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MD Message: Happy New Year | |||||||||||
On behalf of the Special Olympics athletes, families, and staff from the East Asia region, I want to thank all of our sponsors, friends and volunteers for their support throughout the year of 2006. We wish you a very happy Chinese new year! We had an amazing year and we could not have done it without your help and encouragement. As we look towards the year of the pig, we aim to make our e-newsletter a more efficient tool of communication as a way to share our news and our accomplishments with you. Read More... |
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Professional Golfer Shares Tips With Special Olympics Athletes |
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Korea , November 2-4 – During the first “Special Olympics East Asia Golf Tournament”, a 9-hole tournament held at the Daegu Country Club which involved teams from Chinese Taipei and China , Korean PGA member Choi Sang-ho shared his professional skills and experience with a Special Olympics Korean athlete. Choi Sang-ho joined the Korean PGA in the 1970s and, throughout his 30-year golfing career, represented Korea many times in the Asian game circuit. He is a respected player and considered a prestigious athlete in Korea . After his spectacular performance during the 2005 Maekyung Open, Choi Sang-ho was recorded as the oldest winner of the Asian Tour.Read More... |
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Special Olympics Bocce Competition Concludes in Chinese Taipei |
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"Buddy Sports Day" comes to Shanghai Liu Xiang Donates Apartment to the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games Breath With World On The Green-Special Olympics Korea Hosted First East Asia Golf Tournament Shangri-La's Kerry Centre Hotel donates 50,000RMB to Xuanwu Special Education School NEW VIDEO! Don Mischer Productions to produce Opening Ceremonies for 2007 World Summer Games | |||||||||||
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Louisa and John Wood left their home in Santa Monica, California, in 2005 to work as development volunteers and English teachers in an impoverished county in rural, western China. After serving with the United States Peace Corps in Gansu Province, the young couple decided to stay on in China. They moved to Beijing to work with Special Olympics International and Special Olympics East Asia. Here, Louisa and John talk about their time in China and their drive to volunteer. Continue...
Shanghai , China , December 2006 ----- The Games Steering Committee (GSC) of the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games and Special Olympics Inc. (SOI) jointly held the TV Rebroadcast Summit in Shanghai .