The 2nd Annual Titletown Tasting will be held at Covington’s Restaurant in Valdosta on Saturday, August 14, 2010 at 7pm. We are so excited to have The Tim Miller Band as our excellent entertainment for the evening, not to mention more great silent auction and raffle prizes. For more information and to purchase your ticket to this exciting fundraiser, click here!
Strike the R-word (retard) at 300 Atlanta
September 20, 2012 (6:30 p.m. — 9 p.m.)
STRIKE THE R-WORD and support Special Olympics athletes!
The evening’s mission is to further raise awareness and encourage Georgia residents to stop using the word “retard.”
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.
Click here for the release about Woods and Strike the R-word.
Registation is closed. If you are interested in attending the event, please email Wendy.Bigham@SpecialOlympicsGA.org. There are two spots still open.
Door prize and an amazing silent auction includes a $100 gift card to Green Tree Spa, weekend stay on Lake Wiess, photo shoot and CD with fashion photographer Jeremy Adamo, jewelry and more.
your bid there or at the event and winners will be announced Friday, Sept. 21. Anyone can bid in the silent auction on Facebook. You don’t have to attend the event.
By having a great evening out bowling with family and friends, you are also making a difference for the 24,470 registered 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.
Here’s the perfect place to look for Father’s Day gifts. Support the efforts of the Sandy Springs Police Department’s efforts in the Law Enforcement Torch Run. Bid on fabulous items online from autographed sports memorabilia, dining gift cards, framed art work, children’s items, and much more! All proceeds benefit Special Olympics Georgia. Check out the online auction here.
Below, you will read a testimonial from our first Special Olympics coach to pass the course. To take advantage of this self-paced course with a live instructor who monitors the assignments and quiz results, go to www.elearn.wvu.edu/Continuing and click on “Career Training”, supply your credit card to pay $35 and receive a URL to access the course.
Payment covers working with and getting feedback from the instructor, ability to access all of the materials, ability to download and print assignments and access to the course for 6 months that can be renewed at no cost for an additional 6 months if needed.
First Coach Passing the Principles of Coaching Online Course via West Virginia University’s Extended Learning Department was accomplished mid May by Patricia Smith from Franklin, Virginia. Here is what Pat conveyed about the instructor Sandra Ryder, Esq., Ph.D., and the course: “Thank you so much for all your help. I really enjoyed the class. It was very informative and helped me in preparing the training sessions better. I have forwarded the information to other coaches in my area and am highly recommending it. Thank you again for everything.”
Victoria (Tori) Allen volunteered for the first time at 2010 State Indoor Winter Games. When she came on board, she stepped into a role with huge responsibility. She was a part of the Winter Games games management team and headed up the role of souvenir sales coordinator. This meant that she was in charge of the souvenir sales for the entire weekend including making sure the merchandise arrived, tables were set up at correct venues, volunteers were in place and sales went accordingly all weekend long. It was a challenging role, but Tori handled the pressure well and everything ran smoothly.
When the role of aquatics volunteer coordinator suddenly became available for the 2010 Summer Games, the staff knew Tori would be excellent in the position. Aquatics is one of our largest venues at Summer Games and runs the entire weekend – Friday, Saturday and Sunday. At Games, Tori took on her role and remained level headed when things got a little too hectic or volunteers became short towards the end of the day. Tori helped to make the venue run smoothly and successfully.
Because of her dedication to SOGA and all of her efforts this year, Tori is our volunteer of the month.
Just pick a day or more from Wednesday, Sept. 22 to Sunday, Sept. 26 and watch of THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola for $60 Wednesday per day at East Lake Golf Club. For every ticket purchased, $30 is donated to Special Olympics Georgia. But you must enter the code TCSGSH. But remember to enter the code: TCSGSH.
THE TOUR comes after 33 weeks and three playoff events. When you purchase online, you save 10 percent!
Contact Georgia Milton-Sheats at Georgia.Milton-Sheats@SpecialOlympicsGA.org or visit http://www.theplayofffinale.com/ and enter the promotional code TCSGSH.
We would like to recognize a fellow non-profit organization— Bicycle Ride Across Georgia Inc., or BRAG. It is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to providing affordable, family-oriented, quality bicycle tours in and across Georgia, with an emphasis on bicycling safety, education, and, most of all, fun.
Click here to read more about BRAG on our Sponsor Spotlight page.
BRAG and its riders have been valued supporters of Special Olympics Georgia for several years. Not only does BRAG donate a portion of the registration fees paid by its participants to Special Olympics Georgia, they also raise money for individual athletes so that they too can participate in the ride free of charge.
BRAG is an annual odyssey giving participants an opportunity to discover the beauty of Georgia by bicycle. It is not a race; it is a family-oriented tour. It is recreational, social, and, in many ways, educational. While it is a strenuous journey, all types of people with all levels of cycling experience—college students, first graders, judges, soldiers, teachers, and grandparents—have completed BRAG. It’s like a fun summer camp for the whole family.
We’ve added a Resource Library to our site to put any information you may need at your fingertips! Here, you can find a complete Agency Resource Guide, Volunteer Paperwork, everything you need to run a successful program, and much more. Check it out HERE.
Local Macon area runners covered nearly 2,300 miles last month in the 27th Annual GEICO Road Race to benefit Special Olympics Area 7 Mid Georgia. Together, the 585 runners – including 157 associates from GEICO – raised over $45,000.
The funding to Area 7 , Special Olympics helps over 710 Special Olympics athletes in the Middle Georgia area participate in track and field, basketball, bowling, golf and sailing competitions every year.
The check was formally presented on April 27th. by Gary Musolf and other representatives from GEICO, to the Area7-Special Olympics Management Team. Those present included Jesse Griggers- Treasurer, Nalini Isaac- Chair, Walter Dean-Sports Competition, Ann Kearbey -Volunteers, Becky Pruitt-Media, Liz Ferguson-Fundraising Timmy Pruitt-Athlete & Matt Walters- Competition. Danny Knight the SOGA State Regional manager thanked GEICO for their generous support and everyone celebrated with cake and punch.
Coordinators, Volunteers, Athletes and Coaches/Volunteers from Bibb, Jones, and Putnam Counties attended the presentation, to show their appreciation of the ongoing support from GEICO. We had a FULL house!
These GEICO staff were in the Award Presentation and in the photo Left to Right.
Gary Musolf, Assistant Vice President
John Stack, Underwriting Analyst
Keely Porter, Claims Supervisor
Randy Thompson, Regional Claims Director
