Spring 2011 Georgia’s Champions
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Rubber Ducky for Your Easter Basket
Support Georgia’s 23,620 Special Olympics athletes by adopting your duck for the 6th Annual Duck Derby! For a $5 or more donation, a lucky prize number will be assigned to a duck and
entered into the derby in your name. On June 24th, 10,000 yellow rubber ducks will race against each other at Six Flags White Water. If your adopted duck is one of the first to cross the finish line, you could win fabulous prizes – like a trip to Mandalay Bay & Resort, a Marriot stay, a Macy’s shopping spree, a gift certificate to Kauffman Tire, or a digital camera! Thank you to our sponsors Team Automotive, Allconnect, Rooms to Go Children’s Fund, Dobbins Thrift Shoppe, Highwoods Properties, Six Flags White Water, Star 94, and WSB-TV. Click here to adopt your duck now!
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World Games Athletes Return from Training Camp The Georgia Delegation to Team USA (four athletes, five coaches, and one staff member) attended the World Games Training Camp in San Diego in March. Team USA will travel to
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Celebrate the Torch Run’s 25th Year2011 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Law Enforcement
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State Indoor Winter Games: Huge SuccessA record number of Winter Games participants: 1,865 athletes and unified partners lead by 649 coaches competed in eight sports across 12 venues in Cobb County and Alpharetta.
Thank you to the Games Management Team and Cobb County Recreation Department for their continued service and support.
Winter Games would not have been the huge success that it was without the support of our sponsors: Stadion Money Management (Presenting Sponsor), Winter Construction, Lockheed Martin Aero Club, MetLife, Superior Essex, LAZ Parking, Classic Cadillac, firstPro, and Scott Horowitz. Thank you! Check out Winter Games photos on SOGA’s Flickr page and become a member.
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Photo taken by Dutch Walters Photography |
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Fun Things to Do During the Next Few MonthsYour Top 5: From seeing sit on tops of doughnut shops later this month to sailing in a regatta in September, we have lots of neat activities for you to try. |
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Sponsor Spotlight: UPS
UPS employees and their families are tremendous supporters and fans of the Special Olympics Georgia athletes and their families every year! There will be 100’s of brown T-shirts worn by the UPS employees when they come out to serve and cheer on the athletes at the State Summer Games on May 20 to 22 at Emory University, we guarantee it. Special Olympics Georgia thanks, appreciates,
values and counts on UPS for the long time and growing involvement and assistance and we can’t wait to see everyone very soon when the games begin.Visit www.ups.com and learn more about United Parcel Services. |
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Almost time for Camp Inspire!About 60 Special Olympics Georgia athletes between the ages of 13 and 18 will participate in the third annual week-long, overnight camp where they will learn Special Olympics sports training in a camp atmosphere at Camp Will-A-Way in Winder June 27-July 1. Athletes will have an opportunity to learn how to swim, boat, fish, and archery. Nature walks, music, games and dancing will add to the camp and give an opportunity to athletes to play, laugh and have fun as individuals and teammates.
Camp Inspire is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, Georgia Council and the camp is a partner of Camp Twin Lakes. The Knights of Columbus held a black-tie fundraiser in February to raise money for the camp. Also at the camp, 18 youth volunteers will participate in a Youth Forum, in which they will learn team building, leadership training and participate in activities with athletes, staff and volunteers. The program is called Youth Leaders Educating Others About Disabilities.
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Congrats to SOGA Award Winners
Special Olympics is proud to recognize outstanding service members and athletes: Three awards were given at State Winter Games for SOGA’s most prestigious awards:
Distinguished Service Award for Outstanding Organization- Jones County Pilots Club- Outstanding Local Program–Henry County Parks and Recreation Department (Terry Nash and Georgia Sheats bottom left)-- Male Athlete of the Year–Jones County Athlete Tony Fields (bottom right).Click here to read the tributes made since December. Click here to read about Darrius Taylor’s (on top left)
sportsmanship and Michael Ball’s (on top right) Boy Scout Award.
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| Big SOGA News: USA/SO Gymnastics and more
The USA Gymnastics and Special Olympics are hosting the first ever combined championship May 7 at the Cobb County Gymnastics Center in Marietta. The annual national
event will feature competition in artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics. Men’s and women’s gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics will follow Special Olympics rules, while TeamGym will use USA Gymnastics rules. Click here for more information. The local hosts are Chattooga Gymnastics, Special Olympics Georgia and Cobb County Special Olympics. Top photo to right: Ten athletes from Rockdale County played an exhibition game March 11′s of SEC FanFare at the Georgia World Congress Center. Special Olympics and SEC have had a long-standing partnership.
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Atlanta Silverbacks Night and Summer Games
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Above, athletes from Gwinnett and Walton counties play in an exhibition during half-time of the Silverbacks
Plan to cheer on the athletes at State Summer Games at Emory University May 20-22. Competitions and awards will be held throughout the weekend with Opening Ceremony Friday
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