Greetings and welcome to the “Tar Heel State” on behalf of the over 2,000 members of our North Carolina State Highway Patrol Family.  The Mountains of North Carolina offers a variety of natural beauty, exciting adventure and exploring opportunities that we hope you will partake in during your stay this week.  We are humbled and honored to host this annual event aimed at raising funds for those in need.  Your continued collective work is much appreciated by our agency and by the communities that this will ultimately benefit. Take care, have a great time and I look forward to seeing some great softball from many of our law enforcement partners over the course of the event.