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February
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WHAT'S NEW |
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Discover a treasure at
the Art Auction benefiting Special Olympics Georgia
Please join us at the 2007 Art Auction to
benefit Special Olympics Georgia Friday, March 23 at an million dollar
Atlanta-home. The preview is at 7:30 p.m. and the live auction begins at
8:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 per person and $50 per couple. The artwork is supplied
by Ross Galleries. The evening will also include food, wine, beer, door prizes
and a silent auction.
For more information about the auction, please
contact Jessica Bennett
at (770) 414-9390 ext. 107.
Write Special Olympics
about your experience for an advertising study
SOGA families, sponsors, volunteers coaches, and
athletes: Send e-mails about how your personal experience with Special Olympics
has changed your life to Special Olympics Director of Global Branding and
Marketing Kirsten Suto Seckler.
Your e-mails will help Special Olympics create the best advertising and public
service announcements. Please e-mail by Friday, Feb. 9.
Mark
your Calendars
(More information coming soon.
- The State Summer Games will be at Emory
University May 25-27. Paperwork is due March 30. Competition will be in
aquatics, athletics, badminton, volleyball, tennis, table tennis, gymnastics and soccer. For more information, contact
Alison White.
-Race for Champions, Saturday,
May 26, Atlanta
-5K Road Race, tentatively
April 7, Atlanta
-Cops on Doughnut Shops, March
9-11, following locations:
Albany - 400 N. Slappey Boulevard
Athens - 3703 Atlanta Highway
Atlanta - 295 Ponce de Leon Avenue
Buford - 3387 Buford Drive
Columbus - 6761 Veterans Parkway
Duluth - 1550 Pleasant Hill Road
Lilburn - 4129 Highway 78
Marietta - 299 Cobb Parkway, South
Riverdale - 6689 Highway 85
Roswell - 791 Atlanta Street
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VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH |
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Volunteer of the Month -
Kathy Morreira
Kathy Morreira is an amazing volunteer whose dedication and hard work on the
Special Olympics Comprehensive Resource Guide was essential and extremely
helpful to the entire Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) staff. Kathy, of
Alpharetta, was steadfast and stayed with the project until it was
completed, which is quite an accomplishment considering how big the project was.
With this new guide, agencies
participating in Special Olympics have a complete guide of everything to steps
to competition, volunteer profiles, how to start a program, competition rules
and scratch sheets.
Special Olympics Georgia would like to offer a huge thank you to such an amazing
and talented volunteer. Kathy dedicated several week to a detailed project and
her commitment, talent and knowledge helped to make the final project very
successful.
Kathy is employed a Global Care Inc,
in Alpharetta and she serves as the “Charity Coordinator” of her company. She
put her desire and inspiration into action for SOGA and we are grateful for
her volunteer efforts. Way to go Kathy!
Do you know someone who should be Volunteer of the Month?
Simply send the person's contact information (name, email address, mailing address, and phone number) and a brief paragraph explaining why you think they should win to:
Leslie.Anderson@SpecialOlympicsGA.org.
**Online Donations
You can make an online donation and support the 22,642 registered SOGA athletes. | | |
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES |
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:14th Annual Bregman
Educational Conference-Saturday and Sunday, March 10-11
Volunteers are needed for the 14th Annual Bregman Educational Conference being
held Saturday, March 10 and Sunday, March 11 at the Georgia Perimeter
College Dunwoody Campus. Activities include a dance on Saturday night and
workshops on Sunday.
For
more information, contact
Michelle.Woods@SpecialOlympicsGA.org.
5K Race- tentatively
set for Saturday,
April 7
About 70 - 80 volunteers are needed to help staff
the Philips Arena 5K Road Race, which will be held at Philips Arena in Atlanta.
Volunteers are needed from 5:30 AM until 12:00 PM. Positions include: start &
finish line attendants, registration & t-shirt volunteers, food & water
volunteers and split timers.
Laurel Springs Big Break Challenge-Sunday,
March 18
Laurel Springs is
holding a Golf Skills fundraiser to benefit SOGA. Volunteers are needed for a
few hours to staff each of the skills locations and help keep score, escort
players, and help with registration.
If
you have any questions
about any of these events, e-mail
Leslie.Anderson@SpecialOlympicsGA.org or call (770) 414-9390 ext. 120.
Special thanks to Chevron for their
support of SOGA's volunteers!
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OTHER NEWS |
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Upcoming Events
Golf in the Annual Gold, Silver Irons Golf Tournament
set for March 26
Enjoy a round of golf at the beautiful South Bridge
Golf Club in Savannah Monday, March 26. Registration begins that Monday at 12
p.m. and tee times begin at 12:30 p.m. You will also have a chance to enjoy
great raffle prizes and golf contests.
To register 1) download a "Gold, Silver and Irons
Golf Tournament Flyer" 2) complete and mail the form and a check to Leslie
Anderson.
To sponsor a team or hole on the course, please contact Leslie Anderson at
770-414-9390 ext. 120 or
Leslie.Anderson@SpecialOlympicsGA.org.
Play golf at the Chili Dip Open Golf
Tournament
Work on your
swing at the Chili Dip Open Golf Tournament at Bear's Best Atlanta Saturday,
February 24. The event will be a four-person scramble tournament with prizes for
Long Drive, Nearest the Pin and the low net team scores. Chili is served all
day. There will also be tee prizes. Entry fee is $150 per player with proceeds
benefiting Special Olympics Georgia. Call the golf shop to register 678-714-2582, x1.
The event is being held in conjunction with 680 The Fan.
Click here to sign up.
Invitationals
Below
are the dates and locations for upcoming invitationals. If you are a new agency or your athletes will be competing in some of these events for the first time, coming to an Invitational is a great way to gain competition experience in a state tournament setting.
Volleyball,
May 5, Emory University, Atlanta.
Contact your regional manager for more information.
Soccer,
April 28, Silverbacks Sports Center, Suwannee.
Contact your regional manager for more information.
Artistic Gymnastics,
May 19, Inbound Gymnastics, Albany.
Contact your regional manager for more information.
Give up your old cell phone for SOGA
Join in the
PHONE BONES Project and help Special Olympics Georgia by turning in your
old cell phone. Special Olympics Georgia is recycling old cell phones to raise
funds and help our environment. You can turn in your old cell phone by
visiting http://extranet.totaltrak.net. Call Special Olympics Georgia
(770) 414-9390 for the username and password.
Drop change
in red cans for SOGA
March 5-9 is Change for Champions
week! Look for the red Special Olympics canisters in your schools and
community and drop your change in - a little bit REALLY does add up and makes
a big difference for the athletes. If your school, office, drycleaner, etc
will put out a can, let us know and we'll send it to them! We celebrate
Exceptional Children's week with Change for Champions.
E-mail
Heather.Hart@SpecialOlympicsGA.org if you want to display a can.
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