Special
Olympics Ontario
Provincial Summer Games 2013
(JULY
11- 14, 2013)
York Region
Special
Olympics Ontario had close to 1000 athletes
and coaches participate in the following 5 summer sports:
Soccer
Softball
Rhythmic
Gymnastics
Track & Field
Golf
The
Knights of Columbus have been asked to participate in this year's
Special Olympics Provincial Summer Games in York Region.
The Games will be coordinated by York Regional Police and will be
conducted
throughout York Region. Please visit the Summer Provincial Games website
at
www.specialolympics2013games.com
for events, locations and times.
We have been asked to oversee the food services
area of the Games and may require
approximately 70 volunteers, which can include Knights, Squires and your
family and friends.
We have
been asked to
provide
two Honour Guards with the first being for the Opening
Ceremony on July 11th where the Knights, as part of our Flag Relay
program. will be bringing
in the Games flag, and the second one for the Closing Ceremony
on July 14th.
Councils and Assemblies are also invited to
promote the Games in their area, be it as a fundraiser
to Adopt an Athlete (brochure
in pdf format) from their community or to conduct a public
awareness event, such as a flag raising ceremony in association with the
police and
Special Olympics Ontario.
More information
regarding the Games will be provided as it becomes available.
TO VOLUNTEER
Please consider
volunteering for these Special Olympics Provincial Summer Games.
All volunteers,
including Sir Knights participating in the the Honour Guard for
the Opening and Closing Ceremonies must have a Police Check.
Below is a link to submit an application form for a Police Check
and the deadline to submit this form is April 1, 2013.
http://www.specialolympicsontario.com/formsonline/view.php?id=5601
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Special
Olympics Ontario
Provincial Spring Games 2012
(MAY
31- JUNE 3, 2012)
Kingston
Back
Row (L/R) - Kingston Police Chief Steve Tanner, Erin Bennett, Kevin
Beauregard,
and OPP Commissioner Chris Lewis. Front Row (L/R) - Mike Campanaro
and Brian.
As
part of the K of C Flag Relay program for Special Olympics,
the Knights of Columbus provided an Honour Guard and presented
the Special Olympics Games Flag during the Opening Ceremonies.
The local Knights
raised close to $7,500 for the Games
and provided volunteers for food service at the Closing Ceremonies.
The Spring Games took
place from May 31 - June 3, 2012 and was co-hosted by the
Kingston Police Service and the Ontario Provincial Police. Queen's
University housed the
athletes village and various sporting events. Over 800 athletes,
coaches and volunteers
participated in sporting events that included:
5 pin Bowling
10 pin Bowling
Bocce
Basketball
Power Lifting
Swimming
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Special
Olympics Ontario
Provincial Floor Hockey Championships
(JUNE
9- JUNE 11, 2011)
Sudbury
Greater Sudbury Police
Service hosted the 2011 Special Olympics
Ontario Provincial Floor Hockey Championships at Cambrian College from
June 9-11, 2011.
The Provincial
Championship had 25 teams
in attendance with over 400 athletes and coaches,
300+ volunteers and hundreds of parents, and supporters.
For
more pictures and a summary of the K of C involvement in these Games
please visit the
Greater Sudbury Police Service website at
http://www.gsps.ca/en/yourpolice/flagrelay.asp
or
http://kofcflagrelay.com/sudbury/flagrelay.htm
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The Knights of
Columbus were responsible
for the
following areas:
|
The
Healthy Athlete Program.
|
|
The
Knights of Columbus Floor Hockey Competition (Demonstration
Event).
|
| Provided
a 4th Degree Honour Guard for the Opening
Ceremonies.
|
| Presented
the Special Olympics flag during the Opening
Ceremonies.
 
|
The
Knights of Columbus Flag Relay
To
create a public awareness within
the community and to show our support
for Special Olympics, the Knights of Columbus, through our Flag
Relay program,
organized a number of flag raising events, some at City Hall, the
local Police Station,
and at the local schools. These flag raising events were
coordinated through the
K of C Diocesan Associations/Zones and were held, leading up
to the June Games,
in late May and early June in the communities where a team will be
competing
at the Floor Hockey Championship.
Sudbury
Thunder Bay
Mississauga
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TO
VOLUNTEER
Please consider
volunteering at a Special Olympics event in your area.
For more information
please visit Special Olympics Ontario at
http://www.specialolympicsontario.com/default.asp?contentID=222
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FOR
MORE INFORMATION
Please visit the
Ontario Special Olympics website at
http://www.specialolympicsontario.com
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