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Results from the 2011 Jim Thorpe Memorial Day Run
Special Olympics is the world's largest program of sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities: it currently serves more than 2.5 million persons with intellectual disabilities in more than 180 countries.
Special Olympics is based on the belief that through sports training and competition, people with intellectual disabilities benefit physica lly, mentally, socially, and spiritually; families are strengthened; and the community at large, both through participation and observation, is united in understanding people with intellectual disabilities in an environment of equality, respect, and acceptance. Athlete Registration Form Click here to download and print a copy of the Athlete Registration Form Mission Special Olympics Pennsylvania (SOPA), a chapter of Special Olympics Inc., provides year-round athletic training and athletic competition in Olympic-type sports for indi viduals with intellectual disabilities and provides them with continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness skills, express courage, experience joy, and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their famili es, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community. SOPA Carbon County currently offers bowling, floor hockey, and track and field. Volunteers Volunteers of all age s serve as coaches, escorts, organizers, fund-raisers, entertainers, or sports officials. Volunteers are always needed! Competitions SOPA competitions are offered year- round in 56 local programs across Pennsylvania. SOPA conducts four statewide competitions: Winter Games, The State Floor Hockey Tournament, Summer Games, and Fall Festival Games. Benefits A 1995 study by Yale University confirmed that participating in Special Olympics contributes to the physical, social, and psychological development of people with intellectual disabilities. Through successful experien ces in sports, they gain confidence and build a positive self-image that carries over into the classroom, the home, the job, and the community. Funding SOPA is a nonpro fit, tax-exempt organization that raises the funds through the generosity of individuals, companies, and foundations.
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 Cancellations ...
***NO Athletic Training 5/26/12.
Next Athletic Training 6/2/12 at 1:30pm for Athletes attending Summer Games.
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THANKS to EVERYONE that made our local Ccmpetition during the JT Birthday Celebration a success.
Congratulations to Athlete Tim Maillet for being crowned Carbon County's "GREATEST" Athlete during the Pentathlon event in honor of Jim Thorpe's 100th Anniversary of winning the gold medals in the Heptathlon and Pentathlon during the 1912 Olympics.
Special THANKS to Ann Marie Fritzpatrick and Rae Brader for the commerative Pentathlon medals, and our guests John Thorpe (grandson of Jim Thorpe), Jeannette Richards (National Anthem), Marlyn Kissner (Kutztown-U Pentahlon and Heptathlon Athlete, and from the U.S. Army War College (formerly Carlisle Indian School that Jim Thorpe attended) Sports Director Chuck Gentile, and Chief of Staff Colonel John Laganelli. Athlete George Bird presented inspirational speech as our Global Messenger. Also, a big THANKS to Mike Solt and Getz Transportation for getting us ALL over to the Ceremony at the Mausoleum. **********************
THANK YOU to all of the Athletes, Coaches, Parents, Care Givers, Volunteers, and especially Mike Solt and Getz Transportation, for making ESS-2012 a success for our program.
Basketball News Carbon County SOPA is excited to add Basketball to our list of sporting events. Jim Thorpe Memorial Day 10k RunMay 28, 2012 at 9amFees: $20 Before Monday May 21, 2012. Post-Registration and Day of Race, $25.00 ALL RUNNERS WILL RECEIVE:A Specially Designed RETRO TEE SHIRT Food and Soda A Ride to the Start, and a Goody Bag! Summer Games (States) at Penn State University June, 7th-8th-9th, 2012. ***NEW MAILING ADDRESS*** SOPA Carbon County
PO Box 332
Palmerton, PA 18071
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