Strike the R-Word and Bowl with Marvin Williams and support Special Olympics Athletes

Strike the R-word! Bowl with Marvin Williams and Support Special Olympics Athletes

Strike the R-word (retard) at 300 Atlanta
September 20, 2012 (6:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.)
Join Marvin Williams to STRIKE THE R-WORD and support Special Olympics athletes!

Atlanta pro basketball player Marvin Williams, a Special Olympics honorary board member and spokesman for the organization’s R-word campaign, will host an evening to further rasie awareness and encourage Georgia residents to stop using the word “retard.”

“I feel the “R-word” demeans, rejects, and dehumanizes everyone, especially the many people with disabilities, so I don’t use it,” Williams said. “It is up to all of us to speak out and make it clear that using the R-word is unacceptable.”

Grab some friends and come bowl for a difference!

Click here for the flyer.

When:
Thursday, Sept. 20 (6:30 p.m.-9 p.m.)

Where:
300 Atlanta (2175 Savoy Drive, Atlanta, GA 30341)
Located on the access road off Exit 30 on I-285.

Cost:
$40 per bowler (includes hors d’oeuvres, drinks, bowling shirt)
All proceeds go to Special Olympics Georgia. Your donation is tax deductible.

Bowling registration is now closed.

Door Prizes and More.

Photographer Jonathan Evans will photograph participants and will have prints available that night for $10 each, with some proceeds going to Special Olympics Georgia.

For more information, e-mail Wendy.Bigham@SpecialOlympicsGA.org

By having a great evening out bowling with family and friends, you are also making a difference for the 23,620registered Special Olympics Georgia Athletes. Our program provides year-round sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. As athletes have fun and develop physical fitness, they find acceptance, become confident and aspire to greatness in other aspects of their lives. Our goal is to help bring persons with intellectual disabilities into the larger society under conditions where they are accepted and respected.

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