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Click here to adopt your ducks and support Special Olympics Georgia Athletes today
Duck Pluck 2025
Wednesday, September 17
Make a splash for the 18,546 athletes of SOGA- Adopt your Duck and Support an Athlete. With your duck adoption, you will not only be entered to win some awesome prizes, but you will be sending athletes to Games! The Pluck will be on Wednesday, September 17th and you do not need to be present to win.
To adopt your ducks, click here!
Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Vision Statement
Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Vision Statement
Respecting each individual and recognizing the value that we each bring to the SOGA team is essential. SOGA champions a diverse and inclusive environment while celebrating all individuals through a love of sport.
We encourage and welcome diversity, recognizing it as a key advantage and value different backgrounds and perspectives. Some types of diversity are life experience, work experience, perspective, culture, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender identity and age. Diversity assists us in looking at situations from a variety of angles and encourages the development of ideas and solutions.
Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) will strive to be an organization that reflects all communities, and one in which everyone with a role in carrying out the Special Olympics mission feels empowered to be their full, authentic selves and do their best work, whether as Special Olympics athletes, volunteers, donors/sponsors, business partners, or employees.
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Vision Policy:
Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) will strive to be an organization that reflects all communities, and one in which everyone with a role in carrying out the Special Olympics mission feels empowered to be their full, authentic selves and do their best work, whether as Special Olympics athletes, volunteers, donors/sponsors, business partners, or employees.
2019 Youth Forum
The Youth Forum will provide Special Olympics Georgia youth volunteers the opportunity to attend an overnight, four day, 3 night event where they will experience team building, leadership training, educational sessions, participating in activities with Special Olympics athletes, staff and volunteers. This Forum will promote activities that provide sports training while also encouraging youth and athletes to play, laugh and have fun as individuals and teammates.
Benefits:
Leadership Training, Teambuilding, Volunteer Training, Opportunity to Work with Special Olympic Athletes And Service to Others Activities offered
Activities:
Leadership Training, Team Building, Educational Sessions, Sports Training, Athletic Competition
When
Sunday June 9th – Wednesday June 12th, 2019
Where
Emory University, Atlanta Georgia
Eligibility
The applicant must be 13-18 years of age.
State Indoor Winter Games T-Shirts Are Now Available
The 2018 State Indoor Winter Games and Southeast Powerlifting t-shirts are now available for PRE-ORDER:
Shirts are light blue, long-sleeve and lightweight material. Shirt design features the event’s themed logo “Under the Big Top” on the front and statewide sponsors on the back. Shirts are $22.00 each and run in sizes small to xx-large.
Click here to download your order form and order today!
Order forms and payment are due by December 20, 2018. Please not that we can no longer accept cash payments. All payments must be via check or credit card. To submit place your order, please email or fax the completed form to Kate Hamilton at (404) 393-2929.
All checks can be made out to “Special Olympics Georgia” and mailed to:
Special Olympics Georgia
6046 Financial Drive
Norcross, GA 30071
SOGA will not mail shirts. All shirts can be picked up at housing check in on January 11 at the Indoor Winter Games.
Thank You For Making The First Half of 2018 Great
Special Olympics Georgia continues to provide high-quality competitions for our athletes,
and it is only because of your support and friendship that this is possible.
Thank you for your passion, energy, and time towards helping the athletes achieve athletic and lifetime success!
The first half of 2018 has been very eventful and successful for Special Olympics Georgia athletes and everyone involved with Special Olympics Georgia.
A few highlights:
- There are currently 206 accredited Special Olympics Georgia programs across the state.
- 5,795 athletes, unified partners, and coaches participated in State Indoor Winter Games and State Summer Games. 3,521 amazing volunteers assisted with these Games.
- Special Olympics Georgia held a 3 day Youth Forum in June at Emory University. 42 youth volunteers and SOGA athletes ages 13-18 attended alongside 10 SOGA team members and volunteers. The Forum focused on leadership skills training, provided the youth opportunities to implement these skills in a group setting, and educated the youth on how to become involved with SOGA as an advocate in their school/community, coach, unified partner, and fundraiser.
- Special Olympics Georgia sent a delegation of 42 athletes, partners, and coaches to the Special Olympics 2018 USA Games in Seattle June 30 – July 6. Team Georgia consisted of a Traditional Basketball Team from Hall County that brought home a gold medal, a Unified Volleyball Team from Gwinnett County that brought home a 4th place ribbon, a Unified Soccer Team from Special K’s that brought home a bronze medal, and a Unified Golf Team from Douglas County that brought home a bronze medal.
- Coca-Cola had three Special Olympics athletes working with them to support the 2018 USA Games, two of which are Special Olympics Georgia athletes.
Thank you for continuing to believe in our athletes and for making sure that every Special Olympics Georgia athlete has the opportunity to be an Olympian!
