{"id":340603,"date":"2026-07-15T06:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/340603\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T06:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:39:10","slug":"greenville-and-jacksonville-host-texas-roadhouse-fundraisers-for-special-olympics-nc-july-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/340603\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenville and Jacksonville host Texas Roadhouse fundraisers for Special Olympics NC July 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two Eastern Carolina communities will have a chance to support Special Olympics North Carolina during separate Texas Roadhouse fundraisers this week.<\/p>\n

Both events are scheduled for Thursday, July 16, from 5 to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n

In Greenville, the Greenville Police Department is partnering with the Texas Roadhouse location in Greenville to raise money for Special Olympics North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Customers there can support the fundraiser by bringing the event flyer or mentioning Special Olympics NC to their server.<\/p>\n

A separate Tip-A-Cop fundraiser will also be held at the Texas Roadhouse in Jacksonville.<\/p>\n

\"Greenville<\/p>\n

Greenville and Jacksonville host Texas Roadhouse fundraisers for Special Olympics NC<\/p>\n

The Onslow County Sheriff\u2019s Office is partnering with the Jacksonville location for that event. Deputies and Law Enforcement Torch Run officers will help collect donations for Special Olympics North Carolina.<\/p>\n

According to the event flyer, Special Olympics North Carolina provides year-round sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.<\/p>\n

Organizers say a 10% donation will be added to the overall fundraising total for anyone who brings the flyer, shares a social media post or tells their server they are there to support Special Olympics North Carolina.<\/p>\n

People who cannot attend can still donate through the QR code included on the event flyer.<\/p>\n

Organizers say donations will help support Special Olympics athletes in local communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Eastern Carolina communities will have a chance to support Special Olympics North Carolina during separate Texas Roadhouse…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-340603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}