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| | Program Report | March 10, 2009 | I hope the springing forward in time did not cause too much pain for everyone. This week is going to be a fun week for the athletes because we have the St. Patricks Day parade this Saturday. All the information is available to you in the upcoming events section. Please note that if you plan on bringing candy to hand out at the parade, you HAND it out and DON'T THROW it out. We have been warned by the parade officials. Please warn the athletes, we don't want to get a call because a fan took a butterfinger to the eye, thank you. Central Region is getting a makeover, check it out at the bottom. Please don't forget to read the whole report, there is a lot of valuable information in it that can be useful to you. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me. Thank you. |
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| |  Coaches Corner
~ Coaches we would love to hear from you. We want to know all about your training club, please educate us! - When Practice will start - Any other information that needs to be included, favorite color and best restaurant is not needed, thank you! ~ Coaches, please chek www.specialolympics.org for updates on rules and regulations for your sport. There have been changes so please don't forget to re-educate yourself. Thank you. ~ ROSTERS ROSTERS ROSTERS ~ ~ I can't say it enough coaches, we need those rosters. Once your first practice hits we will be looking for a roster shortly after. You might be asking, Meghan, why are you annoying us with your constant nagging of handing in rosters? Since you asked Coaches, we need your rosters to find out who is training in your training club. When I receive your roster I enter it in our data system. Once I enter them I check who is in need of an updated med and consent form and I am able to get those out to you. Also, headquarters uses the information on the rosters to replace the dreaded edit sheets and the information is used to help us apply for grants as well. We appreciate your help and cooperation! ~ COACHES CONFERENCE ~ Extra Extra Read all about it Coaches, the Coaches Conference has been set! We will be holding the Conference at the North Area YMCA in Liverpool. It will be held Sunday March 29th from 9-1. We will be holding a general session in the morning and a recertification after. There will also be sports specific training in Aquatics and Track and Field. We will have full access to facilities at the Y, so you know what that means coaches. For those of you who will be training in Aquatics bring your swimsuits because you will be in the water. Those of you who are participating in track and field make sure to wear athletic clothing because you will be receiving a workout as well. We will be unable to provide any refreshments but you are more than welcome to bring your own or bring something to pass. It is completely up to you. We apologize for the inconvenience. You can register online at the central website. For those that I sent an email to about having to attend the conference make sure that you still register online. Thank you. We can't wait to see you there!!! Now you ask is this coaches conference for me? As a matter of fact it is! Not only do you become certified at the conference you are also given the chance to be trained in another sport. In addition, we provide a section in the conference to update everyone and inform you of the events that will be taking place along with everything that might be happening int he central region and we also look for feedback. This is a great opportunity for our region to communicate with our coaches, make sure everyone is up to date and really learn some more about each other. | |  Upcoming Events
We have some upcoming events that you should look out for. We are still working out all the details but don't forget to mark those calendars and save the dates! - Grab your sneakers and get your green on Central Region because we will be walking in the St. Patricks Day Parade. The parade will be on March 14th and will start at noon. - Who's hungry for some Chicago style pizza? April 2nd Special Olympics will be having a Dine in or Take out at Uno Chicago Grill from 4-9pm. - Put on your speedos because our first Aquatics event will be April 4th in Weedsport. The event will be from 9-1, registration beginning at 9. There will be more information to follow. - May 17th A Very Special Walk @ Burnet Park will be taking place from 11-3, registration will be at 11am. The walk will start at noon and there will be music and a picnic after from 1-3. The walk will be one mile. If you would like to take part in the walk please call the office at 315-473-2933 to register. You must RSVP by May 10th. Please come out to support Special Olympics! | |  THE CENTRAL REGION WISH LIST
STILL LOOKING FOR ANY WANTS OR NEEDS, DON'T BE SHY, YOU MIGHT GET WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR!!!! After meeting with some of the coaches at the winter game feedback session, we decided to come up with a wish list box that will allow us as a region to utilize each other. During the meeting we found out that there were certain items that people needed , i.e. fridge for state games. Since it is tough economic times we can't afford to be purchasing things that are not already marked in the budget, therefore, our brilliant Mr. Keith Haas came up with the idea of a wish list. If there is something that you as a coach or volunteer need or have for Special Olympic use please let us know and I will put it in this segment. That way as a region we can utilize each others resources and save on money. Shoot me an email (mquinn@nyso.org) of your needs or haves and I will post them for everyone to view. If you would like to keep your contact information anonymous we will figure things out through me, but if you don't mind me posting your info then I will that way you can coordinate with each other. | | Central Region Feedback I thought I would include a segment in the program report about what was discussed during the feedback meeting. I obviously will not be able to write everything down but we would like to acknowledge some of the important topics. ~ We will be holding a coaches meeting before summer games this year where we can hand out all the information that the coaches will need. At the meeting we will be able to discuss where we will be staying, the venues, the travel itinerary and event schedules. We will also be able to field any questions that coaches might have before we go off to state games. This way we are communicating everything you will need before summer games so no one feels like they are out of the loop. ~ The item of food was brought to our attention. There are some athletes that have special diets and they usually have to bring their own food to state games. We have brought that to headquarters attention. Budget permitting we are not sure how much they can do, but they were informed and they will be trying their best to accommodate. ~ We heard the majority of people were thrilled with the Olympic village. We are very happy that it was a success and if you have any suggestions or feedback of what you really liked about it please let us know so we can continue to carry on the success to the next state games. ~ I was informed that when I send out an email with such content as "you need to hand something in" to take your name off the warning list once you send it in. That way we don't have confusion and the pressure is put on those who have not sent their information in yet. ~ Some athletes afraid of heights? We apologize to those who had to struggle to get their athletes up the bleachers at the closing ceremony basketball game. The fact that some athletes might be afraid of heights never crossed our minds. This information has been passed on to headquarters and will be taken into consideration from now on. Thank you for letting us know. ~ We were told that there were some events and some in the past that have not been run according to SOI rules. We have informed headquarters and we ask you to please inform the sports director at an event if the sports rules are being violated, that way we can fix the problem. We want all athletes to have a fair chance to win so please communicate with us when you see something wrong, thank you. ~ Finally, we were asked if there is the possibility to change the feature game at Summer games. Coaches would like to see a different team sport show cased. We agree with this and we let the Director of competition, Bryan Norris know and he will be doing the best he can. Thank you to those that attended the meeting and provided us with such great feedback. It is information like this that makes us a tighter, more functioning organization. We appreciate it. | |  THE NEW CENTRAL REGION
Central Region is getting a makeover and I am not talking about giving Sean some high lights and leopard print pumps, we are going to go electronic! We are going to start to use our central region website as a valuable source of information. We want to get coaches, athletes and volunteers more involved with what is happening in the region and the best way to get our information out there is through our website. We want to post all of our training club information, conference information, upcoming events, direction, venue information and times, that way for those who do not receive my fabulous weekly updates can go to the website and find the information they might be looking for. In addition to giving everyone access to more information we also want to highlight athletes and teams every week in a special section of the website. We will do this by having coaches send in information to us about a special athlete(s) that had a great week of practice or competition or even a team that overcame a tremendous step like learning a new play, breaking a record, or just showing great sportsmanship. We want to help promote healthy competition among our region along with acknowledgement for those that are doing a great job and really taking the Special Olympics mission to heart by developing physical fitness, demonstrating courage, participating in a sharing of skills and friendship, gaining confidence and building a positive self-image. With this highlight section we are hoping to gain all the above and to be able to provide a source for the athletes to go to and read, hopefully encouraging them to try even harder at the next practice. We will be looking for any suggestions as to what we should name the new section. We are looking for something fun so go ahead and shoot us some ideas. We hope to spread the word of the new website but we ask for your help as well, if people ask for information please inform them as to where they can find it. We are hoping to have the improved sight running in a week or so, we will make sure to inform you. Lastly, Coaches, volunteers and family, you are the ones that we are going to look to for suggestions as to what you would like to see on the website and what information you think would be useful. Please let us know. You can email Meghan at mquinn@nyso.org. Thank you for your support. |
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