Back in the summer my family volunteered for the Special Olympics World Games. Many of you may have read the post about my experiences. Just when I thought we had taken all we could from the experience, a great gift came in our email! All of the volunteers were sent free tickets to attend a UCLA Football game! All the tickets were for the same game out at the Rose Bowl Stadium … [Read more...]
Special Olympics World Games 2015
A city heard the call to action, 'Reach Up LA', and that's exactly what they did. Over 30,000 volunteers signed up to make the Special Olympics World Games 2015 a successful life event for athletes with intellectual disabilities from 170 countries. Little did they know, that these games would do more to change their own lives! I know this because I was one of those volunteers. … [Read more...]
Open Water Swimming at the Special Olympics World Games 2015
I had an amazing experience officiating the Open Water Swim Race of the Special Olympics World Games 2015! This was definitely one of those volunteer situations where you get more out of the experience than you could ever put into it. I never dreamed I would have the opportunity to spend time with athletes and coaches from around the world and experience such powerful … [Read more...]
