Harley-Davidson Raffle Winner Receives Ultra Classic®


Special Edition at Dover, DE Motor Speedway , Peace Officer C


ops, NASCAR and motorcycles: a perfect combination to celebrate the service of our men and women who dedicate their lives to keep our communities safe. This past June, the National Law Enforcement Offi- cers Memorial Fund, along with the team at Dover Motor Sports, hosted its annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Event at Dover International Speedway (The


Monster Mile). But this year’s event offered an added bonus, the presentation of a brand-new 2013 Harley-Davidson® Ultra Classic®


Electra Glide® Peace Officer Special Edition


motorcycle to Mr. Edwin J. Holmes from Nassau County, New York.


SUBMITTED BY JOHN SHANKS,


ACTING SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT,


NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND


for more than 45 years in Nassau County. He spent 34 years as a Nassau County Police Officer, and for the past 11 years has been employed by the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, assigned to the DEA Task Force. He has purchased four raffle tickets every year that the Memorial Fund has conducted the raffle. Mr. Holmes travels to Washington, D.C. for National Police Week every year to honor seven of his Nassau County colleagues whose names are engraved on the Memorial walls. In March, the National Law Enforcement Officers


Memorial Fund launched its annual raffle to raise funds for the National Law Enforcement Museum, which is currently under construction across the street from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.’s Judi- ciary Square. For $25, each participant received a raffle ticket and a Harley-Davidson/ Memorial Fund challenge coin. Four thousand tick- ets were printed, helping raise $93,535 for the Museum campaign. With the completion of


the most recent raffle, the Memorial Fund has raised more than $466,000 for the National Law Enforcement Museum, thanks to the gen- erosity of Harley-Davidson Motor Company. “The Memorial Fund


Motorcycle winner Edwin Holmes is flanked by CEO Craig Floyd and Director John Shanks of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.


On May 16, with more than 20,000 law enforcement


officers and supporters in our nation’s capital for National Police Week, National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Acting Senior Director of Development John Shanks was joined by staff to draw the winning raffle ticket for the 2013 Harley-Davidson®


Ultra Classic® Electra Glide®


is honored to have Harley- Davidson as a longtime part- ner,” said Memorial Fund Chairman & CEO Craig Floyd. “We are extremely


Peace


Officer Special Edition motorcycle. Upon drawing the winning ticket, Memorial Fund staff


called Mr. Holmes to give him the good news and he was truly excited. Mr. Holmes has been a law enforcement professional


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grateful to Harley-Davidson for their longstanding commit- ment to serving the law enforcement community,” he added. The combined total of raffle proceeds plus the value of the motorcycles donated brings Harley-Davidson’s contribution to the Museum campaign to nearly $650,000. For more information about the Museum campaign,


appropriately named “A Matter of Honor,” and to learn how you can support the Museum, please contact Memorial Fund Acting Senior Director of Development John Shanks at 202-737-8529 or JShanks@nleomf.org.


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