ADVISORY/Let the Games Begin: 1,500 Athletes Take Center Stage at the 2003 Special Olympics Texas DFW Spring Games.Sports Editors/Feature Editors ADVISORY...For April 25-26 and May 2-3 DALLAS/FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2003 The Super Bowl of Texas' Special Olympics Special Olympics International sports program for people with intellectual disability. It provides year-round training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type summer and winter sports for participants. Texas Area Spring Games comes to Dallas-Fort Worth over the next two weekends, as more than 1,500 local Special Olympics Texas athletes compete.
What: 2003 Special Olympics Texas Spring Games. A collection
of more than 1,500 athletes representing 18 North
Texas Counties.
When & Where: The 2003 Greater Fort Worth Area Spring Games take
place Friday, April 25 through Saturday April 26, at
the University of Texas at Arlington's Maverick
Stadium, 1307 W. Mitchell in Arlington, TX.
The 2003 Greater Dallas Area Spring Games take place
Friday May 2 through Saturday May 3 at Bishop Lynch
High School Stadium, 9750 Ferguson Road in Dallas, TX.
About The Athletes compete in a variety of Olympic-sports such
Games: as athletics (track & field), soccer, cycling and
tennis. Athletes must train a minimum of eight weeks
prior to competing (age 8 and older with no maximum
age).
Fans in the Join the fun and come out. Let the athletes inspire
Stands: greatness in you. Be a FAN IN THE STANDS. All events
are free and open to the public. For additional
information, please visit
www.specialolympicstexas.org/competitions, or call
your local Special Olympics Texas office.
Recycling Cell Bring any old cell phone and battery to the souvenir
Phones: tent at Spring Games, Special Olympics Texas office or
any Cingular Wireless store now through May 31, 2003
and Cingular will make a $5.00 donation to Special
Olympics for every unit received. No purchase or
registration necessary.....just drop the
phones/batteries for the athletes!
Special thanks goes to Business Wire Dallas Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S. for issuing this press release free of charge for SOTX SOTX Special Olympics Texas SOTX South Texas SOTx Solid Organ Transplant(ation) SOTX Sex Offender Treatment SOTX Standing On The X (band) . Their continued support of the organization is greatly appreciated! About SOTX: Special Olympics Texas is a privately funded non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. that provides year round training and competition to over 29,500 adults and children with mental retardation mental retardation, below average level of intellectual functioning, usually defined by an IQ of below 70 to 75, combined with limitations in the skills necessary for daily living. in the Lone Star Lone Star (or Lonestar) may refer to:
Sense of personal worth and ability that is fundamental to an individual's identity. Family relationships during childhood are believed to play a crucial role in its development. , promote independence, strengthen families and facilitate social competence while encouraging fitness. www.specialolympicstexas.org See .org. (networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations. RFC 1591. |
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