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2024 Bob Busse Memorial Golf Classic

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Dust off your clubs and come out to the 29th Annual Bob Busse Memorial Golf Classic on November 11, 2024 at the Roswell Country Club! This year’s event will prove to be a memorable experience.  Our goal this year is to raise $110,000 that will go straight to helping Special Olympics Georgia’s 18,646 athletes to participate and grow from all we have to offer as an organization.

Sponsorship will help raise monies that will directly offset more than $1,019,445 in expenses associated with Special Olympics Georgia’s State Games and other athlete programs, including lodging, meals, travel expenses, and more!

Schedule of Events:

Registration, Breakfast, and Warmup will begin at 9 a.m.

The Shotgun Start will begin at 10 a.m.

Each golfer will receive:

  • A tournament gift bag
  • Breakfast
  • Boxed lunch on the course
  • Beverages throughout the day
  • Hors d’oeuvres and beverages at the post tournament reception with a silent auction taking place

To register for this event, please click here to download the Sponsorship & Registration Form!

Roswell Country Club is located at 2500 Country Club Drive, Roswell, GA 30076

For questions and more information about this event, please contact Mary Thomason at (770) 414-9390 ext. 1121 or Mary.Thomason@specialolympicsga.org

2024 SOGA Recruitment Video

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2024 State Summer Games at Emory University, May 24-26, 2024

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Please come out and join SOGA at the 2024 State Summer Games at Emory University on May 24-26, 2024. Come out to support up to 2,000 Special Olympics Georgia Delegates as they compete in Athletics, Cheerleading, Flag Football Team & Flag Football Skills, Gymnastics, Soccer Team & Soccer Skills, Swimming,  Table Tennis, Tennis, and Volleyball ! Please click HERE to view our Fact Sheet!

Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Vision Statement

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Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Vision Statement

Respecting each individual and recognizing the value that we each bring to the SOGA team is essential.  SOGA champions a diverse and inclusive environment while celebrating all individuals through a love of sport.

We encourage and welcome diversity, recognizing it as a key advantage and value different backgrounds and perspectives.  Some types of diversity are life experience, work experience, perspective, culture, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender identity and age.  Diversity assists us in looking at situations from a variety of angles and encourages the development of ideas and solutions.

Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) will strive to be an organization that reflects all communities, and one in which everyone with a role in carrying out the Special Olympics mission feels empowered to be their full, authentic selves and do their best work, whether as Special Olympics athletes, volunteers, donors/sponsors, business partners, or employees.

 

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Vision Policy:

 Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) will strive to be an organization that reflects all communities, and one in which everyone with a role in carrying out the Special Olympics mission feels empowered to be their full, authentic selves and do their best work, whether as Special Olympics athletes, volunteers, donors/sponsors, business partners, or employees.

Click here to adopt your ducks and support Special Olympics Georgia Athletes today

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Duck Pluck 2024
Wednesday, September 18

Make a splash for the 18,546 athletes of SOGA- Adopt your Duck and Support an Athlete. With your duck adoption, you will not only be entered to win some awesome prizes, but you will be sending athletes to Games! The Pluck will be on Wednesday, September 18th and you do not need to be present to win.

To adopt your ducks, click here!

2019 Youth Forum

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The Youth Forum will provide Special Olympics Georgia youth volunteers the opportunity to attend an overnight, four day, 3 night event where they will experience team building, leadership training, educational sessions, participating in activities with Special Olympics athletes, staff and volunteers. This Forum will promote activities that provide sports training while also encouraging youth and athletes to play, laugh and have fun as individuals and teammates.

Benefits:

Leadership Training, Teambuilding, Volunteer Training, Opportunity to Work with Special Olympic Athletes And Service to Others Activities offered

Activities:
Leadership Training, Team Building, Educational Sessions, Sports Training, Athletic Competition

When
Sunday June 9th – Wednesday June 12th, 2019

Where
Emory University, Atlanta Georgia

Eligibility
The applicant must be 13-18 years of age.

To download the application information, please click here!

State Indoor Winter Games T-Shirts Are Now Available

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The 2018 State Indoor Winter Games and Southeast Powerlifting t-shirts are now available for PRE-ORDER:

Shirts are light blue, long-sleeve and lightweight material. Shirt design features the event’s themed logo “Under the Big Top” on the front and statewide sponsors on the back. Shirts are $22.00 each and run in sizes small to xx-large.

Click here to download your order form and order today!

Order forms and payment are due by December 20, 2018. Please not that we can no longer accept cash payments. All payments must be via check or credit card. To submit place your order, please email or fax the completed form to Kate Hamilton at (404) 393-2929.

All checks can be made out to “Special Olympics Georgia” and mailed to:

Special Olympics Georgia

6046 Financial Drive

Norcross, GA 30071

 

SOGA will not mail shirts. All shirts can be picked up at housing check in on January 11 at the Indoor Winter Games.

Thank You For Making The First Half of 2018 Great

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Special Olympics Georgia continues to provide high-quality competitions for our athletes,

and it is only because of your support and friendship that this is possible. 

Thank you for your passion, energy, and time towards helping the athletes achieve athletic and lifetime success!

The first half of 2018 has been very eventful and successful for Special Olympics Georgia athletes and everyone involved with Special Olympics Georgia.

A few highlights:

  • There are currently 206 accredited Special Olympics Georgia programs across the state.
  • 5,795 athletes, unified partners, and coaches participated in State Indoor Winter Games and State Summer Games.  3,521 amazing volunteers assisted with these Games.
  • Special Olympics Georgia held a 3 day Youth Forum in June at Emory University.  42 youth volunteers and SOGA athletes ages 13-18 attended alongside 10 SOGA team members and volunteers.  The Forum focused on leadership skills training, provided the youth opportunities to implement these skills in a group setting, and educated the youth on how to become involved with SOGA as an advocate in their school/community, coach, unified partner, and fundraiser.
  • Special Olympics Georgia sent a delegation of 42 athletes, partners, and coaches to the Special Olympics 2018 USA Games in Seattle June 30 – July 6.  Team Georgia consisted of a Traditional Basketball Team from Hall County that brought home a gold medal, a Unified Volleyball Team from Gwinnett County that brought home a 4th place ribbon, a Unified Soccer Team from Special K’s that brought home a bronze medal, and a Unified Golf Team from Douglas County that brought home a bronze medal.
  • Coca-Cola had three Special Olympics athletes working with them to support the 2018 USA Games, two of which are Special Olympics Georgia athletes. 

 

Thank you for continuing to believe in our athletes and for making sure that every Special Olympics Georgia athlete has the opportunity to be an Olympian!

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