Volunteers Needed for 2023 State Special Olympics Fall Games
Have you ever wanted to volunteer? Do you want to feel like you are giving back to the community? The Special Olympics Fall Games are taking place on Saturday, October 21st, 2023, with Opening Ceremonies on Friday October 20th… And they are looking for volunteers!
This is a great opportunity to support athletes from across the state, earn service hours, and be a part of the community. The Special Olympics is looking for both full-day and part-day volunteers.
The 2023 Special Olympics Fall Games take place throughout our area on Saturday Oct 21st:
The Cycling Event: SUNY Adirondack
The Bocce & Softball Event: The Adirondack Sports Complex
The Golf Event: The Brookhaven Golf Course
The Cross-Country Running Event: Cole’s Woods
The Equestrian Event: Skidmore College
The Special Olympics supports over 5-million athletes with 32 Olympic-type sports. These events help to improve the health and well-being of people with intellectual disabilities, and highlight the transformative power of sports to instill confidence, improve health, and inspire a sense of competition. Volunteering with the Special Olympics helps increase leadership potential for community members, and helps to end discrimination of people with intellectual disabilities by shifting the focus to what the athletes CAN do, not what they can’t do.
Volunteering with the Special Olympics creates friendships and builds communities. Volunteers include local coaches who work with the athletes, people who help organize and plan the games and photographers who take pictures of the athletes in action. Volunteers are also on hand to cheer for the athletes who have traveled from outside of the area, support running the events, and work to set up and break down events. Volunteers must be 13 years old or older!
For more information about volunteering, please visit www.specialolympics-ny.org