Special Olympics Equestrian

Not only does the Brazos Valley offer a variety of interesting people, but we have many great venues to hold events in. The Rudder Jessup B&B is a great place to host luncheons or showers, but we can’t accommodate a slew of horses and riders like the Brazos County Expo can.

The Expo offers three venues for hosting small and large-scale events. One of those events coming up is the Special Olympics Equestrian games on June 17-19. These games include: Drill Team, English Equitation, Western Equitation, Working Trails, Team Relays/Unified Sports Relays, Dressage, Showmanship, Western Riding, Pole Bending, Barrel Racing, Figure 8 Stake Race and Prix Caprilli events.

As listed on their website, the mission of Special Olympics Texas is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

Now, why am I sharing this information with you? I’m sharing this information to tell you about the opportunity we all have to volunteer at this event. No, this is not my usual entertainment focused blog entry, but I think that volunteering at this event could be a vastly more rewarding use of your time than another event I have written about. So are you ready for Summer Games 2011?

The Special Olympics stance on volunteers is that without their dedication, the athletes would not be able to compete to their fullest abilities or experience the joys that come from participating in Special Olympics. Every volunteer with their own gifts and contributions makes a difference whether they are coaching or serving refreshments.

So what would you be doing? Well, if you just volunteer for this event you would probably be operating as a runner, work crew member, escort, awards volunteer, or something else of that nature. You will be enabling parents and coaches to focus on the athletes and helping to make the event a smooth process.

Or you can join the 44,000 other Texans and volunteer year-round. Special Olympics Texas provides year-round training and competition for athletes across Texas, which means you can participate all the time! 

Click here to look for your Special Olympics Texas Area Office.

Sign up to volunteer and book a room at Rudder Jessup so you can recharge and refuel after day one, so you can head to day two at the top of your game!

I’m off to go research what all these events are so I will not be out of the loop come June 17^th…

For more information:

BrazosCounty Expo FAQs
BrazosCounty Expo Calendar
SpecialOlympics Texas Summer Games Information  
SpecialOlympics Volunteer Roles

You should also check out:

Classic Film Series
StarlightMusic Festival
University Summer Performance Series 2011

And don’t forget our New Student Conference Special!