Area 7 – Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland

Pattie Corley, Co-Area Director

phone: 803-331-4748 Please send a text and you will be contacted. This is due to the number of spam calls.

Valerie Steen Co-Area Director

Area 7 Leadership Team meetings take place on a Sunday of each month (except July and December), 4:00 pm,-Zoom. Dates vary due to Special Olympic events.

Next meeting will be held January

Upcoming Sporting Events:

Dates for Area 7 Basketball 2023

Lexington High School- February 16th for High Schools and Adults

Swansea High School- February 10th for Elementary and Middle Schools

Richland 2 High Schools basketball tournament March 3rd

Richland 2 Elementary Schools basketball tournament February 24th

Schedule: Registration 9:00-9:45 and games begin at 10:00

More information will come when we get closer to the event.

Registrations are due February 1st to [email protected]

All forms and information for basketball is located on the following link:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mphyV_YJvF_YfbGsTwciEnEjKEzFJ4Zm

Dates for Area 7 Spring Games

March 31st- Richland 1 and 2 at Blythewood High School

March 31st- Lexington School Districts 2 and 4 and adults at Swansea High School

April 20th- Lexington School Districts 1,3 and 5 at White Knoll High School

Kershaw will be holding Spring Games at Lugoff- Elgin HS -dates will be posted soon

More details will be coming

Special Olympics SC News

Polar Plunge has begun! Sign up and be part of this great fun program.

February 11th at Lake Murray.

State Events:

January 20-22-SOSC Annual Leadership Conference

March 20-24-Unified Spirit Week

March 28th-Unified State Rally at the State House 11:00-12:00

Special Olympics South Carolina

109 Oak Park Drive,

Columbia, SC 29063

Phone: (803) 772-1555

Special Olympics Area 7

Virtual Sports Challenge

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ao3MJm7pL7EwfD5YARaXhg6tEz_JzcdZxIIXfbePBJE/edit#slide=id.p

Come join the fun Bitmoji Image

Fitness Challenges

Click on the site. Click on the signs and objects to get to the activities.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1eDF8lS_iE6f8hCoX0b9b5v0sudmne1jb5wMe_yIuvr4/edit#slide=id.g86f4228e38_0_84

Coaches’ Corner/Athlete/Volunteer

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VXdt4uCTzSFOrFeaI_OLBp8vrAepiILuBR13TLaobFE/edit#slide=id.p

Becoming a coach

http://so-sc.org/coaches/

Medical/Permissions for Special Olympics- Use the new forms found at this site:

Required for participation in competitions. Forms are good for 3 years.

http://so-sc.org/athletes/get-involved/

Minor -Class A form

MINOR-Class-A-Volunteer-Application-Form-1

Family Connections for Young Athletes

Special Olympics South Carolina’s Young Athletes program may be just what you need! Young Athletes is an INCLUSIVE sports program specially designed for children ages 2-7, with and without disabilities. Young Athletes introduces children to the world of sports and Special Olympics South Carolina through developmentally appropriate play and skill-building activities.

Young Athletes’ Play Days