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| | Program Report | April 22, 2009 |  I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend and you are enjoying the great weather. Spring has finally come!
This weekend we have what turned out to be quite a big event up in Oswego. It will be at Oswego High School and registration will start at 9:00, opening ceremonies and races to follow. The events that will be taking place are Basketball Skills and Aquatics. We are looking forward to some great competition so please come out and support our athletes, it will be a great event. Don't forget that we are holding a fundraiser May 17th at Burnet Park. We are hoping that you come join us and walk for a good cause. It will be a one mile walk and there will be food and a dance after. If you would like to raise money and have a good time please contact me at mquinn@nyso.org. We would love and appreciate your support. In addition to "A Very Special Walk" on May 17th, we also are having a fundraiser at a couple of Applebee's in the Central Region April 29th. More information is provided in the upcoming events section. We hope that you can join us there, eat some good food and raise some money and awareness for Special Olympics. If you have any questions or you know of an athlete that would like to help us out that night with spreading the word about Special Olympics please let me know and we can set something up. Thank you. |
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| |  Coaches Corner
*** Coaches, if I have sent you an email about your athlete's med and consent forms, please check your meds and make sure that you have all the updated forms, if not please email me right away and let me know. ~ 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! | |  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! - Basketball Skills or Aquatics? Don't worry you can catch both on Saturday, April 25th because we will be holding a Basketball skills and Aquatics event in Oswego. Details are still being worked out and we will provide you with more information soon, but don't forget to save the date! - Are you looking for a night of Food and Fun? Bring your family and friends and join Special Olympics and our local Law enforcement in the neighborhood at Applebees. On Wednesday April 29th the law enforcement officers from your community will be helping the Applebee's wait staff by waiting on you! All donations support the athletes of Special Olympics New York. The event will be held from 5:00pm - 8:30pm at the following Applebees locations: Clay- 3975 Route 31, Liverpool
DeWitt- 3189 Erie Blvd East, DeWitt
North Syracuse- 628 South Main Street, North Syracuse
Auburn- 221 Grant Avenue, Auburn
Camillus- 5241 West Genesee Street, Camillus We are looking for athletes to come and help us greet the customers and talk about Special Olympics. If you are interested or you know someone who is please contact us and we willget you set up at a restaurant. Thank you and we hope to see you there! - 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! We are still working out the details of the following events but please take note of them. Thank you - May 3rd, Super Regional Gymnastics and Powerlifting in Webster - May 9th, Regional Bowling in Utica - May 16th, Super Regional Basketball in Waterloo - May 16th, Regional Powerlifting in Marcellus - June 6th, Regional Athletics Track Meet in Oswego NEW | |  THE CENTRAL REGION WISH LIST
NEED We got some basketballs and a bag but we are still looking for the rest, let me know. He is also looking for some newer basketballs if any are available and some cones. If anyone has something available for him to use, even if it is just for the season, please contact me and we will get him all set up. 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. | | Date: April 7, 2009
To: Athletes, Families, Volunteers, and Friends
From: Neal J. Johnson, President & CEO
Subject: 2009 Summer Games
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I'm sure you are all aware of the economic challenges we are facing. As I mentioned in my previous letter, our organization has had to budget expenses to match a very conservative development outlook. To ensure that we meet our financial needs, unfortunately we have had to change the shape of Summer Games. This proved to be very difficult, knowing we were going to disappoint a lot of people.
This year's Summer Games 2009 will see a reduction in the total number of athletes by 35% and only one day of competition. With a smaller time frame for competition, making this reduction evenly across every sport brings a number of events to a level where quality competition will not exist. To preserve a portion of our larger events, we moved the allocations from some of the low participation sporting events. We also needed to keep in mind that with one day of competition, our larger events would not be able to sustain full participation while maintaining quality competition. With that said here is what events will make up the 2009 Summer Games:
Aquatics - 100% participation* Basketball Team - 80% participation*
Basketball Skills - 100% participation* Volleyball Team - 0% participation*
Powerlifting - 100% participation* Volleyball Skills - 0% participation*
Tennis - 100% participation* Gymnastics - 0% participation*
Athletics - 85% participation* Bowling - 0% participation*
*based on 2008 Summer Games Participation
I appreciate your understanding during these unprecedented times. It was with no great ease that these decisions were reached. The reductions to Summer Games were made very carefully and strategically. In spite of our economic environment, we look forward to the great competitions we will see all around the state this spring. It is essential for us all to do what we can to continue moving forward with our mission.
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