Special Olympics

Spe­cial Olympics have been a cat­a­lyst to help the men­tally chal­lenged expe­ri­ence a degree of nor­malcy in their lives. It has encour­aged fam­i­lies and com­mu­ni­ties to rec­og­nize the abil­i­ties of these indi­vid­u­als and taught us all to appre­ci­ate their courage and skill as com­pet­ing Spe­cial Olympians. Par­tic­i­pa­tion in Spe­cial Olympics trans­forms the dream of par­tic­i­pat­ing in sports into real­ity and, for these Spe­cial Olympians, pro­motes a more pos­i­tive self-image. AMVETS posts and depart­ments are encour­aged to vol­un­teer and sup­port their local Spe­cial Olympic chapters.

Check out their Web Site and locate con­tacts for your state; Spe­cial Olympics

Ninety-eight posts in (23) depart­ments sup­port Spe­cial Olympics

In 2010 alone (1113) vol­un­teers pro­vided (47,985) hours of ser­vice and a total of $90,478 in cash dona­tions in sup­port of var­i­ous Spe­cial Olympics Programs.