Sport Trainings | There are 3 sport trainings being offered. Thank you to those who have responded. If you wish to attend one of these trainings please respond asap so that arrangements can be made accordingly. Athletics: Saturday, April 25, 9-11 AM, Williamsville East High School 151 Paradise Road East Amherst, NY 14051 PLEASE NOTIFY THE WESTERN OFFICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING. Thank you to those who have registered. Equestrian: Date/Time TBD, SASi High Hurdles, Elma, NY Volleyball: Date/Time TBD | Law & Orders | Please pass on this information to your athletes and parents/guardians/staff. We are looking for 1-2 athletes with a parent/guardian/coach to be at each Applebees location to help greet customers, work with the law enforcement officers and make sure everyone is enjoying their dinner. Here is a list of locations: 5017 Transit Road Williamsville 4405 Milestrip Road Blasdell 3189 Erie Boulevard East DeWitt 1608 Military Road Niagara Falls 1641 Niagara Falls Blvd Amherst 5822 South Transit Road Lockport 340 East Fairmount Avenue Lakewood 2656 Delaware Avenue Buffalo 1785 Walden Avenue Cheektowaga 1050 Union Road West Seneca 4967 Transit Road Depew 3908 Vineyard Drive Dunkirk 3067 West State Street Olean Please contact me if you know of an athlete that would be interested. I would be happy to speak with any parent/guardian/staff member. When: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 from 5:00-8:30 PM This April, the Special Olympics and the Law Enforcement Torch run has an incredible opportunity with Applebee's. On Wednesday, April 29,2009 we have the opportunity to do "Law & Orders" again in your area! From 5-8:30pm law enforcement officers will be greeting the public, helping the waitresses get drinks, and bus tables while educating the customers about our initiatives. On each table there will be an envelope where the customers can leave a donation for Special Olympics New York. Historically in events like this we can raise anywhere between $500 - $1000 at one restaurant and with over 60 locations across the state we should have an amazing success! Participating locations in our area include: Clarence, Blasdell, Niagara Falls, Amherst, Lockport, Jamestown, Delaware Ave., West Seneca, Cheektowaga, Lancaster, Olean and Batavia. The Law Enforcement Torch Run to benefit Special Olympics is the movement's largest grassroots awareness and fundraising initiative, raising more than $30 million internationally in 2008. At its most basic level the Law Enforcement Torch Run was started as a group of officers carrying the Torch into Special Olympics games and ceremonies and it has evolved into one of the largest fundraising programs for the organization. Law Enforcement Officers have the opportunity to play a crucial role in the success of the events held here in the Rochester Area. This is a tremendous opportunity with Applebee's to raise both funds and awareness for our programs! Law Enforcement Torch Run has been holding these types of events for almost 20 years, but never have we had an event with this much potential. It is my privilege to invite you to join us at this fun and exciting event. With support like yours, we can continue to show that when people with and without intellectual disabilities are brought together by Special Olympics, myths are dispelled, attitudes are changed, and new opportunities to embrace and celebrate people with intellectual disabilities are created. If you have any questions about this request or anything pertaining to the upcoming event, please contact: Melissa Wiggins (585)586-7400 ext. 105 ormwiggins@nyso.org Thank you for being a friend to our athletes and their families | New Athletes | The word is out! The office is receiving many requests for new athletes to join Special Olympics! These athletes cannot experience the joy of Special Olympics without you. I periodically send out emails when I receive athlete referrals. Please respond whether or not your club is accepting new athletes. | Summer State Games Head of Delegation | I am accepting requests and/or nominations for an HOD for Summer Games. The Head of Delegation is a main contact person for the Western Region. Requirements: Assist with check-in upon arrival, attend a HOD meeting which covers any announcements or changes in schedule. During the games, the HOD will be the contact person if there are any immediate announcements or changes. The HOD then contacts the head coaches to relay the information. The HOD then assists with the check-out process prior to departure. Please contact me if you are interested or would like more information. | Summer State Games Announcement from CEO Neal Johnson | The Western Region Program Committee has met and came up with a tentative arrangement of where Summer State Games allocations will go. I hope to have these numbers out by the end of the week. MEMO FROM CEO NEAL JOHNSON Since my last communication, our organization continues to face economic challenges. In that letter I mentioned that our organization has had to budget expenses to match a very conservative fundraising outlook. To continue to ensure that we meet our financial needs, we have had to reduce our organizational expenses by more than $1,000,000, including reductions in our operational expenses, personnel costs, and unfortunately, we now have to change the shape of Summer Games. This proved to be very difficult, knowing we were going to disappoint a lot of people. This year's Summer Games 2009 will see a reduction in the total number of athletes by 35% and only one day of competition. With a smaller time frame for competition, making this reduction evenly across every sport brings a number of events to a level where quality competition will not exist. To preserve a portion of our larger events, we moved the allocations from some of the low participation sporting events. We also needed to keep in mind that with one day of competition, our larger events would not be able to sustain full participation while maintaining quality competition. With that said here is what events will make up the 2009 Summer Games: Aquatics - 100% participation* Athletics - 85% participation* Basketball Skills - 100% participation* Basketball Team - 80% participation* Bowling - 0% participation* Gymnastics - 0% participation* Powerlifting - 100% participation* Tennis - 100% participation* Volleyball Skills - 0% participation* Volleyball Team - 0% participation* *based on 2008 Summer Games Participation I appreciate your understanding during these unprecedented times. It was with no great ease that these decisions were reached. The reductions to Summer Games were made very carefully and strategically. In spite of our economic environment, we look forward to the great competitions we will see all around the state this spring. It is essential for us all to do what we can to continue moving forward with our mission. I would ask each of you to explore ways in which you can help support our athletes. Thank you for all you do. | Upcoming Events | Western Region Basketball Competition April 2nd, 2009 Sweet Home High School 9:00am to 9:30am Registration & Check-in 9:45 to 10:15am Opening Ceremonies 10:15am 10:45am Paring Games (team) 10:45am to 3:00pm Team Competition 10:15am to 2:00pm Skills Competition 1:30pm to 2:30pm Skills Awards 3:00pm to 3:30pm Team Awards Registration is due Friday, April 10th. Registration forms and informational packet can be found on the online folder Super Regional Volleyball and Aquatics Competition Volleyball: Buffalo Niagara Court Center (West Seneca) Aquatics: Canisius College Koessler Pool* Schedule: · 9:00-9:30 Registration at each location · 9:30-9:45 Opening Ceremonies at each location · 10:00 Coaches Meeting · 10:15-11:00 Volleyball Team Pairing Games · 10:15-3:00 Volleyball skills and aquatics competition · 11:00-4:00 Volleyball Team Competition · Awards Aquatics: awards will be handed out throughout the competition Volleyball skills and Team: will be handed out at the end of each division Registration forms are due April 16th. Registration forms and informational flyer can be found on the online folder. *Please note the change in venue for the aquatics competition. We apologize for any inconvenience, however the change had to be made in response to availability of facilities. | Future Events | Houghton College Track Meet April 28 Super Regional Volleyball and Aquatics May 9 Western South Local Track and Field May 12 Olean Schools Track and Field May 15 Genesee Region Super Regional Basketball* May 16 (Registration due May 1) Western South Local Track and Field May 21 Western North Local Track and Field May 27 Salamanca Schools Track and Field May 29 Western Central Local Track and Field May 30 (Registration due May 2) * Event NOT required to attend states | "Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt." ~Athlete Oath | Shelby Baker 8207 Main Street, Suite 13 Special Olympics New York 716-580-3346 | |
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