October 2011

Enjoy Joe’s Crab Shack for Dinner Oct. 20

Join your area law enforcement as they serve up seafood at all five Georgia Joe’s Crab Shacks Thursday, Oct. 20. All tips received and 10 percent of your bill goes directly  to SOGA. 
Officers will serve, dance and sing. Click here for a list of locations.

Let Special Olympics Warm Your Home

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.

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.

 Sponsors in the Spotlight

“Service above self.” This quote truly exemplifies the members of Carpet City Rotary Club. Since 1995, Carpet City Rotary has been dedicated to positively impacting Dalton, Georgia by making local Special Olympics support their top priority. As the Presenting Sponsor of the 2011 State Fall Games, Carpet City Rotary is helping to make Olympic Dreams come true for 1,500 Special Olympics Georgia athletes!

“We are excited to work with Special Olympics Georgia and proud to host the 2011 State Fall Games,” said Rotary Club of Carpet City member Will Robison. “We look forward to showing our local community what a worthy cause Special Olympics Georgia is to support and what true champions all of these athletes represent.”

Special Olympics Georgia is thrilled to partner with an organization with such a long history of leadership and service. Thank you Carpet City Rotary for your partnership!

 Special Olympics Georgia is also honored to recognize Shaw Industries Group as the Opening Ceremony and Awards sponsor of the 2011 State Fall Games.

“For the past six decades, Shaw Industries has been a committed supporter of Georgia’s community progress and growth,” said Shaw CEO Vance Bell. “That continued dedication is evident today through this sponsorship of Special Olympics Georgia. This event gives us a chance as a community to give back in a meaningful way and on a local level. We’re looking forward to exciting competitions.”

 Shaw’s belief is that their success and that of their employees is based on the core values of honesty, integrity, and hard work. From these values, Shaw has embraced a set of principles that they believe in and are used to govern their behavior.

 Thank you Shaw for believing and investing in Special Olympics Georgia athletes!

 Shaw Industries has invited athletes to submit a creative rug design!

 As a proud sponsor of the Special Olympics Georgia 2011 State Fall Games, Shaw Industries introduces the Shaw Design-A-Rug Challenge. The contest winner will receive a rug with his or her design and Shaw will give a rug with the same design to Special Olympics Georgia State Office.

Click here for the rug design form and then mail in your design.

 Shaw will offer an opportunity at Opening Ceremony of State Fall Games for athletes to design a rug. Click here for more details. 

For $12, you’ll get:

- a 2011 T-shirt
- a Torch Run window cling
-and a collector’s 2011 Torch Run poker chip.

 Offer only valid when mentioning this coupon
by Oct. 31. Contact
Danny.Knight@SpecialOlympicsGA.org.

 October Volunteer of the Month: Dr.
Jonathan Dubin

Because of his generosity to the athletes of Special Olympics Georgia, Dr. Dubin has been selected as the October volunteer of the month, an honor that is long overdue! Thank you Dr. Dubin for everything that you do for Special Olympics Georgia and the athletes.

Dr. Jonathan Dubin has led the Special Olympics Special
Smiles Oral Health Screening for more than nine years. Putting together such a huge program is not easy but Dr. Dubin does it twice a year, recruiting all the dentists and dental students to help screen our athletes, and donating much of his time and supplies. Since he has become Clinical Director, more than 4,000 athletes have been through the Special Smiles screening. Dr. Dubin also offers support for the annual Duck Derby, encouraging his patients to adopt a duck and one day each year he buys each of his patients a duck. Outside of Special Olympics, Dr. Dubin also
co-chairs the Georgia Mission of Mercy Project held in Cobb County, where dentists have treated over 2,000 for free.

One of the most popular Healthy Athlete screenings is Special Smiles, which offers dental screenings, where athletes receive a report card addressing their dental needs and free mouth guards, sealants, fluoride treatments, and a goodie bag with all sorts of dental products. Do you know about the Special
Olympics Georgia Healthy Athletes Program? Chances are if you have or know of an athlete who  participates in the program, you do. Healthy Athletes offers free health screenings to athletes at our state games, including Special Smiles, Healthy Hearing and Health Promotion, Opening Eyes, Fit Feet and Fun Fitness. The Healthy Athletes initiative provides health services and education to Special Olympics athletes and changes the way health systems interact with people with intellectual disabilities.

Volunteer Opportunities:

Bob Busse Golf Classic,
November 7, 2011
Atlanta

SOGA will once again proudly host the annual Bob Busse Golf Tournament, held at Cherokee Town and Country Club. Volunteers are needed to help monitor courses and with set up. All volunteers must be 21 or over to volunteer. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Leslie Anderson at Leslie.Anderson@SpecialOlympicsGA.org.

 Vehicle Donations

Are you thinking of selling or trading in that old car, boat or RV? Why not donate it instead? As a charitable contribution, your donation will make a big difference. SOGA has partnered with Car Program, LLC to turn your old vehicle into much needed funds for our program. Just download this form and fax it in. Car Program LLC will make arrangements to conveniently and quickly pick up your vehicle at no cost to you. They handle the title transfer requirements and provide you with a tax deductible donation receipt at pick-up!

Sample Blue Ribbon Foods

Blue Ribbon Foods is offering SOGA supporters a complimentary gourmet sample pack that comes in a reusable, personal size cooler and includes two chicken breasts, two gourmet steak burgers, and a sample of vegetables. In addition, they will donate $100 to SOGA for every SOGA supporter who shops with them. To take advantage of this offer, go to
www.blueribbonfoods.com/special/special-offers/sample-request-referral  or for more information click here.

 Stay Tuned!

Special Olympics Apparel Online

Special Olympics clothing, including the sweatshirt modeled by Maria Johnson on the right, will be available for purchase online after Fall Games. Keep checking  www.SpecialOlympicsGA.org.

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We want to be your newest friend on Facebook! There’ll be event updates, stories, photos and announcements. You’ll be able to email us there, too. See you on Facebook.
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Stay at Country Inn & Suites in Warner Robins

Spending the night in or near Warner Robins, Georgia? Then please stay at Country Inn & Suites. Mention this advertisement when you book a room at the Warner Robins Country Inn & Suites and $10 of every room purchased will be donated to Special Olympics Georgia. Please click here for more details! *Valid until 11/30/11*