Racer News

CALENDAR • SPORTS • SUPPORTERS
COACHES CORNER • VOLUNTEER CORNER • COMMITTEE NEWS
ATHLETE CORNER • SOOH • FUNDRAISING
COORDINATOR NEWS • OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY • CONTACTS

• Golf: Our golf team will be going to regional tournaments August 14th and State Tournaments September 25th. Please cheer them on!!
• Soccer: Registration will go out early August and start near the middle of the month. We are waiting on reservation of the field.
• Cheerleading: Expect registration in August.
• Bowling: SOOH has changed the tournament to Summer games. There are no regional tournaments planned for fall/winter. We will have bowling in both fall and spring. Fall bowling will be open to those who participate in spring sports and spring bowling will be open to anyone that does not participate in spring sports. Expect fall only registration in August.
• Basketball: We have a special request in for the use of Willis. They are not scheduling outside use but are considering our request.
• Aquatics: October start date depends on OWU opening the pool to us.
• Powerlifting: Expect registration in December.
• Athletics, Bocce, and Tennis: Our athletes participated in "Summer Games Reimagined" in June. They showed up strong for SODCOH! Check for pictures on the website within the month.
• Volleyball: We are again waiting on Willis decision.
• OWU Exercise: Waiting on OWU and their class schedule.

A Special Thanks to recent donors:

• Deb Zwolinski
• Joe Crea
• Knights of Columbus
• The Underwear Run
• Maria Haghnazari
• The Columbus Foundation
• For Friends

We are registered with Kroger as a Community Rewards organization. Please visit the Kroger Community Rewards page and choose us as your organization. We are listed as SPECIAL OLYMPICS DELAWARE CO., organization number SA652. If you search for SA652, you will find us right away.

We are always looking for more coaches! We have many great coaches already, but we can always use more help. Adults, college students, high school students -- families with adults and kids who want to help -- there's a place for you to help.

All coaches are required to complete:

• Class A form / background check (available on our site)
• General Orientation Course
• Protective Behaviors and Concussion Course

These are minimal requirements of International Special Olympics. Contact us if you are interested or see the Special Olympics Ohio become a coach page.

I would like to personally thank Mary Turon as well as Martha and Tim Johnson for stepping up as team parents for Athletics and Bocce. I greatly appreciate your willingness to help our athletes! -- Connie

Please welcome Jennifer and Frank Hinkle to the Advisory Committee. Many of you know them as the new owners of Penn Lanes. We are happy to have their input.

REMINDER - Anyone assisting with the program MUST complete the class A volunteer form/background check (available on our site). There can be no exceptions. This includes one time participants as well as subs. The forms are to be sent to our Coordinator and she is to submit them for SODCOH. If you have any questions please contact Connie.

John Edgerton is our Committee member representing our athletes. He will be interviewing athletes to include in this section of the newsletter. If you would like to be interviewed (or want to suggest someone else!) please contact him at advisory-list@sodcoh.org.

There have been many changes in the past 18 months at the state level including staffing, regional and programming changes. They can be confusing. We do our best to keep you updated as soon as we have the information. Please be patient, things are changing, often on a daily basis.

You will soon receive the packet for the Walk fundraiser for our athletes. It will run August and September. I hope you will participate. It is designed to be an easy way to support our athletes with the finances they need for equipment, uniforms and participation in State Games.

In October there will be a fundraiser at Hidden Valley Golf Course here in Delaware. The golf course will be asking for community support.

In the Winter, Penn Lanes will also have a fundraiser for our athletes. We are hoping to have the support of police and firefighters.

If you have any connections or ideas about grants we should apply for please let Connie know.

Dear Athletes, Families and Volunteers,

I am sorry that it has taken me so long to get another newsletter to you. I have had several personal issues I've been dealing with. I hope all of you are staying well and finally getting out and about safely. I am also hopeful that this coming season for SODCOH will find us "back to normal". It has been far too long since we have been together.

I am working to secure facilities for our athletes. If you have any suggestions for alternatives, please send them to me. With school starting and CDC information changing, I may need to get creative to get everyone back into their favorite sports.

Both our Golf Team and our Bowling team have upcoming fundraisers that will help finance their sports. My goal is to have each sports team involved in a fundraiser related to their sport. I think it is important to our athletes that they help support their organization. Please participate as you can for the athletes. If you have any suggestions for sports related fundraisers send them on. Put some time into thinking of ways to help our athletes. We will all benefit from your involvement.

One last thing. I would like everyone to visit our website (sodcoh.org) and review our policies and procedures. It will alleviate a lot of confusion. It has been some time and I would appreciate it. Thank you.

Go Racers!!!

Connie Warner
Local Coordinator
SODCOH

Ohio Wesleyan University is currently not allowing anyone access to their facilities. They are keeping everyone safe in their "bubble". I do expect that they will continue with the exercise program in the fall and allow us to use their pool.

Please visit our web site, www.sodcoh.org for more and current information, including our calendar.

You can contact us by:

• Emailing us at info@sodcoh.org

• Calling or texting us at 740-200-0682.

• Sending postal mail to:
  
  Special Olympics of Delaware County
  7991 Columbus Pike
  Lewis Center, OH 43035