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 to sign up for the February 2025 Polar Plunge Team Join us for an exciting 2025 Spring Season. Special Olympics Chesapeake Spring Sports Registration and First Practice! Swim: Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 10:30 am, Great Bridge Swim & Racket Club, 1200 Back Rd, Chesapeake, VA 23322, Contact: Heidi Riden, 757-570-0119, hriden90@gmail.com Bowling: Friday, March 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM, Indian River AMF, 6660 Indian River Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23464, Contact: Cindy Wells, 312-995-0270, mscindywells@gmail.com Softball: Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM, Hugo Owens Middle School, 1997 Horseback Run, Chesapeake, VA 23323, Contact: Jeff Parker, 757-646-2024, jeparker540@gmail.com Track & Field: Sunday, March 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM, Oscar Smith High School, 1994 Tiger Drive, Chesapeake VA 23320 Contact: James Farr, 757-951-7248, jamesfarr1209@gmail.com. Tennis: Sunday, March 16,2025 at 1:30 pm, Oscar Smith High
School, 1994 Tiger Drive, Chesapeake, VA 23320, Contact Maddie Barrera, 757-618-5773, Maddiebarrea20@gmail.com Another Winter
sport is Powerlifting and practice
will started on Saturday, January 11, 2025  Thank You to everyone that participated in the POLAR PLUNGE on Febuary 7, 2025 Polar Plunge 2025 Thank you to everyone who plunged and donated! What we accomplished
was spectacular! So excited about the increase in plungers and donations to our teams: Chesapeake Athletes Area 2, Kaitlin's
Share Joy and Team Jonathan! 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 If 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 registration form completed prior to joining an activity in our program. If you have questions about the registration or medical
form contact Patrice Dykes at patrice.sochesapeake@gmail.com If you are a current athlete your
registration form needs to be updated every year. The doctor no longer needs to sign your medical form just be sure it is
up to date. This is the updated registration form to provide to your coach. 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, March 4 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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