Area Management Team - Changes

We have had some changes to our Area Management Team over the past several months. We are sad to announce that Tommy Strate has stepped down as Area Director due to schedule conflicts. Although we will miss Tommy in this role, we are thrilled that he is staying on as our area Fundraising Chair.


Thanks Tommy for everything you have done!!

Tracy Hammon has agreed to take over as the Area Director, so look for her at the various upcoming events. Tracy has been the Training Chair for Grand Area for the past several years and has gotten to know many of the coaches through these training sessions.

Tracy is looking forward to this new role and welcomes feedback as to what you would like to see in your area program! You can email her at: grand@sook.org

We are so sad to be losing Shelley and Larry Howell from our Management Team. They will be transferring jobs to Houston and no longer able to fulfill their roles on the team. Can you believe that we don't seem to have a picture of them?....must be because of their tireless efforts behind the scenes. Larry was our Finance Chair and Shelley was our PR/Education Chair. We will miss them both and are thankful for all of their support. Good luck in your new endeavors!

Luckily we still have the outstanding support of our Competition Chair, Jim Oldroyd and our Volunteer Chair, Mel Jeffery. These two do an amazing job for our area and can't be thanked enough. Their hard work showed at our bowling event last weekend.



And we would be remiss to not include a special mention to Carolyn Oldroyd. Although she's not a "formal" member of the management team, we couldn't do it without her!



But all of the changes officially leave 4 of us on an 9 person management team.

So....we're seeking volunteers!!!

If you are interested in being on the Management Team for Grand Area Special Olympics, please let us know. We have five positions available to choose from:

• PR/Education Chair - Contact local media regarding events & promote Special Olympics
  
• Training Chair - Coordinate training clinics for our area coaches
• Finance Chair - Track spending and budgets...all that money stuff!
  
• Outreach Chair - Coordinate efforts to increase athlete participation in the program
• Family Chair - Develop a program for athlete's family members

That's just a quick overview of the positions that we have available. We'd be happy to send you more details. Just contact us at grand@sook.org

Thanks!

What a great event we had this morning! Thanks to each and every one of the volunteers who came out to support us at our Traditional Bowling event in Bartlesville. Special thanks to the Gap employees and the National Honors Society for turning out in force.

Thanks to Red Apple Bowling for allowing Special Olympics to rent their facilities and providing us with excellent hospitality. I really appreciated being able to climb around behind the pins to get some action shots of the athletes! Here's a peak at what it looks like behind the lanes!


Thanks to all of the athletes, coaches, and their friends & families for making it such a spectacular morning. Make sure to check out all of the pictures in the slideshow below!

Upcoming Fall Events

We hope that all of our athletes, coaches, families and friends enjoyed the summer. We're excited to be kicking off the Fall Season in Grand Area with a whole bunch of wonderful events!

Our Fall Competition schedule is:

Sep 25th Traditional Bowling in Bartlesville

Oct 9th Traditional Bowling in Miami

Oct 30th Unified Bowling in Bartlesville

Nov 6th Aquatics in Claremore.

More details about each event can be found on the Special Olympics of Oklahoma website. We can't wait to see everyone!