Tag: special olympics
Support The Special Olympics On The Thank You Mom Facebook Page
This week over 300 Special Olympics Team USA athletes are competing in Athens, Greece at the 2011 World Summer Games. In the past only spectators attending the Games could watch these incredibly inspiring athletes compete, but this year P&G has made it possible for family, friends and supporters of the Special Olympics to experience all [...]
Wordless Wednesday – Who Says Track Practice Can’t Be Fun?
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Track Season For The Family
My oldest TJ runs tack. This will be his fourth year. He’s amazing to watch because he’s so fast and so intense. Last year CJ participated in a Special Olympics track program in the next county over. He had a blast and he’s pretty quick too. We decided it was a bit far and wanted [...]
People’s Choice Awards & Special Olympics
During the live broadcast of the People’s Choice Awards on Wednesday night on CBS, Vanessa Williams will announce that the official charity of THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS is Special Olympics. This incredible opportunity was brought by one of Special Olympics longtime corporate partners of more than 30 years, Procter & Gamble. The show will be [...]
Special Olympics & Denny’s Kick-off Year Long Partnership
May 25, 2010 02:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time Special Olympics & Denny’s Kick-off Year Long Partnership Consumers Can Now Help Support Special Olympics at Denny’s SPARTANBURG, S.C. & WASHINGTON & DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Denny’s (NASDAQ:DENN) and Special Olympics announced a year-long, national partnership to raise awareness and support for people with intellectual disabilities across the country. Denny’s [...]
Wordless Wednesday – Fun On The Podium At Special Olympics
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HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE – A Very Special Christmas Volume 7 CD
GIFT IDEA – A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS VOLUME 7 The Special Olympics has brought my son opportunities he may never have had otherwise. He enjoys participating and we enjoy watching him. The torch has been passed to a new generation of superstar talent for this album as top stars of 2009 contribute to the latest [...]
Wordless Wednesday – Dad, I’d Rather Run Than Walk The Line
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Our First Day At The Special Olympics
I CAME. I SAW RAN. I CONQUERED WENT HOME AFTER A HALF HOUR BECAUSE MY MOM FORGOT MY SUNSCREEN AND I GOT SUN SPOTS. SILLY OLE MOM. Sometimes they ruin all the fun!
An Apology Isn’t Enough
FYI – This was an original post to the New Jersey Moms Blog, which is no longer live. It was published on 03/22/09. The link to it is/was http://svmomblog.typepad.com/new_jersey_moms_blog/2009/03/the-problem-with-apologies-pic-sent.html. If you put the link into the wayback machine you can read the comments as well. Prior to the election I was never completely bowled over [...]
Hawaiian Special Olympians discriminated against
In reading a post on Skeet’s blog and an article on the Special Olympics Hawaii website tonight I learned that the Hawaii Board of Education has decided to cut all funding for the Special Olympics programs for DOE students. I was disgusted when I read of their decision. How discriminatory! As a Mom of a [...]
Teenager taking a special plunge
I had tears in my eyes when I read this, so I’m sending it over to Skeet for Share Some Good Stuff. Don’t worry, they were good tears. As mentioned on my Home and Vacation blog a while back, there are annual winter ocean plunges in New Jersey that help raise much needed funds for [...]
A special athlete
I’m submitting this to Skeet’s Share Some Good Stuff. He may be a one of a kind high school athlete. He goes to high school in Cherry Hill, a little over an hour away from me. He letters in two varsity sports, basketball and golf. He has Down Syndrome. His name is Brad, and he [...]
Spreading some more Jersey sunshine
I read as many articles as I can that relate to Down Syndrome because my eight year old has Down Syndrome. I’m always on the look out for a new health, current events or human interest story. I like to share what I find because the world needs to realize that people with Down Syndrome [...]
