| | Central Region Program Report August 3, 2009 | | Dear Friends, The coaches conference went very well this past weekend. We had a good turn out so thank you to everyone who came. I want to send out a special thank you to Delynn Ortin and Mark McKeon. We appreciate your dedication to the organization. August 17th we have been asked by the New York Jets to come watch them train and then have a meet and greet afterwards. They have given us a certain amount of tickets for the event so please call the office to reserve tickets. It is a first come first serve basis. You can reach me at mquinn@nyso.org or you can call the office at 473-2933. If you have any questions please let me know. Last Monday, Lani Seifert and her grand-daughter Nicole Clapper stopped by the office to drop off a check that was donated by Lani's company. She told us about a program called "Volunteerism Always Pays." Basically her company donated $250 to the organization of her choice for volunteering for 25 hours or more. She can qualify for this twice a year. All she had to do was fill out a sheet and have us sign off on it proving that she volunteered for a certain amount of hours. I thought I would share this with everyone because it is a great program and some companies have the same program but do not advertise it as much. When you get a chance check with your company to see if they have a similar program so you could possibly help out your local Special Olympics training clubs. 
(On the Left, Steve Fuller, VP of Program, Nicole Clapper and then Lani Seifert on the far Right. Photo courtesy of Lani Seifert, thank you. ) There have been a lot of changes and adds to the upcoming events so please check those out and mark your calendars. ATTENTION!! Add "Support Special Olympics" to Your Summer Grocery List" Special Olympics New York Central Region is part of an exciting promotion with Village Market IGA and Bosco & Geers Market stores across the Oswego area, DiOrio's IGA in Old Forge and Chanatry's on French Road in Utica. Visit your neighborhood store through August 22nd and make a donation at checkout. Proceeds will support the Law Enforcement Torch run for Special Olympics in our local community, which will allow us to provide greater services and programs for our athletes and help us reach the other intellectually disabled children and adults in Central New York to bring them into the Special Olympics Family. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me, thank you. |
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| | Upcoming Events AUGUST August 8th is the 7th Annual Fire Truck Pull & Special Olympics night at Casey Park. Please contact Mike Murray if you would like to participate, his email is murray@copscare.org August 18th there will be a local Golf competition held in copper city. The event will be held at Hidden Valley Golf Course in Whitesboro. We have been asked to walk in the NYS Fair Parade again. We will be walking opening night which is August 27th. Support our athletes as they walk through the fairgrounds. CYCLING - We will be holding our regional cycling event August 29th in Rome. We are still working out the details but we are hoping to have training clubs from the Southern Tier and Capitol District. Further information will be issued on a later date. SEPTEMBER September 12th - We will be holding our annual Super Regional Bocce Tournament at the Toccolana club in Rome, NY. Registration will be at 8:15 and opening ceremonies and games will follow. September 12th there will also be a Super Regional Equestrian competition held at Lehman Farms in Rochester. Registration will be at 8:15 September 19th - The Upstate Fall Classic in Rochester will be held Saturday September 19th at Total Sports Experience in Rochester. It will start around 8:00am. It is going to be a very big event so we hope that you come out and support our athletes. September 26th there will be a local Softball and Soccer skills competition in Oswego. It will be held at Oswego High School. Registration will begin at 9:15am. October 2nd and 3rd - Fall State Games in Seneca falls October 24th - There will be a regional Bowling Competition held at Lakeview Lanes in Fulton. Registration will be at 12:30. LETR Applebee's Fundraiser will be held October 29th. The fundraiser will be held at various locations in Central New York. The events will start at 5pm and go to 8pm. WE NEED ATHLETES TO ATTEND THESE EVENTS, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE LET US KNOW, THANK YOU! October 31st there will be a local bowling event held in Copper City at King Pin Lanes in Rome. NOVEMBER November 8th we will be holding a Bowl-a-thon to support Special Olympics Central Region. It will be held at Strike and Spare lanes in Mattydale and registration will be held at 12:30. There will be prizes for the highest fundraisers. For more information please contact Meghan at mquinn@nyso.org. December 5th we will be holding our Polar Plunge at Oneida Shores in Brewerton. Registration will be a 9am and the plunge will be at 12:00. December 6th there will be another Polar Plunge at Verona Beach State Park. Registration will be at 9am and the plunge will begin at 12:00. If you are interested in plunging or setting up a team please contact Kim Smith at ksmith@nyso.org. She will be more than happy to help you out. | | Coaches Corner *****ATTENTION FALL COACHES***** Practices are starting for the fall season and that means that I am going to start asking you for your Fall rosters. You can find the form posted on the online file folder and the link to the folder is on the side bar of this report. Please fill them out completely to your best ability and get them into me as soon as possible. Thank you for your cooperation! *Coaches who are coaching a Fall Sport, if you have not done so already please send me your training club schedule, as you can see we are starting to post them as they come in so we can inform all the athletes. Please send me the following information so I can post it; I have been getting calls from parents and athletes about the schedule so if you could please send me your schedules it would be greatly appreciated, thank you. | | Central Region Wish List There are no current requests at this time, Thank you |
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| Central Region Fall Trainging Schedule Softball:
Onondaga - Schiller Park, Wednesdays, Starts July 8th at 5:30-7:30
Softball Skills:
Onondaga - Schiller Park, Wednesdays, Starts July 8th at 6:00-7:30
Soccer (team):
Onondaga - Mott Rd. Elementary, Mondays, Starts July 27th at 5:30-6:45
Soccer Skills:
Onondaga - same as soccer team
Oswego - Oswego High School, Starts Mid-August at 6:00
Phoenix - Waiting on Information
Bocce:
Onondaga - Onondaga Lake Park, Sundays, Starts July 26th at 5:30-7:00
Madison - Canastota Little League Field, Sundays Starts August 2nd at 10-12
Cayuga - Waiting on Information
Oneida - Waiting on Information
Golf:
Onondaga - Sunnycrest Golf Course, Wednesdays, Starts August 12th at 5:00
Madison - Oran Golf Range and Cazenovia Golf Club, Mondays, Starts August 3rd
Cayuga - Waiting on Information
Cycling:
Oneida - Whitesboro High School, Mondays, Starts July 6th at 6:00
Madison - Madison-Oneida BOCES, Thursdays, Starts August 6th at 6-7:30
Bowling (Over 21):
Onondaga - Solvay Lanes, Fridays, Starts September 11th, 2 slots 5:30 - 6:45 and 6:45 - 8 Group homes please go later time, thank you.
Cayuga - Starlight Lanes, Wednesdays, Starts September 22nd, 3:30-4:30
Oswego - Waiting on Information
Oneida - King Pin Lanes, Thursdays, Starts September 10th, 4:30-5:30
Equestrian:
Onondaga - TBD - Waiting List
Oneida - Waiting on Information and Venue |
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