Tip-A-Cop For Special Olympics At Black Bear Diner Thursday

WILSONVILLE, OR — The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office will be at Black Bear Diner in Wilsonville this week to help raise money for Special Olympics Oregon. Promoted as a special "Tip-a-Cop" event, CCSO personnel will work alongside Black Bear Diner staff for two shifts this Thursday.

The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 4 at 30175 S.W. Parkway Ave. in Wilsonville. According to Black Bear Assistant Manager Samantha Gonzalez, the participating sheriff's office staff will partner with the diner's servers and hosts to help seat guests, take orders, and carry out meals — while also soliciting for donations to benefit Special Olympics Oregon.

"I think it's just to help out and give back to the community," Gonzalez told Patch, noting this is the first Tip-a-Cop event hosted at the Wilsonville Black Bear location.

A corporate dining establishment, Black Bear Diners are located throughout the Western United States, as well as in Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Clackamas County's Tip-a-Cop event is one of many held in coordination with the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run campaign for Special Olympics, which sees more than 144,000 law enforcement officers nationwide work together to raise money and awareness for local Special Olympics organizations.

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