[vincesanity82]

At a glorious event held at the Athens Concert Hall, it was made official that Athens, Greece, will host the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, which will take place 25 June through 4 July. Present for the event were H.E. Karolos Papoulias, President of the Hellenic Republic; H.E. Natasha Karamanlis, wife of H.E. Konstandinos Karamanlis, the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic; and members of the Greek government, Greek Parliament, 38 ambassadors to Greece, athletes and supporters of the Special Olympics movement. The World Games, which promise to be one of the world's largest multi-sport and humanitarian events that year, will unite 7,500 athletes from more than 170 countries. -- Special Olympics



Athens Will Host the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games

[Seahawker 562]

Ill be there!

[vincesanity82]

Originally Posted by Seahawker 562

Ill be there!

are you serious? I actually used to work with teenage kids with autism and have been to 4 special olympic events, Ive met frank wycheck at one event, its pretty cool seeing them compete, although in unified basketball they have some tough teams, I remember playing a team from memphis and thinking not all these kids are "special" but they were and could ball amazingly..

[Seahawker 562]

No in Athens, not the olympics. During the summer