HEADLINES

Summer Games 2012
May 17-19
Iowa State University in Ames

For more information, please visit the links below:

If these materials do not answer your questions, please call our office at 515-986-5520

We are very interested in your feedback regarding SOIA's Strategic Plan.  There are 2 opportunities at the Summer Games to provide feedback.  Please stop in and share your thoughts and ideas:

• Drop in session May 18th between 10 am - 2 pm at the Family Tent east of the Lied Rec Center
• Town Hall meeting from 7:00 - 8:30 pm in the Gold Room at Hilton Coliseum (enter on the west side)

On-line volunteer registration closed May 4th.  If you have any volunteer-related question, please contact Seann DeMaris at seannd@amescvb.com

Help SOIA with the click of a button!

"SPREAD THE WORD! For every new “like” to Mary Greeley Medical Center's Facebook page, they will donate $5 to support the Special Olympics State Summer Games at Iowa State University in Ames. 
(promotion ends Saturday, May 19th)

Kick-Off to Summer 50's Sock Hop
7:00 pm, Friday, May 25th
The Meadows at Prairie Meadows, Altoona

(click on image to download a pdf version of the poster)

Tickets are $15 + $3.75 in fees through Ticketmaster.

If you can, come dressed in 1950's style clothes.
The first 50 athletes (and their chaperones) to register with us will get in for FREE! (Only one chaperone per athlete when you apply for free tickets!!  Additional people will need to purchase tickets.)  To apply for free tickets, you must complete this registration form (Word file).  (Click here for the pdf version)   When the 50 free tickets are gone, you may purchase tickets through the link above (non-refundable).
 

SOIA Night at the Horse Races

4:45 pm, Thursday, May 24th
Prairie Meadows, Altoona
Click here for more information and a registration form.

 Athletes will have a chance to tour the stables, meet the jockeys, watch the races, and even be photographed in the Winner's Circle!

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We have job openings at Special Olympics Iowa for three Director of Regional Field Services (western, eastern and central) positions.  Please click here for more information.

(updated 4-17-12)

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 Iowa State University Students Set Records at Recent Polar Plunge

 Iowa State University student Tyler Kai joined Special Olympics Iowa (SOIA) athlete Erin Peck and SOIA Fellingham Intern Bryan Coffey, with Greek Week Community Service Co-Chairs Kristin Riley and Daniel McCoy, and ISU student Trae Hestness during the Greek Week Vespers program in Ames on April 1. The ISU Polar Plunge on March 31 had a record-breaking 936 people plunging and the highest amount pledged for any plunge in Iowa at $92,417. The fundraising pages are still open at (www.firstgiving.com/soiowa) and are still receiving donations to benefit SOIA’s nearly 11,000 athletes.

TOMRV is a two day bicycling event June 9/10 from Quad Cities to Dubuque and back.  TOMRV is donating $1.00 for each rider to Special Olympics Iowa.  For more information on the TOMRV or to sign up to participate in the bike ride click on this link.

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See what Project UNIFY is all about!!  Hear directly from Iowa students, teachers, and administrators about the impact Project UNIFY has had on their entire student body.  Click here to view the video (the video on the bottom is the final version).

  *** To read about turbo-javelin, a new event coming in 2012, visit the Summer Games page (and scroll to the bottom).