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One of the more popular Special Olympic events in the East Valley is the annual golf tournament which is held at Rolling Hills Golf Course in Tempe. The event offers skills for those athletes who are just learning, but also offers individual stroke play and Unified alternate stroke team play. Over the past couple of years this program has grown not only in Mesa, but also among the other

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This year’s East Valley Bowling Tournament which was held at the Brunswick Zone, 1754 W. Southern Ave. in Mesa, was the largest tournament so far. There were new delegations from Cave Creek, Metro Tech. and Canyon Creek from Apache Junction. Club Diversity from Red Mountain High School volunteered at the event and did an awesome job. We ended up with 622 bowlers for the four sessions. Our “

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Mesa’s Regional Soccer Tournament was held at Hohokam baseball stadium on Saturday, December 10th. It was originally scheduled for December 3rd, but due to bad weather it was rescheduled. Eleven teams participated in the tournament, with 3 teams coming from Nogales, AZ, one from Rise and Shine (a new program), one from Maricopa USD, 4 teams coming from Gilbert and 2 adult teams from Mesa. We

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68 athletes from Mesa Competed in The annual Special Olympics East Valley (SOAZEV) Aquatics Meet was held at Kino Junior High School on September 17th, 2011 348 athletes and Unified partners competed for medals and ribbons. The meet ran smoothly due to efforts of the Mesa Adaptive staff which were responsible for staging, starting, and awards. The Mesa High, Mountain View and Westwood High

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21 athletes from the Mesa delegation participated in the East Valley Special Olympics Bocce Tournament on Saturday September 24th at Tower Point Resort in East Mesa. Tower Point Resort provided us with 5 Bocce Ball courts, volunteers and an outstanding Hotdogs and Hamburger lunch. 82 athletes from Mesa, Gilbert, Maricopa, Globe/Miami, Queen Creek, Florence and Tempe competed in the Area this

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Camp Fiesta started up on June 6th with 130 registered participants. The second session of the camp began on July 11th and ended with the annual Talent Show put on by each classroom. The 2011 camp has had the largest enrollment of any past camp.

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The Mesa Parks and Recreation 75th Anniversary celebration event was held on Thursday, June 16th from 6pm-9pm at Pioneer Park in Mesa. This event was a huge success with over 3,500 guests in attendance. The event highlights included "Disney Radio Road Show", free carnival games and rides, face painting, balloon animals, community booths, food vendors and a free movie - "Happiness is a Warm

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The 21st Annual Special Olympics East Valley Track and Field Meet was held at Mesa High School on Saturday, April 2nd. The purpose of the event is to provide meaningful sports competition opportunities for individuals with intellectual disabilities. The athletes have the opportunity to gain social skills, sports skills, and physical fitness through their participation in the event. The updated

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The 16th Annual "You Look Marvelous" Fashion Show was held on Saturday, May 21st at the Chandler Center for the Arts. Fifty-two special models from the cities of Mesa and Chandler strutted their stuff down the runway wearing spring fashions from Kohls department stores. Thsi year over 300 guests were in attendance for the fashion show and over 40 volunteers from Kohl's and Earl's Beauty School

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Each year at the End of Season Awards Celebration in June, AzDS presents the Coach of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Volunteer Group of the Year, Internal Facility of the Year and Community Facility of the Year awards to the most deserving individuals or organizations. The decision is very difficult each year as we have so many wonderful people and businesses that give their time, energy and

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Over 200 guests joined Arizona Disabled Sports and the City of Mesa Parks, Recreation and Commercial Facilities for the 2010-11 End of Season Awards Celebration on Friday, June 10th at the Red Mountain Multigenerational Center. The celebration includes give-aways for each athlete, awards presentations for coach, volunteer and facility of the year, dinner, yearbooks, and dancing. This years event

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The cities of Chandler and Mesa joined together to host a Prom Night for individuals ages 16 and older with developmental disabilities. Approximately 95 participants attended the prom and enjoyed a beautiful evening filled with a delicious dinner, dancing, fun memories and a photo for each participant. A parent send an email to let us know how wonderful the events was, "Thank you so much for a

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This was the first summer that the Mesa Adaptive program offered a summer program for pre-schoolers, ages 3-5 with developmental delays or disabilities. The program was tons of fun and very successful with 16 pre-schoolers who enjoyed socializing with their peers, arts and crafts, games, snacks and music therapy. The kids met four times per week, Monday-Thursday from 9:00am-11:00am. Thank you to

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The MASD baseball program had it's Opening Day on February 12th at Quail Run Baseball park in Mesa. This year marks the 22nd year of organized baseball for physically and intellectually disabled athletes from Mesa, Chandler, and Tempe. This season there are over 100 players on eight teams in the Minor and Major leagues. Players in the Minors can begin playing baseball at age 5, and we have

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The MASD Booster Club hosted the 2nd annual Charity Yard Sale from November 18-20, 2010 at the Hill's residence. The Booster Club, made up of parents and family members of athletes involved in the Mesa Special Olympics programs, raised over $1,500 at the yard sale this year which will support the purchase of equipment and uniforms for the programs as well as provide support to continue all

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One of our former Mesa athletes, Edward Mathurin, has been training as a referee. Edward currently is an AIA basketball referee for the junior high school games in Mesa as well as volunteering as a referee for Arizona Disabled Sports and Special Olympics. Edward has become a trained US Power Soccer Association referee for our local competitions in power soccer and volunteers for the Special

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The 2010 Special Olympic Soccer Season was a great success. We had 30 athletes participate many who were returning and several new faces as well. We were very excited to see our new young athletes joining the soccer team. Each week athletes practiced hard and gave their all while learning new skills. Mesa’s teams played their hearts out at the regional competition. It was exciting to see our

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All that glitters seemed to be the theme at this year’s Mistletoe magic dance which was held on Saturday, December 11 at the Chandler Community Center. 250 Attendees were dressed in their holiday best, with everyone looking beautiful. Participants enjoyed a delicious roast beef and potato dinner, yummy desserts, dancing with their friends and even a picture with the big jolly man himself. A

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This was an outstanding year for Special Olympics golf. We had 62 athletes/partners participate in our program, some of which were new and some the familiar faces that play every year. Due to the closure of the Mesa Family Golf Center, golf practice was moved to Mesa Riverview Golf Course. This course was beautiful and the staff welcomed us with open arms. Athletes and Partners competed in two

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Just when you thought that bowling couldn’t get any bigger, it did!!! This year there were 100 more bowlers than last year. The tournament was held again at the Brunswick Zone at 1754 W. Southern Ave. on Friday, November 19th and Saturday, November 20th. Special awards were given out this year to athletes who had the highest average in each age group. They were presented bowling pins from the

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On Saturday, November 6th Mesa hosted the Special Olympics Regional Soccer Tournament at the Hohokam Baseball Stadium. It was decided to have our own tournament this year because Maricopa was going to have their soccer tournament on December 11th which was the same date as our floor hockey tournament. We had 10 teams participate in the tournament which included both traditional and unified

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On Saturday, December 11, 2010 the 5th Annual Mesa Invitational Floor Hockey Tournament was held at Skyline High School in East Mesa. Eight teams participated in the tournament including 3 from Tucson Sunnyside High School, 2 from Chandler, 1 from Kingman, Arizona and 2 from Mesa. This year Mesa’s team has grown to the point that they were able to make two teams, the Coyotes and the

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A group of 64 individuals with developmental disabilities from the City of Mesa and City of Chandler combined took a bus ride to California to visit Mickey and Minnie Mouse. The participants were accompanied by 12 staff from the City of Mesa and Chandler and one Registered Nurse. The large group left the Chandler Senior Center on Thursday, October 7th at 8:00am and arrived to Anaheim, California

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Mesa individuals participate in the 3rd Annual Red Rock Sprint & Unified Triathalon in Phoenix on Saturday, September 11th. Mesa athletes, Michael Bixler and Esther Wright along with unified partner Cindy Hunt joined the hundreds of individuals that participated in the triathalon to raise funding for Special Olympics Arizona. Congratulations to all of the Special Olympic athletes and unified

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On Saturday, September 25th the Special Olympics East Valley Bocce Tournament was held at Gene Autry Baseball Complex in East Mesa. Courts were set up on the Arizona Rattler's practice field. Home Depot loaned Mesa sixty-six 4x6x10 foot timbers that were utilized to make the bocce courts for the competition. Fourty athletes competed in the doubles competition from Mesa, Gilbert, Maricopa and the

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Due to extreme temperatures and a holiday weekend, the SOEV Aquatics meet was moved to Monday and Tuesday, September 20th and 21st, 2o10 at Kino Aquatic Center. The teams checked in at 5:00pm and the competition started at 6:00pm. Once the sun set it was a very pleasant evening for a swim meet. Monday evening included 149 junior and senior athletes representing Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe,

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On Saturday, October 2nd, AzDS hosted the 17th Annual Fall Fundraiser at the Mesa Convention Center. The organization was very pleased to have 365 guests to bid on the 155 silent auction items and 10 live auction items. Kevin Hunt of 12 News entertained the crowd as the Master of Ceremonies for the evening. Special thank you to auctioneer Greg Gerber, DJ Larry Indelicato, vocalist Laura Danielle

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Champion=$10,000 and aboveSouthwest AirlinesChallenger=$5,000Desert Club FoundationFord Motor CompanyMesa Hohokam FoundationSubway Kids & Sports ArizonaVistal Golf Club – Duck & Run TournamentW. Bradford PerkinsonCompetitor=$2,500Delta DiversifiedThe HartfordGreg and Ronda MarshSW Services, LLC / SPAC Enterprises, Inc.Sundt FoundationWD Manor Mechanical Contractors, Inc.Charger=$1,000Boeing

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SILVER=$1,000John and Sue AligArizona Bank & TrustDr. James BadgeBoeing CompanyCawood and Gibson, PLLCCouncil Member Dina HigginsDisabled Sports USA / Flancer’sD.L. Withers ConstructionChris and Sue HiteJohn and Linda HughesKohler CompanyLerner & Rowe Phoenix Personal Injury AttorneysMcCarthy Building Companies, Inc.Ted and Lynn MollGloria Rusk & Scott MorrisonMSA Engineering ConsultantsDave and

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Arizona Disabled Sports was very lucky to have a full-time intern over the summer named Rachel Kupitz. Rachel began her internship in June and finished in mid-September. During her 15 weeks with the organization, Rachel was able to participate in the assessment and evaluation process for each program, fundraising and grant-writing processes, budgeting, planning special events and managing

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Team Mesa is launching a new electronic newsletter to be distributed by email to athletes, families and community members each quarter. The newsletter will include links to registrations, program and event information and much more! The extended version of each newsletter will be posted on this blog.

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Congratulations to Marli Bennett for being recognized by Mesa Public Schools as the Special Education Teacher of the Year. Marli is a dedicated and valued teacher at EMECEC who is always striving to meet the individual needs of her students. She understands the important role that special education plays in our community. As a lead teacher, she takes the initiative to mentor new teachers and

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Team “Super Stampers” used the cycles of the adaptive programs in Mesa to raise money for Relay for Life, an event to raise money to fight cancer.Not only was the team able to raise money by offering a bike ride for a buck, but they were able to raise awareness through advertising and speaking to each relay participant about the organization. Each bike was labeled with an AzDS sign which provided

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From April 29th to May 1st, Special Olympics Arizona hosted the Special Olympic Summer Games at Mesa Community College and Tempe Town Lake. Mesa was very well represented at the event and entered athletes in track & field, tennis, gymnastics, power lifting, and kayaking. Team Mesa athletes did a great job and brought home a lot of medals. Besides competing in their given event, Team Mesa

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On Saturday, April 10, 2010 the 22nd Annual SOEV track and field meet was held at Mesa High School. Teams from Apache Junction, Gilbert, Tempe, Chandler, City of Scottsdale, Maricopa, Payson, Scottsdale Schools, Paradise Valley, Queen Creek, Kyrene and Mesa participated in the all day event.The juniors and senior events were held from 10am to 2pm followed by the adult events starting at 4pm and

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