Special Olympics Service Learning Report

This year my service learning included the Special Olympics and the PCC Health Fair. The Special Olympics was founded in the 1950’s by Eunice Kennedy Shriver. She noticed that young children with intellectual disabilities did not have a place to play. The mission is to work in the community to change the attitudes about people with intellectual disabilities and raising awareness. They provide a safe environment where children and adults with disabilities can focus on what they can do, not on what they can’t do.
During the Special Olympics I helped with relay races, holding hands, cheering on, and sometimes running with the children. Watching them and the smiles on the faces and all the high fives was so inspirational.
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