Things get underway Friday, June 28 with Opening Ceremonies, which features a Law Enforcement Torch Relay before the lighting of the cauldron.
The athletes compete June 29-30 in aquatics, bocce, tennis or track and field competitions. All of the events are open to the public with no charge for admission!
"Our athletes look forward to Summer Games all year;" Special Olympics Northern California President & CEO Rick Collett said. It'"s like the Olympics for the athletes and their coaches. It's fantastic that the Davis community supports this event, and we invite everyone out to see the impact Special Olympics makes in the lives of these athletes."
Athletes from the following counties and regional areas will be competing Alameda, Butte, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Fresno, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino Coast, Monterey, Napa, Placer/Nevada, Sacramento/Yolo, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Solano, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne and Yuba/Sutter/Colusa.
The two-week series of runs across Northern California known as the Law Enforcement Torch Run began June 15 and will make its way to Davis for Summer Games. The Torch, known as the Flame of Hope, will be run into Aggie Stadium for one final relay around the track and then the cauldron lighting.
About Special Olympics Northern California:
Special Olympics Northern California is a free year-round sports training and competition program for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. There are 16,000 athletes who compete in 152 competitions
throughout the region in 11 sports. This requires the extraordinary support and time of 15,100 volunteers and volunteer coaches. Financial support comes almost exclusively from individuals, organizations, corporations and foundations. For more information on Special Olympics Northern California, visit SONC.org or join them at Facebook.com/SONorCal and Twitter.com/SONorCal. You can also see SummerGamesSO.com.
Blog Post information and picture courtesy of Special Olympics Northern California.
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