THOUSAND OAKS : Officers Compete to Help Homeless
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About 150 sheriff deputies, police and California Highway Patrol officers in Ventura and Los Angeles counties competed against each other Saturday in a good-natured and sometimes slapstick track meet in Thousand Oaks to raise money for homeless children.
Organizers of Code 3 For Kids, a nonprofit organization, sold tickets to the event at Thousand Oaks High School. An estimated 200 people attended.
“The more we can do to help the needy and the homeless, the better off our world and our streets are going to be,” said Ronald Chambers, a Simi Valley officer who ran in the mile relay race. “We come in contact with lots of these kids who have nowhere to go and they need all the help they can get.”
All proceeds from the event will benefit homeless children in Ventura County, central Los Angeles and the west San Fernando Valley.
The day’s competitions included a race in which officers ran with inner tubes and gunny sacks around their legs, a jousting contest and a tug-of-war across a field sprayed with slippery foam used by firefighters to douse flames.
Officers unashamed of their image as doughnut-lovers also sought distinction in a doughnut-eating contest.
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