Mission Statement
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.
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First Fundraising Golf Tournament
at Greenbrier Country Club. We had our First Annual Fundraising Tournament on Monday,
September 16 at Greenbrier Country Club. We want to thank all of our sponsors as well as all of the golfers, volunteers and
athletes that made this event a big success. It was a beautiful day and everyone had a fabulous time playing golf. In Special
Olympics everyone is a winner so we had prizes ready for every golfer. Thank you to everyone who donated a prize for this
tournament. A special thanks goes out to Martha Williamson and Sherry York for
taking the lead on this amazing fundraising event. Thanks also to all of our committee members who worked hard to make this
come together.  Fall Sports run from September through November Come out and
enjoy participating in one of our great Fall Sports. You will have fun, meet some new friends and build your sports skills.  Year
End Dinner, Dance & Awards was held on Friday, June 21 Everyone had a great time at our year end dinner dance at Traditions. We had a fabulous dinner,
awards and danced to our favorite DJ, Larry Ratriff Congratulations to our award winners for each sport for the 2018-19 season. Javante Riddick - Soccer, Jose Navarro - Softball, Derek Dorsch - Golf, Jonathan Parker - Basketball Half Court, Lafayette Harrison - Full Court Basketball, Michael Finney - Skills Basketball, Matthew Michaud - Bowling Fall, Louise Jackson - Bowling Spring, Kevin Kinser - Track, Matthew Heckler - Tennis. We also gave awards to Sherry York for Volunteer of the Year, Halley Davis for Volunteer Coordinator of the Year and James Farr for Hero of the Year. Thank you everyone for your many hours of service and dedication. You have encouraged our athletes to do their BEST. These are some photos of the award winners: All Athletes MUST have a current Medical
completed by their doctor prior to starting any sport. The medical form is on this site under Athlete Information or you can Click Here. Chesapeake
Monthly Council Meetings We welcome all parents and volunteers to come
out join us at our monthly council meetings. It is your chance to share your suggestions with us and help us build a stronger
program for our athletes. Our October meeting is Tuesday, October 8. We usually meet the first Tuesday of every month
at 6:30 pm at Greenbrier Christian Academy, 311 Kempsville Rd, Chesapeake, VA 23320. We plan all of our events, sports, picnics
and other programs and need your input. We need your assistance to help our program continue to grow and stay strong. Polar Plunge 2019 Congratiulations to all of the athletes, parents and friends who plunged
this year to raise money for our Sports Programs. We had a record number of plungers and we are so proud that you braved the
cold "Freezing for a Reason". What a great looking team CHESAPEAKE ATHLETES!    |
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