Special Olympics Wellington - 2019 World Games Fundraising!

$9,452 of $6,000 goal

Given by 59 generous donors in around 10 months

Special Olympics Wellington must raise another $6,000 to send four of their athletes to the 2019 World Games in Abu Dhabi

Wellington

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Four Wellington club members will represent New Zealand at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi, in March 2019.

Janiece and Dominic will compete in Athletics, while Nathaniel is in the Basketball team. These three young people all have an intellectual disability.

Frank, who does not have an intellectual disability, is a Unified Partner in the Football team and he will play along side other footballers who have an intellectual disability. Unified sport promotes acceptance and inclusion.

The club needs another $6,000 to get these young people to one of the biggest sporting events in 2019.

Read about the Special Olympics World Games here: https://www.specialolympics.org/Games/2019_World_Summer_Games.aspx

Here's where you can find out more about Unified Sports: https://www.specialolympics.org/unified-sports.aspx

Frank Walmsley's involvement (page creator)

I'm a volunteer basketball coach for Special Olympics Wellington and I've recently been lucky enough to have been selected to represent New Zealand as a Football Unified Partner at the Special Olympics World Games in 2019.

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Thank you 27 March 2019

The Special Olympics World Games are now over and I would like to thank everybody who donated for your support. The money that was raised here helped send our Wellington club members on the trip of a lifetime and they all did Wellington and New Zealand proud. Three gold medals won by our Wellington athletes were the icing on the cake!

Please check out the Special Olympics Wellington and New Zealand Facebook pages for lots of stories, photos and videos from the games:

https://www.facebook.com/Special-Olympics-Wellington-299638950097471/

https://www.facebook.com/SpecialOlympicsNZ

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Prashant Seth on 13 Mar 2019

Thanks

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Don on 04 Mar 2019

$20

Guest Donor on 01 Mar 2019

Go Frank and team!!

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Richard Allen on 01 Mar 2019

Cheers Frank

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Guest Donor on 26 Feb 2019

Go team, go! Have a fantastic time.

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This campaign started on 7 Aug 2018 and ended on 31 May 2019.