Duck Pluck, August 14, Atlanta

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Adopt a duck to benefit Georgia’s 26,702 Special Olympics athletes!

For a donation of $5 or more, a lucky prize number will be assigned to a yellow rubber duck in your honor.
All ducks will be put into the Post Chastain pool for a swim before the 5 winning ducks are plucked!

It all happens on Friday, August 14th, 2015 at 1:00 pm. If your adopted duck is plucked you win!
(You do not need to be present to win!!)

Prizes Include:

1.$500 Visa Gift Card

2. 16gb iPad Air

3. $250 Publix Gift Card

4. $150 QT Gift Card

5. Fitbit Flex- Wireless Activity + Sleep Monitor

How does the Duck Pluck benefit the athletes?

  • Donate $5 for 1 entry into the pluck and feed 1 meal to 1 athlete during State Games!
  • Donate $30 for 7 entries into the pluck and provide gold, silver, and bronze medals for 1 competition at State Games
    + 1 souvenir jr. duck!
  • Donate $60 for 15 entries into the pluck and provide 4 athletes housing for 2 nights at State Games +2 souvenir jr. ducks!
  • Donate $100 for 25 entries into the pluck and provide funds for housing for 2 nights and 2 meals for 4 athletes at the State Games. +3 jr. ducks!

Visit www.atlantaduckpluck.com to adopt your ducks online!

Contact Georgia Milton-Sheats at 770-414-9390 x106 or georgia.milton-sheats@specialolympicsga.org.
for more information.

 

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State Masters Bowling, August 21-23, Warner Robins

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More than 800 athletes and 100 Unified Partners from around the state compete in traditional and unified bowling at the Masters Bowling Tournament in Warner Robins with over 200 coaches to guide them in competition. To learn more about Masters Bowling, check out this fact sheet.

Donate now at: https://specialolympicsga.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/MastersBowling/tabid/687717/Default.aspx 

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE RESULTS FROM THE2014 STATE MASTERS BOWLING TOURNAMENT

This event is free and open to the public, so plan to come out and support the athletes and “be a fan”.

**Remember: all paperwork is due no later than June 19th**

Click here for all Masters Bowling Paperwork

If you are interested in more information about the 2015 Master’s Bowling State Bowling Tournament or are interested in volunteering for this event, please contact:

Brady Brantley
229-834-8277
brady.brantley@specialolympicsga.org

17th Annual Marlow’s Tavern Golf Classic, Sept. 21, Roswell

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Join us on September 21 at the Country Club of Roswell for the 17th Annual  Marlow’s Tavern Golf Classic benefiting SOGA.  Since 1999, this annual golf tournament has raised more than $500,000 for our athletes. This year’s tournament goal is to raise $70,000!  The fun-filled day will include a putting contest, shotgun start, hole contests, and an awards ceremony, reception, and silent auction at Aqua blue Restaurant. If you cannot participate in the tournament, but would like to make a donation, please make your check payable to “Special Olympics Georgia” and write “Marlow’s” on the memo line. Mail the donation to Susan Skolnick, Special Olympics Georgia, 4000 DeKalb Technology Parkway, Suite 400, Building 400, Atlanta, GA 30340. For more information, contact Susan Skolnick or 770-414-9390 x111. Registration Form / Sponsor Benefits

Marlow's Tavern Classic

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day – September 26

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On September 26, we hope that our Special Olympics family around the world will celebrate the legacy of an amazing woman. Launched six years ago to commemorate the life and spirit of the founder of the Special Olympics movement, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day is a celebration of one person’s achievements and inspiration, but also the values she represents to this day – compassion, tolerance, love and a passion for social justice and equality. Eunice Kennedy Shriver dedicated her life to fighting for people with intellectual disabilities, helping to open people’s minds to their gifts and potential. She believed that one person could make a difference and change the world, and her life demonstrated the truth of that belief.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day will consist of individual events held at the local, state, national, regional and global levels – events that demonstrate and exemplify the value and spirit of inclusion both on and off the playing field.  Special Olympics Georgia will be recognizing and celebrating Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day at our Strike the R-word bowling event on September 29.

To be a part of this inclusion movement, sign up at http://www.specialolympics.org/LetsChangeTheGame, and follow it on social media using #LetsChangeTheGame.

Strike the R-word, September 29, Atlanta

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Strike the R-word with us at Bowlmor Atlanta September 29th, 6:30-9 p.m. Bowl in this fundraiser while you also help raise awareness of how the R-word hurts people with intellectual disabilities and their friends and families. Registration $50 includes food, goody bags, event T-shirt, free shoe rental, bowling and an awesome silent auction! Sponsorship Levels

Click here to register for Strike the R-word

Thank you to the 2015 Strike the R-word Sponsors

Presenting Sponsor:
Winter-Biz-Units

T-Shirt Sponsor:
Coca-Cola
 
Hospitality Sponsors:
Arby’s Foundation
Rhino Shield
In Memory of Weezie Gunn Neely
Sam’s Club

Lane Sponsors:
Drex – Star 94
Dr. Ronald Watts
Courtney Gugin
Georgia Athletic Officials Association

Friend:
Hancock Askew & Co.

2015 State Fall Games – October 9-11 – Gainesville

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State Fall Games
Gainesville, Ga 
October 9-11, 2015

State Fall Games At-a-Glance…

2,100 athletes and coaches are participating. 800 volunteers will help at competitions, Olympic Town, Opening Ceremony and meals. Seven sports competitions are held. Free flexibility and fitness screening available to athletes and coaches.

Click here for paperwork for the 2015 State Fall Games

Come join us during our 2015 State Fall Games this October 9-11 in Gainesville, GA.  For more information on these games please click here for the fact sheet, and if you would like to become a sponsor for these games please visit: https://specialolympicsga.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/2015FallGames/tabid/673733/Default.aspx

2015 State Fall Games Individual Sports Schedule

Click below to view results from State Fall Games 2014

Bocce Traditional Team

Bocce Unified Team

Cycling

Golf

Softball Modified Team

Softball Skills

Softball Traditional Team

Softball Unified Team

bocce

softball skills

For more information on State Fall Games you may  contact Fall Games Director David Crawford at david.crawford@specialolympicsga.org or 229-834-8277

For information on volunteering for this event, contact:
Whitney Warren
whitney.warren@specialolympicsga.org or 229-292-6955

Business Support
If your company is interested in making a donation of any size to support the Games, we want to hear from you. You can use our toll-free number 1-800 866-4400 to call Special Olympics Georgia – all relevant extension numbers apply. Contact thomas.ritch@specialolympicsga.org.

Thank you to the 2015 State Fall Games Sponsors

Presenting Sponsor
Lockheed Martin 4
Official Sponsors

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2015 State Horse Show – October 9-11 – Gainesville

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State Horse Show
Gainesville, GA
October 9-11, 2015 

Come join the nearly 600 athletes participating in the 2015 State Horse Show at Chicopee Agriculture Center.  For information on this great event please click here for our fact sheet.   To become a sponsor of the 2015 State Horse show please contact Kylie McGregor at kylie.mcgregor@specialolympicsga.org.

Results from Horse Show 2014 – Click Here

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR HORSE SHOW COMPETITORS!!

Horse Show Fact Sheet – Click Here

Horse Show Tentative Schedule – Click Here


Thank you to the 2014 State Horse Show Sponsors

Presenting Sponsor:

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Official Sponsors:

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For more information on the State Horse Show you may contact Kelli Britt at 770-414-9390, ext 122 or kelli.britt@specialolympicsga.org.

If you are interested in volunteering for the State Horse Show you may contact Whitney Warren at (229)712-9973 or whitney.warren@specialolympicsga.org.

Purchase Your Torch Run Apparel Today, and Show Your SOGA Support!

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Our athletes are our goal, help us to make the hopes and dreams of these diverse individuals come alive.

Join us in our State Wide Law Enforcement Torch Run SALE!

For your donation of $15 you will receive a 2015 Law Enforcement Torch Run Dri-Fit T-Shirt & your choice of a Digital Camo or Khaki Hat.

Click Here to purchase your LETR Apparel!

RunDunwoody, Oct. 18, Dunwoody

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RunDunwoody is a 5K Run, 1-Mile Fun Run, Tot Trot, and family festival rolled into a morning of activities on Sunday, October 18th at Perimeter Mall. The 5K route is a 2016 Peachtree Road Race qualifier.  As a beneficiary of RunDunwoody and long-time partner of the Rotary Club of Dunwoody (the run’s founding and presenting sponsor), Special Olympics Georgia has created a team for the Team Challenge in the not-for-profit category. Registration fees start at $20 and increase to $35 as it gets closer to the date of the race.  For more information on the race or to register as part of Team Special Olympics Georgia, go to www.rundunwoody.net or contact the Race Director at info@rundunwoody.net.

Red Robin “Tip-A-Cop” – October 24

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“Tip-A-Cop” is an official Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) Campaign fundraising event. Law enforcement officers and department personnel volunteer their time as “Celebrity Waiters” to collect tips at selected Red Robin Restaurants to support Special Olympics Georgia. This will take place on Saturday, October 24 at the following Red Robin locations:

Newnan
Lawrenceville
Columbus
Evans
Cumming

The shifts for the event will be between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Come out, enjoy a delicious Red Robin Burger and “Tip-A-Cop.”