21. Special Olympics History|Special Olympics Athlete Rating Special Olympics History is about an organization that helps people with intellectual disabilities develop social skills through sports training and competition. AllSportRating http://specialolympicsrating.worldsoccerrating4u.com/specialolympicshistory.html

Web this Site News Home Special Olympics History Allsportrating President Interview Allsportrating VP Interview Podcast Interview Pod-1 Pod-2 Pod-3 Pod-4 ... Podcast Username: Password: Not registered? FREE Sign Up! Special Olympics History The Special Olympics is an international organization that helps people with intellectual disabilities develop self confidence and social skills through sports training and competition. The athletes can develop social relationships with their teammates and coaches during continuous training. The individuals will also have the opportunity to stay fit and healthy while improving their coordination and skill. Special was founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in the . The late Rosemary Kennedy , who suffered from mental retardation, is often credited as the inspiration for the Special Olympics. (Shriver and Kennedy were sisters.) The current chairman and chief executive officer of the organization is Bruce Pasternack Today, over one million athletes, from children to adults, are involved in Special Olympics sports programs in more than 150 countries. The organization offers athletes year-round training and competition in 26 Olympic-type summer and winter sports. There is no charge to participate in Special Olympics. Events are geared to accommodate a variety of levels of ability so that athletes can compete with others who have similar capabilities. The Special Olympics Oath is "Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."

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window.onload = Shadowbox.init; Special Olympics 2009 - Total Raised: £65,000 Home Events Calendar Results ... Athlete Profiles Our Athletes Cara Mcrae (Athletics) Athlete Sponsorship In partnership with 2e-volve and Central FM, corporate sponsorship of an athlete can enhance your company profile. Athletes are ambassadors for your company. Find out more Special Olympics - History Special Olympics was formed in Great Britain in 1978 as part of the worldwide movement, which was founded in the USA in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a wonderfully enthusiastic team of experts and volunteers has worked mightily to bring sports training, competition and sheer pleasure to thousands of people with a learning disability in Great Britain. SOGB hope that you will not only learn about our organisation from these pages, but more importantly will want to know how to get involved or attend an event - where you will find that enthusiasm and joy are infectious. SOGB currently provide the programme across Great Britain through 135 clubs which currently provide to over 8000 children and adults but in reality there are further 1.2 million people across Great Britain with a learning disability who currently may not have an opportunity to take part in sport at any level. We are committed to increasing opportunities through the provision of new clubs and training of more volunteers, to ensure that every person with a learning disability who wishes to take part in sport has this life changing opportunity. Forth Valley Disability Sport, 2nd Floor, Suite 2a, Falkirk Community Stadium, Westfield, Falkirk, FK2 9DX

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Local Programs Subscribe Calendar Contact Us ... Success Stories About Us About Us Sports Local Areas Leadership ... FAQs Our History Although Special Olympics Virginia has always been about building a respectful, inclusive society, its earliest purpose lay in improving the quality of life for persons with intellectual disabilities through access to sport and recreation. Virginia Special Olympics held its first Summer Games at Virginia Tech and later at Lynchburg College, prior to establishing a now 25-year relationship with the University of Richmond in 1985. The current state championship format and annual calendar were adopted in 1987. Following the adoption of its current corporate identity in 1998, Special Olympics Virginia now provides state championships in 14 Olympic-style sports The first Summer International Games attended by Virginia athletes was held in 1979 in Brockport, New York, followed by participation in the first Winter International Special Olympics Games in 1985 in Park City, Utah. Since those early days, the now Special Olympics World Games , have been held at summer and winter venues around the globe, including Austria, Canada, Ireland, Japan and China.

24. Special Olympics History Special Olympics History is about an organization that helps people with intellectual disabilities develop social skills through sports training and competition. AllSportRating http://www.worldsoccerrating4u.com/sportshistory/specialolympics.html

Sports History American Football Baseball Basketball Baton Twirling ... Ice Dancing In-Line Hockey Jump Rope Lacrosse Marching Band Martial Arts Multi-Sport Power lifting Rodeo Rugby Skiing ... Water Polo Weekend Warrior Wheelchair Athletes Wrestling Home Sports History ... Testimonials Username: Password: Not registered? FREE Sign Up! Special Olympics History The Special Olympics is an international organization that helps people with intellectual disabilities develop self confidence and social skills through sports training and competition. The athletes can develop social relationships with their teammates and coaches during continuous training. The individuals will also have the opportunity to stay fit and healthy while improving their coordination and skill. Special was founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in the . The late Rosemary Kennedy , who suffered from mental retardation, is often credited as the inspiration for the Special Olympics. (Shriver and Kennedy were sisters.) The current chairman and chief executive officer of the organization is Bruce Pasternack Click on picture for video.

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26. ABOUT US | Special Olympics Arizona Read the Special Olympics history the goal of Special Olympics and the Special Olympics Mission Statement. http://www.specialolympicsarizona.org/about

HOME eNEWSLETTER PRESS ROOM PHOTO GALLERY ... CONTACT US Search this site: Text Size A A A Special Olympics Arizona DONATE Donate Main Page General Donation Memorial / Recognition ... Unified Sports® Program ABOUT US About Us Main Page Board of Directors Staff Directory Corporate Sponsors ... Careers Through your support Special Olympics Arizona athletes are inspired to greatness. Donate Now Find Local Area Programs Area map, regional and area contacts, area competitions and events. Area Map eNewsletter Sign up now to receive the latest news and events from Special Olympics Arizona. Sign Up Now ABOUT US Empowering Arizonans with intellectual disabilities Special Olympics History Special Olympics Athletes For people with intellectual disabilities, Special Olympics is often the only place where they have an opportunity to participate in their communities and develop belief in themselves. For athletes, Special Olympics sports provide a gateway to empowerment, competence, acceptance and joy. The lessons learned in Special Olympics also impact their life skills. Sports training enhances focus and gives participants a structure for learning important lessons about perseverance, endurance and setting goals. Many people are surprised to know, more than half of adult Special Olympics athletes in the United States are employed, versus 10 percent of intellectually disabled persons who do not participate in Special Olympics. Special Olympics Mission The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

27. History - Special Olympics From backyard camp to global movement. The global Special Olympics movement got its start on July 20, 1968, when the First International Special Olympics Games were held at Soldier http://www.2010specialolympics.org/page13220.asp

var GB_ROOT_DIR = '/SpecialFunctions/ServerIncludes/greybox/'; Special Olympics About History Game Highlights Program Locator R-Word Campaign Board of Directors Contribute Fan Mail 2006 USA National Games Video ... Participant Services Delegation Services Family Services Guest Services HOD Manual Competitions Sports and Venues NIT 2009 Coaches Handbooks Officials Officials Handbooks Special Events Law Enforcement Torch Run Health Symposium Cessna Airlift Special Olympics Town Healthy Athletes Opening/Closing Ceremonies Opening Ceremony Webcast Volunteer Volunteer Positions Volunteer Handbook Volunteer FAQs Volunteer Login Volunteer Job Selection Application Sponsors Our Sponsors Press Press Kit Information About Intellectual Disabilities Special Olympics Executives Final Leg of the Law Enforcement Torch Run Info Press Releases Media Handbook Greening the Games Greening the Games ... Green Shopping Tips Green Eating Tips Your Guide to Green Store History Game Highlights ... 2006 USA National Games Video History From backyard camp to global movement. The global Special Olympics movement got its start on July 20, 1968, when the First International Special Olympics Games were held at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. But the concept of Special Olympics was born much earlier when Eunice Kennedy Shriver started a day camp for people with intellectual disabilities at her home in 1962. Welcome to Camp Shriver Shriver believed that people with intellectual disabilities were far more capable than commonly believed and deserving of the same opportunities and experiences as others. So, in June 1962, she invited 35 boys and girls with intellectual disabilities to Camp Shriver, a day camp at her home in Rockville, Maryland, to explore their capabilities in a variety of sports and physical activities.

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29. Special Olympics Illinois History. Illinois takes great pride in the history of this amazing global movement, having been the site of the first Special Olympics games at Soldier Field and the home to some of http://www.soill.org/content.php?sec=About Us&cat=&contentID=60

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Pennsylvania Berks County Bowling Volleyball Roller Skating F loor Hockey Long Distance Walking ffffffffffff hhhhhhhhhh History of Special Olympics I intellectual disability . They believed, and over the years they have converted hundreds of thousands to believe, that people with intellectual disability were far more capable in sports and physical activities than many experts believed. This day camp spawned Special Olympics in the United States and around the world. At the first International Games in 1968 1,000 athletes from 26 states and Canada competed in track and field, swimming, and floor hockey. The growth of Special Olympics since that time has been overwhelming - nearly one million athletes are now training and competing in more than 140 countries and 54 U.S. chapters. These athletes are aided by 500,000 volunteers and 250,000 coaches. The spirit of Special Olympics - skill, courage, sharing, and joy - incorporates universal values that transcend all boundaries of geography, nationality, political philosophy, gender, age, race, or religion. History of Special Olympics Pennsylvania Special Olympics Pennsylvania became an official chapter of Special Olympics Inc. 1970 after hosting a track and field event for 135 participants.

31. Special Olympics Participants come from 180 countries Official Site Special Olympics History; Started as a summer day camp by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in 1962 Official Site Special Olympics History http://www.mahalo.com/special-olympics

32. Special Olympics Maine Forms For OFFICERS. to Download (simply click on the form you want) 2010 Kickoff Conf Regis Info Form To download click HERE. 2010 Kick-off Conference AGENDA Download HERE http://www.specialolympicsmaine.org/torch_run/index.asp

Forms For OFFICERS to Download (simply click on the form you want) To download click HERE 2010 Kick-off Conference AGENDA: Download HERE Runner Regis Form '10 : Download Regis Form HERE SG '10 Regis Form: Download HERE Resale T-shirt Form: Final Leg Nomination Form: : Download HERE Special Olympics Maine Torch Run In 1985 Chief Robert Bell of the Bridgton Police Department presented the idea of the Law Enforcement Torch Run to Special Olympics Maine's Executive Director Mickey Boutilier, and then to the Maine Chiefs of Police Association. As a result the Maine Torch Run program began. Each year nearly 700 members of Maine law enforcement run approximately 900 miles carrying our Flame of Hope. The state is divided into fifteen sections, or Legs. Each Leg covers a portion of the state and the run concludes on Friday evening of the Special Olympics Summer State Games at Opening Ceremonies. Runners raise funds for Special Olympics Maine in a number of ways: they obtain pledges for the actual run - they hold Tip-A-Cop events at local restaurants - they hold Roof-Sits at local Wal-Marts across the state - they have bake sales, car washes, benefit basketball games, voluntary toll-booths - they sell Torch Run T-shirts, hold Serve and Protect events at local gas stations, sell raffle tickets for Harley motorcycles, sell paper torches at area businesses, and many, many more clever events. To date, Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Maine has raised over ONE MILLION DOLLARS !

33. Young NISD Students Making Special Olympics History - The Navasota Examiner: New For the first time in Navasota ISD history, PPCD and Lifeskills students, who are between the ages of 4 and 11, will be participating in this year’s Special Olympics http://www.navasotaexaminer.com/news/article_d89cd7c3-986b-5743-beb1-f896b4d12e7

34. History Of The Olympics - Creating The Modern Olympic Games After 1500 years with no Olympics, the modern Olympic Games were established. Learn how and why the Games began again. http://history1900s.about.com/od/fadsfashion/a/olympicshistory.htm

zWASL=1;zGRH=1 zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') zDO=0 Home Education 20th Century History 20th Century History Search 20th Century History People Events Decade by Decade ... Share w(x2+zWl+'?p=1" zT="18/1[N" rel="nofollow">Print') Free 20th Century History Newsletter! Sign Up Discuss in my Forum By Jennifer Rosenberg , About.com Guide See More About: olympics olympic history pierre de coubertin A picture of the Olympic flag. (Photo by Tony Duffy / Getty Images) zSB(3,3) According to legend, the ancient Olympic Games were founded by Heracles (the Roman Hercules), a son of Zeus. Yet the first Olympic Games for which we still have written records were held in 776 BCE (though it is generally believed that the Games had been going on for many years already). At this Olympic Games, a naked runner, Coroebus (a cook from Elis), won the sole event at the Olympics, the stade - a run of approximately 192 meters (210 yards). This made Coroebus the very first Olympic champion in history. The ancient Olympic Games grew and continued to be played every four years for nearly 1200 years. In 393 CE, the Roman emperor Theodosius I, a Christian, abolished the Games because of their pagan influences. Let us export our oarsmen, our runners, our fencers into other lands. That is the true Free Trade of the future; and the day it is introduced into Europe the cause of Peace will have received a new and strong ally. It inspires me to touch upon another step I now propose and in it I shall ask that the help you have given me hitherto you will extend again, so that together we may attempt to realise [sic], upon a basis suitable to the conditions of our modern life, the splendid and beneficent task of reviving the Olympic Games.**

35. Bethlehem Special Olympics SPECIAL OLYMPICS HISTORY Special Olympics was created by the Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation as an international nonprofit organization to provide competitive sports experiences http://bethlehemsopa.org/

BETHLEHEM SPECIAL OLYMPICS BETHLEHEM SPECIAL OLYMPICS THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETE'S OATH "LET ME WIN, BUT IF I CANNOT WIN, LET ME BE BRAVE IN THE ATTEMPT." Small Town, Big Heart Follow your and join the world of winners! What gives a community " heart "? It's the goodness of the people in it and Bethlehem's community spirit and heart is strong! These are the people that make up the coaches, volunteers, athletes, and sponsors of Bethlehem Special Olympics ("BSO"). SPECIAL OLYMPICS HISTORY Special Olympics was created by the Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation as an international non-profit organization to provide competitive sports experiences for people with intellectual disabilities. It was founded by the late Eunice Kennedy Shriver in 1968. CHECK OUT OUR "BSO News" page for exciting updates, including our fundraising or our "Newsletter/Schedules" page to read about BSO activities!

36. Special Olympics World Summer Games 2003 - Skibbereen Host Town SPECIAL OLYMPICS' HISTORY. In 1989, O Kurzov , Martina Stredov and L Kurz founded the preparatory council of Special Olympics in the former Czechoslovakia. http://www.skibbereen.ie/specialolympics/czech.htm

Skibbereen Host Town to the Czech Republic Team Skibbereen Host Town Committee Information Office 53 Bridge Street, Skibbereen County Cork Ireland Phone: +353 (0)28 23288/(0)28 23337 Fax: +353 (0)28 22015 firsthalf="skibby" secondhalf="@skibbereen.ie" document.write("Send An E-mail") Return to Special Olympics Home Page Visit Special Olympics News Page Czech Republic Special Olympics Fact Sheet POINTS TO REMEMBER Always refer to the Czech Republic. Czechoslovakia ceased to exist in 1992. The country is split into the Czech Republic (Bohemia and Moravia) and the Slovak Republic (Slovakia). Our guests are from the Czech Republic. The Irish and Czech history is quite similar. Czechs are predominately Catholic. Gymnastics and all types of sport are very highly regarded. Czechs rise early in the morning. They are a more serious people. This would be due to the effect of Communism which made them untrusting. On a broader spectrum they are more educated than the Irish and they would take anything attached to education very seriously. Their Leaving Cert students take 14 subjects so they take more exams and are more broadly educated.

37. About Special Olympics Arizona : Top Sports Stories & News Headlines SPECIAL OLYMPICS HISTORY. In 1962, Eunice Kennedy Shriver began a summer day camp at her home in Maryland for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. http://khelkood.org/about-special-olympics-arizona/

Home About Archive Sitemap ... Links Subscribe via: RSS EMAIL Current Events CWG Delhi 2010 ... Top Stories Tags : about Arizona Olympics Special ... About Special Olympics Arizona Posted on 09 September 2010 SPECIAL OLYMPICS HISTORY 22 sports , 170 programs in 15 regional areas , and five statewide competitions for the over 10,600 athletes, 1,300 Class A volunteers SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES For people with intellectual disabilities, Special Olympics is often the only place where they have an opportunity to participate in their communities and develop belief in themselves. For athletes, Special Olympics sports provide a gateway to empowerment, competence, acceptance and joy.  The lessons learned in Special Olympics also impact their life skills. Sports training enhances focus and gives participants a structure for learning important lessons about perseverance, endurance and setting goals. Many people are surprised to know, more than half of adult Special Olympics athletes in the United States are employed, versus 10 percent of intellectually disabled persons who do not participate in Special Olympics Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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VolunteerMatch Sign In Register Help ... Disaster Volunteering Special Olympics South Carolina Organization Special Olympics South Carolina 0 reviews Address 810 Dutch Square Blvd. Ste 204, Columbia, SC 29210 Contact Edwena King Lassiter Phone 803-772-1555 ext 305 Fax Interest Area More Mission Statement Special Olympics Mission To provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for individuals with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community. Description History: The concept of Special Olympics began in the 1960s when Eunice Kennedy Shriver started a day camp for people with intellectual disabilities. She realized that sports and sports training enabled people with intellectual disabilities to achieve success and that success built self-confidence. In 1968, the first International Summer Games for Special Olympics were held at Soldier Field in Chicago. There were 1,000 athletes from the United States and Canada. Today more than 1,70,000 athletes in more than 166 countries compete in Special Olympics Programs. Special Olympics South Carolina History: Special Olympics South Carolina was organized in 1968 when the state sent five athletes to compete in the first International Games in Chicago. In 1978, the program was incorporated as a not-for-profit organization. Today, Special Olympics South Carolina provides year-round sports training and competition for more than 15,000 children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

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