Special Olympics Mini Golf And Dine & Donate Fundraising Events Held
Photos courtesy of Emily Brent and Tanya Brooks – Above from left, Vanessa Larson, Adi Gunter and Wesley Sweet. (Vanessa is Clarion County Special Olympics Athlete Representative.)
Clarion County Special Olympics held two special fundraising events this past weekend, during Clarion Summer Fest.
The first event was Miniature Golf, on Saturday (July 5th), with the course provided by Steel City Mobile Mini Golf, that was set up on South 6th Avenue, just off of Main Street, where everyone was invited to play for a donation.
The second fundraiser was a Dine & Donate event, that took place on Sunday (July 6th), at Clarion River Brewing Company, also at the corner of South 6th and Main. Ten percent of all food sales designated for Clarion County Special Olympics will went directly to the local organization.
SOPA Clarion offers their athletes, who hail from throughout the county, various sports, including basketball, volleyball, powerlifting, bowling and golf. They compete in Western Regional and State competitions.
SOPA Clarion representative and coach Tanya Brooks shared, “Steel City was a sponsored event by local organizations and it was golf by donation to SOPA.”
“Being that it was a beautiful holiday weekend with so many activities in the area, the crowd was not as bountiful for Summer Fest, but we will do it again next year on a different day, as the families that did golf really enjoyed it!
“Thank you to CRBC for donating 10% of sales from the “DINE AND DONATE” on Sunday to Clarion County Special Olympics. We appreciate those that did stop by to enjoy the golf and donated.”
Golf Sponsors included: Clarion First United Methodist Church, Knights of Columbus, Fryburg Sportsmans Club, Clarion Rotary, Charles P. Leach Agency, Smathers Real Estate, University Korner, Pizza Pub, Burford Real Estate Services, Huwar Family and Computer Support.
“The idea for the golf is credited to Clarion County Special Olympics Team Lead Emily Brent who has been creating more community exposure opportunities for the local Special Olympic athletes and their families through community service and public education opportunities.”
Emily said, “Thank you to the sponsors and Steel City Mobile Golf. We look forward to seeing everyone again next summer at Summer Fest.”
AN OVERVIEW FROM CLARION COUNTY SPECIAL OLYMPICS ON THEIR GREAT PROGRAM
Clarion County Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and competition in a variety of Olympic-style sports for children and adults with intiectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skils and friendship with their families, other Special Olympic athletes and the community.
All training, competitiion, equipment and travel are provided free of charge to the athletes and their families, enabling everyone to experience the benefits of Special Olympics.
Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer or who knows someone who may qualify as an athlete, please contact clarioncountyspecialolympics@gmail.com.
(Great job Clarion County Special Olympics!!!! Thanks to Tanya Brooks and Emily Brent for their comments and photos!!)