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Inspiring News:
Congratulations to the
following Distinguished Service winners for 2008:
Outstanding Male Athlete
of the Year: Demetrius Griffin of Coweta county; Outstanding
Female Athlete of the Year: Tara Mims of the Kay Center in Peach
County; Outstanding Local Program: Special Pops Tennis of Fulton
County; Outstanding Family: Andrea and Wesley Moseley of Dekalb
County; Outstanding Local Coordinator: Ann Bonds of Cobb County;
Outstanding Unified Partner: Lee Brown of the Kay Center in Peach
County; Outstanding Adult Volunteer: Elizabeth Ferguson of
Macon-Bibb County; Outstanding Youth Volunteer: Raven Nicole
Hughey of Whitfield County; Outstanding Grassroots Support from a
Business on a Local or Area Level: Buffalo Rock of Coweta County;
and Outstanding Organization: CEC Health Science Class of Coweta
County.
Congratulations to Pam
Smith for winning the Outstanding Coach Award and former Atlanta
Falcons Jim Mora's Coach Award.
Click here to see the news release.
Athlete Elena
Weaver and SOGA staffer Jennifer Daniell accepted a $5,000 check
from official Summer Games sponsor Aetna in May 2008.
Cyclists raised money for SOGA through the Capital to Coast Bike
Ride. The three-day excursion was from Atlanta to Savannah. Jeff
Schneider led the bicyclist's efforts and helped organize the
ride. Congratulations to the team: Stephen and John Bracy, Darryl
Moss, Alex Apostolou, Jay Smith, Bob Schneider, Charles Schneider,
Charles Potts, Jay Frasier and Doug Israelite.
A CVS representative
recently presented Special Olympics Georgia with a $7,500 donation at SOGA's
Annual Conference.
Wellpoint Foundation of
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia made a generous donation to
partner with Special Olympics Georgia and 23,000 athletes.
Like the new website?
SOGA Volunteers Maria Goodall and Kirk Lancaster worked tirelessly
to create the new look and feel for SOGA's online presence. We're
incredibly grateful for such a high quality and professional site
- all done pro-bono! Thank them if you see them, and visit
them at their own websites:
Kirk@KirkLancaster.com
Maria@visualiti.com
www.visualiti.com
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