PRESS RELEASE
12 June 2007

Town Pump Barbecue for SOMT
at Gore Hill Location
(take the airport exit off I-15, turn left)  
 
Families and Friends of Special Olympics,

Town Pump invites you to a giant barbecue to benefit Special Olympics Montana. On Friday and Saturday, June 15 & 16 from 10am – 5pm each day, Town Pump at its new store on Gore Hill in Great Falls will be cooking brats on a 65-foot giant grill.  It takes a semi-truck to move this grill from one location to another.

Everyone is invited to stop in at the Gore Hill location to enjoy a brat for $1.  The Johnsonville Big Taste Grill cooks up to 2500 brats an hour.  Athletes will also be on hand to greet patrons and help out with the event.  Proceeds go to Special Olympics Montana. 

Maureen Kenneally of Town Pump says, “Special Olympics is a great organization that serves all the communities in Montana, no matter how large or how small.”

Come on by to enjoy the fun, the good food, and Town Pump’s hospitality! 

Town Pump is a platinum sponsor of the Special Olympics State Summer Games and an outlet for raffle tickets for the annual Bresnan Communications/Chevy truck raffle.  This year, Town Pump sold $38,000 in raffle tickets.

About Special Olympics
Special Olympics is an international organization that changes lives by promoting understanding, acceptance and inclusion between people with and without intellectual disabilities. Through year-round sports training and athletic competition and other related programming for 1.4 million children and adults with intellectual disabilities in more than 150 countries, Special Olympics has created a model community that celebrates people's diverse gifts. Founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Special Olympics provides people with intellectual disabilities continuing opportunities to realize their potential, develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience joy and friendship. There is no cost to participate in Special Olympics. Visit Special Olympics online at www.somt.org

Special Olympics Montana
PO Box 3507
Great Falls, MT  59403
800-242-6876
406-216-5327