Special Olympics Maryland Prince George's County: Welcome
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Summer Games at Towson University were a rousing success. 86 athletes competed in Aqautics, Athletics, Bocce and Unified Softball. Swimmer Zach Poston went on to compete in World Games, earning a gold medal in the 400 free!
Fall sports are practicing and preparing to compete in the Fall Festival the weekend of October 22. Please consider coming out and getting involved. Contact SOMD at www.somd.org for more information.
Two sports -- Power Lifting and Tennis -- are unable to train and compete this fall without coaches. If you or someone you know is interested in coaching these events next year, please contact Patricia Boyle at patricia.hill@pgcps.org.
Click "Event Information" to view information regarding the SOMDPGC 2011 Events.
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2011 Unified Sports Tennis State High School Invitational.If you play tennis, please register to volunteer. If you have family members, friends or colleagues who play tennis, please forward this message to them.
Competition takes place:
Wednesday, October 26th in the Frederick area at Baker Park, Frederick High School and Thomas Johnson High School
Thursday, October 27th in the Annapolis area at Annapolis High School and Truxtun Park
Morning and afternoon shifts are available. Lunch and an event t-shirt will be provided to all registered volunteers.
Please register as a volunteer at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2011UnifiedTennisVolunteer
Volunteers engaged with the Unified Sports programs, are truly making history in enabling individuals with disabilities to participate in sports, and especially in the sport of Tennis.
Special Olympics Maryland is working in partnership with more than 130 high schools in 18 school systems throughout the state in support of the Fitness and Athletics Equity for Students with Disabilities Law. Maryland is the first state in the country to enact this type of landmark legislation which ensures students with disabilities are provided with equivalent opportunities in interscholastic sports.
Special Olympics Maryland Interscholastic Unified Sports® is an inclusive sports training and competition program which brings together students with and without disabilities on high school teams. While Unified Sports® helps schools meet the spirit and intent of the new law, it also leads to amazing outcomes for its participants. Through practices and representation of their schools at competitions, teammates develop strong relationships with each other which carries over into the school community.
With the tremendous immediate growth in the number of participants now involved with Special Olympics Maryland, volunteers are needed in a variety of key roles to support Unified Sports® high school competition events and practices.
Download the Unified Tennis flyer in Handouts for more information.
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