There are several Special Olympics programs in different sports happening in several communities around the Montreal south shore / Monteregie area.
There are many summer and winter sports offered and in general both francophone and anglophone athletes are involved.
Following is an overview of what is presently available:
Track & field on Monday night 7:00 pm in St.Lambert
Soccer on Thursday at Boucherville and Saturday in Greenfield Park
Swimming on Wednesday at Boucherville.
Floor hockey and basketball: starting in September
In the winter there will be...
Alpine skiing Monday night at St. Bruno
Cross country skiing on Saturdays at St. Bruno
Snowshoeing Wednesday nights in Longueuil
Special Olympics volunteers and organizers are hoping to meet you soon and talk about the special olympic movement...a great place to be...!
Founded in 1981, Special Olympics Québec (SOQ) offers over 4,100 special athletes with training and competition programs in 14 official sports and 3 in development designed to increase their well-being, self-sufficiency, self-esteem and social integration.
Rapid is hoping to have a representative from the Special Olympics attend a meeting soon to discuss their programs on the south shore.
For further information or details on the events listed above, please email the Special Olympics contact for the south shore at lajemmerais-vr@osqsectionsoq.qc.ca.
The contact for the Southwest / Chateauguay region is chateauguay@osqsectionsoq.qc.ca.
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