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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Click this link for the Nov. 2 - 3 VA State Game Schedule Click this link to sign up for the Polar Plunge Team The 2024 Fall Virginia State
Games are scheduled to take place in Virginia Beach on November 2nd and 3rd. Click on the link above for the schedule of all of the activities
and sporting competitions. Please
come out, have fun and support our teams. Our Fall Sports are Golf, Bocce, Bowling, Soccer, Flag Football, and Cheering. All
of our athletes have worked hard and gained skills this season so come out and cheer them on. The Winter sports
are Basketball, Powerlifting and Cheering so stay tuned for the schedules. Sign up to participate
in the POLAR PLUNGE on Febuary 7, 2025 Good morning Special Olympics Chesapeake.
We are gearing up for the Polar Plunge. Please consider joining or contributing to our team. If you have never participated
in this event you are in for a treat. We have toe tippers, knee waders and those that fully immerse - brave souls! It is
the coolest fundraiser of the year with a day packed with all kinds of fun! Click on the link below to join our team. Thanks
so much for all you do. As a reminder, this is one of our biggest fundraising events and helps to fund new uniforms, tournament
costs, travel fees, lodging during travel, meals while traveling, Dinner Dance, Tides end of season party, and many more things
our program does. Click on the link above or add this to your browser. https://impact.specialolympicsva.org/team/614139 Join our Chesapeake sports program as an Athlete or Volunteer. We invite you to volunteer with our program. If you are interested please
go to the volunteer page and fill out the appropriate
forms. If you have questions contact Sherry York at 4yorkfamily4@cox.net Be a VolunteerIf you have an athlete that would like to join our program and participate in a sport
please go to the athlete page and review the information. You need to have your medical completed prior to joining an activity in our program. If you have questions about the medical form contact Partice
Dykes at patrice.sochesapeake@gmail.com If you are a current athlete your medical needs to be updated every three
years. If you are going to the doctor be sure to check to see if your medical needs to be updated. This is the updated medical form your doctor needs to fill out. Chesapeake Monthly Council Meetings We welcome all parents and volunteers to join us at our monthly council meetings. It
is your chance to share suggestions with us and help us build a stronger program for our athletes. Our next Council Meeting
is on Tuesday, November 5 at 6:30 pm. We are having Zoom meetings so if you would like to attend email Sherry
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Special Olympics Virginia . Chesapeake . Area 2
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