Area 4 Calendar of Events/Volunteer Opportunities
Select an event for details, contact information or to download a registration
form.
| Date |
Event |
Event Type |
Location |
| 10/2/2010 |
Bowl for Champions - Fundraising Event |
Area 4, |
Sabre Lanes - Menasha |
| 10/17/2010 |
2010 Fox Valley Area Bowling Tournament |
Area 4, Sports, |
Super Bowl and Sabre Lanes |
| 10/29/2010 |
Lock Up a Cop |
Area 4, |
Walmart in Neenah |
| 2/27/2011 |
2011 Area 8 District Gymnastics Competition |
Area 4, Area 5, Area 6, Area 7, Area 8, Volunteers Needed, Sports, General, |
Nicolet High School, Glendale |
| Ongoing |
Coaches |
Area 4, Volunteers Needed |
Fox Valley Area |
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Featured Events
Comedy for a Cause
Join Special Olympics for a night of comedy with headliner, Pete Lee, at the Skyline Comedy Café in Appleton on Thursday, August 12th at 8:00 PM. Tickets are on sale now for $10 each and all proceeds from the ticket sale with benefit Special Olympics – Fox Valley Area. Please contact Mark Mauthe at 209-9575 or Nicci at 731-1614 or nsprangers@specialolympicswisconsin.org to purchase your tickets! Tickets can also be purchased at the Special Olympics office located at 2339 W. Wisconsin Ave. in Appleton.
Bowl for Champions
Register Online
Registration is now open for the 5th Annual Bowl for Champions taking place on Saturday, October 2nd at Sabre Lanes in Menasha! Registration fee is $20 per person ($80 per 4 person team) and includes 3 games of bowling, shoe rental and tons of prizes. Like prizes? We have something for everyone…team costume contest, prizes for top teams scores and lowest scores, great prize bundle for highest fundraising teams and tons of door prizes just for participating! All Teams are encouraged to come and bowl in a Team theme or costume, wing parties and team party packages are given out for best dressed team! Each time a strike a rolled, enter your name for a chance to win prizes galore, win an automatic prize if you throw a strike when a red pin is present! No one goes home empty handed!
Check-In begins at 1:00 on the day of the event and bowling takes place from 2:00-5:00, prizes given out following the completion of bowling. On-line registration will be available in early August.
Fox Valley Area Offers NEW Young Athletes Program!
This past winter a new Special Olympics program was brought to the Fox Valley Area! It is the Young Athletes program. Young Athletes is a sports-play program for children ages 2 – 7 with and without cognitive
disabilities. The program serves as an avenue to introduce children with cognitive disabilities to sports preparing them to be a traditional athlete at age eight, as well as play alongside peers in hopes to breakdown barriers by creating awareness and promoting acceptance through an active and engaging setting. At the completion of eight sessions, a Culminating Event is held where all the children can share in the joy of showing off their skills and receiving a ribbon!
The first Young Athletes program in the Fox Valley was held this past winter and was facilitated by a group of young professional from Leadership Fox Cities in Appleton. When they were seeking out a project to take on for a class, they were introduced to the Special Olympics Young Athletes program and knew right away wanted it to be their project. They were successful in reaching out to 22 area youth who met every Monday at Janet Berry Elementary for 8 weeks throughout February and March. At the completion of their session they passed the torch to Appleton Career Academy who ran a Tuesday/Thursday session at Appleton North High School throughout the entire month of May. They continued to build the skills in these young ones and have plans to continue offering the program through the high school next year!
More Young Athletes Programs to be offered soon!
shkosh School District is beginning their partnership with Special Olympics Young Athlete program this summer. A session will be held this summer at Jefferson Elementary on Mondays and Wednesdays, 12:45 – 1:30 p.m. from June 21st – July 21st. In the fall, there are plans underway to start the Young Athletes program in several of Oshkosh School District’s inclusive 4K classes with a goal to eventually reach all of them! Young Athletes is definitely growing momentum and continuously looking to expand. If you, or someone you know, are interested in bringing Young Athletes to your community or school, contact Krysten Kirsch at kkirsch@specialolymipcswisconsin.org. For upcoming events (and contact information for those sites) or pictures of past programs, check out the Young Athletes webpage at http://www.specialolympicswisconsin.org/athlete_young.html.
Internships Available for Summer and Fall-Spring Semesters!
This internship will allow the student to assist Regional Director of Development in raising awareness and funds for Special Olympics Wisconsin, while gaining experience in the planning and promotion of several major events throughout the year. Read more
Sports Offered
Alpine Skiing, Aquatics, Athletics, Basketball*, Bocce*, Bowling, Cross-Country Skiing*,
Football (Soccer), Golf, Gymnastics (Artistic & Rhythmic), Powerlifting, Softball*/Tee-Ball,
Speed Skating*, Tennis, Volleyball
Competitions Held
Area Athletics, Area Bowling, Basketball Seeding Tournament, District Aquatics, District
Basketball, District Softball, State Indoor Sports Tournament host
Special Events:
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* Special Olympics Unified Sports ® divisions offered. Special
Olympics Unified Sports® combines athletes with and without cognitive disabilities
