress and plays an active part in the daily fight to rid the Los Angeles streets of the criminals and the crime that nearly took his wife, Kristina’s life.
