Community Corner
College Park Celebrity Waiter Event to Benefit Community-Police Dream Team
The Aug. 28 event at Ledo Restaurant will include police, elected officials, UMD athletes, and other personalities.
Submitted by the University of Maryland Office of Community Engagement:
Along with Prince George’s County Police Department District I Commander, Major Rob Brewer, UMD Chief of Police David B. Mitchell and the University of Maryland’s Office of Community Engagement will hold a “celebrity waiter” fundraising event at the Original Ledo Restaurant in College Park (4509 Knox Road) on August 28, 2013 from 10-2 pm and 5-7 pm to support “The Community Police Dream Team,” a popular and successful crime prevention partnership initiative. (Visit here for pictures and more details.)
Fundraiser Details
The team of “celebrity waiters” includes Maryland Terrapin Athletes, local elected officials, radio and news personalities and other ‘celebrities.’ 15% of the restaurant’s dine-in and carry-out sales from customers who present the event flyer & coupon will benefit the Community Police Dream Team program.
Local Celebrities Confirmed
Local celebrities who have confirmed their attendance at the event include: Chief Mitchell, Major Brewer, Prince George’s County Police Department Inspector General Carlos Acosta, State Senator Jim Rosapepe (Dist. 21), College Park City Councilmembers Patrick Wojahn and Robert Day, and University of Maryland Vice President for Administration & Finance Carlo Colella.
About Our Cause
The CP Dream Team is an evidence-based program to prevent crime and enrich youth in our community. The program is powered by an elite, inter-agency team of volunteer “Police All Stars” who builds relationships between police and youth in College Park, MD through basketball, shared meals, and conversation. This program gives my officers an opportunity to mentor youth, meeting teens through recreation. The program helps foster positive relationships by building trust, thus increasing the willingness of residents to report crime and suspicious activity to police. The Dream Team initiative is generously supported by Maryland Athletics and the University’s Office of Community Engagement as part of a high-profile institution-wide strategy to advance the University President Wallace Loh’s visionary mission to make College Park a top 20 college town by the year 2020.
To Participate or For More Information
To send a representative from your company to participate as a celebrity waiter, or for more information, please contact UMD Office of Community Engagement’s Emily Adams at (301) 852-8074 or e-mail eadams@umd.edu.
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