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Plunge for the Athletes
Join other cold-water plungers Feb. 18 for the Polar Plunge at Lanier World at Sunset Cove in raising money for Special Olympics Georgia athletes. All you have to do is register, use
your tool kit to collect pledges and then PLUNGE. Prizes will be awarded to the best costume, highest fundraiser, highest fundraising team, and more! Relief from the cold will be provided: heated areas, warm concessions and fun souvenirs. Click here to get started!
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Holiday Gift Idea
Just in time for the holidays . . . whether giving a magazine subscription as a gift, renewing your favorite one for yourself, or subscribing to a new one, you can help raise funds for Special Olympics Georgia by ordering through our partner,
DialAmerica. You’ll get BIG discounts, and DialAmerica will donate 12.5 percent of your paid subscription to SOGA. To subscribe, call (877) 872-2362 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. or order online.
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November Volunteers of the Month: Billy Hughey and Todd Ogas
How do you pick just one volunteer when you have two very worthy individuals who played a big role in bringing together Dalton’s very first State Fall Games, who both volunteered long hours, and who made sure that one of the game’s largest events ran smoothly?
Well, this month we won’t; instead we will honor two – Billy Hughey and Todd Ogas. Billy and Todd have been a part of the new Games Management Team for the Fall Games in Dalton.
They solicited sponsors, volunteers, donations, along with volunteering to be the bocce venue directors: Billy headed up unified bocce while Todd took on traditional bocce. Anyone who has seen bocce in action at the Fall Games knows just how massive a sport it is, with 20 bocce courts, over 375 volunteers, over 800 athletes and partners playing, and lasting the entire
weekend. The venue director job is to make sure the venue progresses efficiently and on time, not always an easy task when dealing with competition, rules, volunteers, coaches, but Billy and Todd managed to run the event making it one of the best bocce competitions ever. And they not only had competition run on time but it ended earlier than it ever has before with competition completed by Saturday evening!
Thank you Billy and Todd for all of your support leading up to and at this year’s Fall Games. We look forward to the next two years in Dalton! |
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Volunteer at State Winter Games
During the weekend of January 20, 1,500 athletes from all over the state will travel to Marietta, GA and compete in basketball, bowling, powerlifting, floor hockey, ice skating, gymnastics and roller skating. Volunteers are needed to make the weekend a success. If you are interested in volunteering for any of the above events, please contact Leslie Anderson at
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Let Special Olympics Warm Your
Home and Heart Three Special Olympics inspired Shaw Living area rugs through the new Rugs For A Reason campaign will be available for purchase the weekend of State Fall Games in Dalton. Each area rug — the blocks with flowers, the circles and paisley with stripes — is machine woven, not printed, and resistant to soil, stains and fading. Click here to learn more. |
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Be an Athlete’s Hero Today
You don’t have to be a professional athlete to be a hero to a Special Olympics athlete. As athletes are an inspiration, you can also be one by becoming a coach and teaching healthy habits or a sport, being there for an athlete at a State Games as a fan and, of course, making a donation. Without scoring a touchdown or pitching a no-hitter on the big screen, you can still help create a level playing field for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
Click here to donate today.Help show that everyone can be a hero and
that everyone can be good when we work together.
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Sponsor Spotlight: Allied World Assurance Company
Special Olympics Georgia is pleased to announce Allied World Assurance Company
http://www.awac.com/home/default.aspx as our Sponsor of the Month. Allied World Assurance Company is the platinum level sponsor for the Bob Busse Golf Classic. The sold-out Bob Busse Golf Classic will be held at the Cherokee Town and Country Club November 7. In addition to its generous sponsorship,
Allied World Assurance Company is entering three golfer foursomes in the tournament, as well as providing a small army of volunteers to lend a helping hand with the tournament.
Allied World Assurance Company boasts an unwavering focus on superior solutions, an unparalleled level of service, and an uncompromising commitment to maintaining financial strength. Guided by these exacting standards, Allied World Assurance Company has grown to become a world class insurance and reinsurance company. We thank Allied World Assurance Company for its commitment to community service and its ongoing support of Special Olympics Georgia.
NEW: Athlete Spotlight
Tyler Hughey has been competing in Special Olympics Georgia since 2001, with his first competition at the State Horse Show in Perry. Since then, Tyler has competed in various sports including aquatics, skiing, sailing, and bocce at various state games around the state. This year, the State Fall Games were held for the first time in Tyler’s hometown of
Dalton, giving him the chance to compete in bocce in front of several of his family and friends. And Tyler even brought home a gold medal in unified bocce competing for the first time with his grandfather.
Tyler and his entire family have been involved with Special
Olympics Georgia’s games in Dalton. His mother, Lisa, is the Fall Games volunteer games director, his father, Billy, has been a part of the GMT helping to solicit sponsors and volunteers and he was also the bocce venue director, and his sister Raven, has continued to be a huge leader in the Y-Lead program. All have done so much in bringing the Fall Games
in Dalton together and it was such a huge success with all of their help.
Tyler said he was proud of the games being in Dalton. “Well it is different from competing in other towns because volunteers from my church and friends from my hometown got to see me compete. It was a feeling hard to describe, probably because I am used to going to
different towns competing in front of strangers and this was better. This was also the first time I got to compete in bocce and with my Grand-Poppa, instead of just playing bocce as a pastime.”
AT&T Promotion
AT&T will make a $40 donation to Special Olympics for each online purchase made on eligible AT&T products and services through our partnership micro site, www.att.com/specialolympics or by taking this flyer into an AT&T company owned store. Eligible products include U-Verse, DirecTV, U-Verse High Speed Internet, High Speed Internet, U-Verse voice service, Local Phone Service, New Wireless Service, and Contract Renewal for Wireless Service. |
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Contributing to SOGA Through
Your Company’s United Way Campaign
United Way allows its donors to choose to direct all or a portion of their gift to a specific agency. Although SOGA is not an organization funded by United Way, you can still donate to SOGA through your company’s United Way campaign. If your company provides electronic enrollment through United
e-Way, SOGA information must be input at the directed donations screen. You will need the following information to direct your United Way contribution to SOGA:
Special Olympics Georgia
4000 Dekalb Technology Parkway
Suite 400, Building 400
Atlanta, GA 30340
Tax ID 23-7201676
Publix Icons Coming Soon!
Publix Super Markets is selling torch icons at all stores and at all register check-outs during the Jan. 5-25, 2012 promotion. Publix is Special Olympics Georgia’s presenting sponsor of the Law Enforcement Torch Run. Mark your January calendar to purchase a torch icon at any Publix Super Markets during the first three weeks in January 2012 to support the Law Enforcement Torch Run and Special Olympics Georgia athletes.
For $12, you’ll get:
- a 2011 T-shirt
- a Torch Run window cling
- and a collector’s 2011 Torch Run poker chip.
We need many more scarves
Are you crafty or creative? SOGA needs you to make a scarf for an athlete for Indoor Winter Games. Needed: 2,400 scarves 6” wide by 4-5’ long in red and soft navy to give to athletes in January. Please contact Jennifer at
Jennifer.Daniell@SpecialOlympicsGA.org or go to
www.scarvesforspecialolympics.org for details on colors, etc. Thanks for your help! Scarves are needed by Jan. 10. We have around 300 scarves so please “spread the word!” The pattern is up to you. |
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State Bundle Pack for $12
2011 State Fall Games T-shirt (sizes S-XL available), Special Olympics
shoelaces and a tattoo. Shipping included. Email
Addison.Sanford@SpecialOlympicsGA.org. 
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