Newcastle has secured the Asia Pacific Special Olympics – now there’s a call for Hunter businesses and volunteers to get behind the Special Olympics’ Junior National Games.
At today’s official launch, organisers revealed $500,000 is needed for the December event to go ahead.
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From all of us at Special Olympics Australia, it was proud moment when so many wonderful novocatrian business people, community supporters and officials attended the launch event at Fort Scratchley, Newcastle on 20th March 2012
Together we can transform lives, our young athletes from across Australia are getting ready, training and hoping they will be selected to represent their state and territory and travel to Newcastle in Dec this year. The community spirit and welcome has been been absolutely brilliant. Thank you for supporting Special Olympics in our mission to transfrom lives of children with intellectual disabilities. TOGETHER we can provide a games this year that will allow so many to achieve their personal best! THANK YOU NEWCASTLE AND THE HUNTER!