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2009 WORLD WINTER GAME UPDATESFebruary 10, 2009Rally for Respect
The Global Youth Rally drove the point home that young people across the globe can work together to eradicate discrimination against people with intellectual disabilities.
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First Medals Awarded

Special Olympics Switzerland swept the gold, sliver and bronze medals in the snowboarding advanced giant slalom for the first medals of the 2009 World Winter Games. Read Article Sports Experience

The Sports Experience allows you to experience the talents and personalities of Special Olympics athletes while communicating the role of the movement in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. View Photos Change through Music

The group FLAME, which performed at Opening Ceremony, got its name from the Olympic Flame. But even more inspirational is that the band is composed of people with disabilities. Read Article
:angel:Knowledge Is Growth...Education Is The Key~~~
 
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2009 WORLD WINTER GAME UPDATESFebruary 11, 2009U.S. Vice President to Visit Winter Games
Vice President Joe Biden will lead a Presidential Delegation to the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Boise, Idaho on Thursday. The Delegation will observe the final round of the figure skating competition and the Vice President will congratulate and present medals to the athletes.
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Be a fan of Confidence

Charles Howard may be an great snowboarder, but his personality makes him a particularly outstanding athlete. He exudes self-confidence and a sense of humor that resounds with his teammates. Watch Video Be a fan of Courage

Athletes who once had little hope, no confidence and hardly a dream for the future are now fully engaged in life, have found enjoyment in sports and have aspirations for the future. Read Article Taking on New Challenges

At the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games, there will be more athlete officials than at any previous World Winter Games. Read Article
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Be A Fan of Generosity.
Help Special Olympics Give the power of sport to one more person.
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This communication is sponsored by Special Olympics, Inc. Click here to avoid receiving future e-mails from us. The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community. For more information, please visit our Web site: www.specialolympics.org.
 
A TEACHABLE MOMENT 25 March 2009 Dear Friends:
In recent days, Special Olympics has been in the news more than ever, but certainly not in a way any of us could have expected. Over and over again, people have asked us: "What is Special Olympics' position in the world today?" "Why is Special Olympics so important?"
This is a teachable moment and our lessons have never been more urgent or more valuable. Today, Special Olympics is the world's most powerful movement promoting the dignity and value of all people. Inspired by the courageous examples of 3 million athletes in more than 180 countries competing in 30,000 events each year, Special Olympics is a community-building, life-changing experience through year-round sports competition, health, education and inclusion opportunities.
Events of recent days have reminded us all that we must rededicate ourselves to this vision and to empowering our athletes to show it.
We went to our athletes to ask them for their guidance and insight. As always, they speak best for themselves.

  • "These are tough times. So many of our athletes never get the chance to train and compete because programs are being cut, especially in poor countries. We need your support. You don't have to give much, but anything you give is a lot to us. Please donate." - Loretta Claiborne
  • "I know everyone makes mistakes, but now we need everyone's help. I'm asking everyone to Spread the Word to End the Word." - Eddie Barbanell
  • "Everyone should try to volunteer or at least cheer at Games this spring and summer. There are Games everywhere. We can teach the world, but you have to come out and volunteer."
In closing, we want to thank everyone who has expressed support for our athletes and our vision in recent days. We need you now more than ever.
Special Olympics isn't just in a teachable moment. Special Olympics is a teachable movement. If we follow our athletes as fans of the human race, we will all learn lessons of a lifetime.
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Timothy Shriver, Chairman Brady Lum, President
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Spread the Word to End the Word

A personal message from John C. McGinley
Hi, I'm John C. McGinley. I'm an ambassador for the National Down Syndrome Society, and today I'm teaming up with Special Olympics to bring you a message that's important to me.
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John C. McGinley and his son, Max
So many times in life you are asked to change...
Change your clothes. Change lanes. Change jobs. Change the sheets. Change flights. Change your tune. Change horses midstream. Change your latitudes and your attitudes!

Change, and the ability to adapt, is to the human condition as air is to the lungs. We change, and in the doing, we thrive!
In fact, we just elected a president who promised, above all else, to "change."
What if, on March 31, you elected to change the way you use the words "retard" and "retarded"?

Hardly seems like the largest of sacrifices. Not when you consider the changes in language that you have, so willingly, already elected to integrate into your vernacular. You no longer use the words nigger, or ****, or faggot, or jap, or kraut, or mick, or wop.
Why would you? Why on earth would you? Those are all words that hurt. Those are all racial and ethnic slurs and epithets that perpetuate negative stigmas. They are painful! And that is not okay. It is wrong to pain people with your language. Especially, when you have already been made aware of your oral transgression's impact.

Make no mistake about it: WORDS DO HURT! And when you pepper your speak with "retard" and "retarded," you are spreading hurt. So stop it. Stop saying "retard" and "retarded." Those words suck! You are better than that and you definitely do not need to be "that guy."
There is no longer any acceptable occasion to lace your dialogue with the words "retard" and "retarded." Without fail, those words are the stuff of hurt. They, straight up, are. So, stop it! Stop using the "R-word."
The 7 million people with intellectual disabilities (around the planet) who are on the receiving end of this hate speak are genetically designed to love unconditionally. These "retards" are NEVER going to return your vitriol. Ever! So what could possibly be the up-side of continuing to use the "R-word" in your daily discourse?
We love you. We do!

And, just in case you missed it and you need an extra hug? We love you!
You do not need to love us in any kind of reciprocal fashion. You don't. (It's not that kind of bargain.)
But, how about on March 31, you elect to change? A word? Two stinkin' syllables?

On March 31, join us and "Spread the Word to End the Word." And the word is "retard!" It HURTS! So help us to cut it out.

Thank you! We do love you!

John C. McGinley
:angel:Knowledge Is Growth...Help make that change~~~
 
SPECIAL OLYMPICS UPDATE May 2009 The Risk of Trying
It seemed likely that Special Olympics would be just like so many of the other events Susan Senator had tried with her son Nat. There seemed to be no place where he truly belonged. But this was different.
Find out why.




Changing Lives

Special Olympics athletes teach the world a new way of thinking about people who are different.
View the photos

Celebrate Mothers

Looking for a way to honor your mom this Mother's Day? Make a donation in her name to Special Olympics.
Learn how
 Guardians of the Flame

Learn about the law enforcement officers who carry the Flame of Hope for our athletes.
Watch the video

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Be A Fan of Generosity.
Help Special Olympics give the power of sport to one more person.
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This communication is sponsored by Special Olympics, Inc. Click here to avoid receiving future e-mails from us. The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community. For more information, please visit our Web site: www.specialolympics.org.
 
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CELEBRATE DADS
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Hello Suzanne,
Father’s Day is just around the corner. When I think of exemplary attributes I’d like to instill in my own children, it’s the qualities of Special Olympics athletes– fun, courage, determination, joy, acceptance, grace and spirit – that come to mind.
Take a look at our slideshow of inspiring dads. Maybe your father inspired an appreciation for those attributes in you too, just by being who he is. We’d like to hear about your dad.
Please send us a photo with a caption about a way your dad -- or maybe a grandfather, coach, friend or mentor -- inspired an appreciation of qualities you admire.
Send your photo and brief caption to family@specialolympics.org
We’ll pick several and add them to our slide show on our Web site in time for Father’s Day.
Special Olympics rallies families, friends and volunteers to celebrate the outstanding abilities of Special Olympics athletes and share their overwhelming joy in competing. Each competition is a like a family affair, where everyone cheers, and every athlete delights in an atmosphere of friendship and acceptance.
Your support makes such a difference. There are still millions of people with intellectual disabilities, perhaps a few right in your neighborhood, who feel lonely and isolated, and in some places, ostracized. Special Olympics gives people with intellectual disabilities the chance to be welcomed on a team and show that they, too, have skills and abilities. Self-confidence soars. For many, it’s their only option to be included and become a part of their communities.
Please, send your photo and caption in the next few days, in time for Father’s Day.
Just as dads are champions of their children’s well-being, Special Olympics is a champion of acceptance, inclusion and respect for Special Olympics athletes. With your support, Special Olympics will continue to communicate through sports the dignity and value of people with intellectual disabilities. Help us reach out to a person who wants to participate in Special Olympics. They’re waiting, hoping for a chance. What better way to honor your dad?
Many thanks,
Brady Lum, President
Special Olympics


Be A Fan of Generosity.
Celebrate dad with a gift to Special Olympics in his honor.

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