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AUGUST 2022 | PAGE 1
SPORTS FOR ALL ABILITIES
SPECIAL OLYMPICS UTAH
Sports gives us the opportunity to CELEBRATE
OVERVIEW:
BOCCE ANYONE? Harmons Continued Support
Community Auctions
Walk for Inclusion 2022
Join Special Olympics bocce players for an evening of fun and
Cache County Wins at Truck
fundraising at the Black & White Bocce Ball on Friday,
September 9th at the Element Event Center in Kearns. Doors Pull
open at 5:30 PM and bocce play starts at 6:00 PM. SOUT SOUT Bowling Tournament
athletes will provide pointers on the game and guest will have Healthy Communities
the opportunity to test their skills in some friendly bocce Watch us Rise
matches. Attendees of the event will also be treated to a IML Security Support
delicious dinner compliments of Harmons, the chance to bid on
Continues
some great items in the silent auction, and a mission moment
August Spotlights
featuring SOUT athletes who attended the Special Olympics
USA Games this past June in Orlando. Generation Unified App
Upcoming Events
Individual tickets are $125 and a table for eight can be
purchased for $1,000. Sponsorship of the event starts at
$2,500. Anyone interested in joining Harmons Neighborhood
Grocer, Merit Medical, Major Drilling, Strong & Hanni PC, and
doTerra as a sponsor, please contact Haley at hnall@sout.org.
Individual tickets can be purchased here.
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Harmons Support of
SOUT Athletes
Continues
For over 40 years Harmons
Neighborhood Grocer has been
supporting the athletes and mission of
Special Olympics Utah, and this was an
exceptional year. This past March,
Harmons employees and customers
generously raised and donated
$302,238! Funds were raised through
their corporate golf tournament, point
of purchase at the register and
everyone’s favorite – root beer float
Thank you to Bob Harmon, the employees and
sales. Thirty-three Special Olympics
customers of Harmons Neighborhood Grocer, and the
teams will share in the proceeds raised
athletes and volunteers, for your amazing support and
through the root beer float sales based
contribution to the success of the 2022 Harmons Month
upon the shifts covered at the nineteen
of Giving for SOUT.
Harmons stores.
Community Auctions to Benefit SOUT
Are you a sports or music fan? Special Olympics Utah has partnered with Community Auctions and is
auctioning off various framed memorabilia. At 10 locations around the Salt Lake valley, you’ll find a signed
Stockton to Malone picture, a Kobe Bryant picture, University of Utah stadium panorama photo and many
more! Support Special Olympics Utah by visiting one of the locations below and placing a bid on the
memorabilia!
Current locations include:
Auntie Anne’s | Traverse Outlets | Lehi
Forest Dale Golf Course | Salt Lake City
Hampton Inn Salt Lake City Central | Redwood Road
Home 2 Suites | Thanksgiving Point | Lehi
Proper Brewing Company | 857 S. Main | Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Marriott Downtown | 75 S. W Temple
Springhill Suites | Salt Lake City Airport
Sports Clips | 1842 S. 300 W. | Salt Lake City
Staybridge Waterpark Hotel | Decker Lake Drive | West Valley
Sutherlands | 1780 W N Temple | Salt Lake City
AUGUST 2022 | PAGE 3 All Smiles at Walk for Inclusion 2022 Walk for Inclusion brings community together to celebrate the acceptance, equality, and inclusion that makes Special Olympics Utah so unique, and this year not only did we come together at in Salt Lake City, but the community of Vernal hosted their very own Walk for Inclusion as well! Over 300 people between Salt Lake City and Vernal Walked for Inclusion on Thursday, August 4th raising funds and spreading joy. Thanks to Chick- Fil-A Sugar House and Broadway Media, our SLC walkers enjoyed chicken sandwiches while jamming out to Mix 105.1! It was fun for all as we played yard games like corn hole and basketball free throws while walking around and visiting with Community Partners; Encircle, Amazon, Molina Healthcare, SLC Adaptive Recreation, Job’s Daughters and ABS Kids! The biggest attraction of the night was Tate & Hanna’s Food Truck! Tate and Hanna are athletes on Wasatch High School’s Unified Basketball Team and run their own food truck! Tate & Hanna serve home-made ice cream (that is the creamiest ice cream you’ll ever taste) and custom-made soda’s that never disappoint. See more about Tate & Hanna on FOX 13 here! Thank you so much to our SLC sponsors: IML Security, Amazon SLC 1, Molina Healthcare, Flux Power Inc., Veterans Trading Company, and ABS Kids for supporting this event and inclusion. It’s because of sponsors and donors alike that we can provide our athletes with year-round sports training in 13 sports! Between both locations, Walk for Inclusion 2022 raised just about $34,000! Thank you to everyone who participated, donated, volunteered, and shared in the joy of Walk for Inclusion 2022 in Salt Lake City and Vernal!
AUGUST 2022 | PAGE 4 Cache County Wins The Championship Belt at Truck Pull 2022 Strength was tested as six teams competed for the Championship Belt by pulling the Logan City Fire Truck 10 yards! Only one team walked away the winner and this year it was the Cache County Sheriff’s Team, but the overall winner was the SOUT North Area who was the beneficiary of over $1,200. Congratulations to all those who came out and tested their strength; it was a close competition with the winning team only ahead by seconds. Thanks to iFit for your amazing support and Salt Lake Swagger for our custom Truck Pull Championship Belt. Keep drinking those pre-work out shakes, hitting the gym and we hope to see you all next year in Logan for the 3rd annual Truck Pull hosted by Cache County Sheriffs! Pins were Falling at SOUT Bowling Tournament The 2022 Special Olympics Bowling Tournament was a phenomenal success thanks to the 209 bowlers who provided all in attendance with some exciting competition. Thank you to the heads of delegation, coaches, volunteers and SOUT board members who turned out to support the competitors at Bonwood Bowl. Thanks also to our Harmons Neighborhood Grocer and Merit Medical for their financial support, and to the employees of Northrop Grumman, Walker Edison Furniture Company, and Security Service Federal Credit Union for serving as our volunteers for the day.
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Healthy Communities in Vernal
Special Olympics Utah was pleased to provide
free health screenings and education to
individuals with ID for the first time in Vernal as
part of our Healthy Communities program.
Serving more than 45 athletes and community
members with ID, this one-of-a-kind event took
place on July 16th in Vernal High School and
featured MedFest (Physical exams), Healthy Eyes
(Vision/eye health), and FUNfitness (Physical
therapy) clinics.
With this being the first experience with Special Olympics for some attendees, they were excited to
learn more about participating in other SOUT events and opportunities. As this extraordinary day
would not have been possible without the help of our dedicated and hardworking clinicians - we wish
to extend a special thank you to Dr. Jared Spackman, Dr. Court Wilkins and his family, and SOUT
Board member, Mitch Lillywhite for making this event possible!
Watch Us Rise!
SOUT is excited to be hosting our first ever Dance Competition on
Saturday, November 5th! Individuals, duos, and teams will be
stepping and spinning their ways into our hearts as they compete
for the Gold! Watch them RISE higher and higher as they share
their very best moves with you. For more information on
participating in, volunteering for, or sponsoring of the 1st Annual
SOUT Dance Competition contact Yolanda at kunder@sout.org.
IML Security Support Continues
For the second year SOUT was the beneficiary of the
IML Security Supple VIP Golf Tournament. Under
the leadership of IML employee, Donny Cox, $4,000
was raised at their July event. In addition to raising
funds the IML team offered an opportunity for a
unified foursome to participate in their tournament.
Thanks to SOUT athletes Tony Marino and Chase
Lodder for teaming up with SOUT Board members
Jon Oglesby and Todd Wolfenbarger to create our
unified foursome.
AUGUST 2022 | PAGE 6
AUGUST SPOTLIGHTS
ATHLETE | Edison Dunn
Meet Edison Dunn! Edison was one of forty athletes who
participated in the Special Olympics Developmental Golf
program at Glenmoor Golf Course this summer. He helped his
teammates on the Destinations Dragons teams secure at third
place finish. Individually though, Edison took 1st place overall.
Edison attended every practice and skills challenge with a
smile on his face and the drive to succeed in golf. Edison's hard
work paid off and earned him a spot in the Utah Open Short
Game Challenge at the Riverside Country Club in Provo on
Monday August 15. Congratulations Edison!
VOLUNTEER | Austin Bonzo
Meet Austin Bonzo! Austin is the HOD and Coach for
the Chrysalis Cowboys in Cedar City. He has worked
for Chrysalis Utah for eight years and has been
involved with Special Olympics Utah for over six
years. Austin attended Canyon View High School in
Cedar City and graduated from Southern Utah
University and worked for Chrysalis in the Salt Lake
area for a couple of years. He had the opportunity to
return to his hometown of Cedar City, and while
working for Chrysalis he took on additional duties to
make Special Olympics a part of the program. Austin
has coached softball, track & field, bocce, soccer, and
more sports during the last several years.
Coworkers agree that he cares so much for the individuals and them being able to have fun, that he puts in
long hours with the individuals, staffing, and coaching to be sure it is a fun experience for everyone. When
training staff or coaches to help with Special Olympics, Austin will use old pictures or videos of the
individuals to help others see how much it means to the individuals and help them to want to be a part of
those experiences.
As Austin moves on to other job opportunities with Chrysalis on the Wasatch Front, he will be missed by
the athletes, staff, and community in Cedar City. Good luck Austin and thanks for your dedication to your
athletes and Special Olympics Utah.
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Generation Unified App
Special Olympics now has an app! The Unified
Generation app is available to users 13+ and can be
found on the Apple Store or on the Google Play Store.
Join the app to connect with people in your community
and around the country. Create a profile and start
friending people in your area. You can also complete
challenges focused on inclusion to earn points and rise
on the leaderboard. The Unified Generation app is now
available, how will you choose to include?
Upcoming Events
August 25 Bocce Coach Clinic Valley Regional Park, Taylorsville
August 27 Wasatch Front Motor Rodeo Texas Instruments, Lehi
August 29 Flag Football Clinic Hartvigsen School, Taylorsville
September 9 Black & White Bocce Ball Element Event Center, Kearns
September 15 Soccer Coach Clinic Hartvigsen School, Taylorsville
September 16 Northeast Area Cycling Invitational Vernal
September 17 North Area Bocce Tournament Davis Park, Brigham City
September 21 Golf Coach Clinic 4 Lakes Golf Course, SLC
September 24 South Area Bocce Tournament TBD
September 24 Metro/Central Area Bocce Tournament TBD
September 28 Northeast Area Bocce Tournament Naples Park, Vernal
For information on participating, volunteering or
sponsoring upcoming events call 801-363-1111
Police Motor Rodeo
Athletes, volunteers, and family members are invited to
the Wasatch Front Police Motor Rodeo. This August
27th event is free of charge and will feature some of the
most skilled motorcycle officers from throughout the
west competing for the bragging rights of who is the
best motorcycle office on the road.
AUGUST 2022 | PAGE 8
Upcoming Coaches Clinics
Get certified by attending one of the upcoming coach trainings for the Fall sports season (see below).
SOUT is offering Coaches Certification Clinics in bocce, flag football, soccer, and golf. Attendance is
highly encouraged for all coaches as it is an opportunity learn the rules, pick up tips on skills and drills,
get your questions answered and meet other coaches. For more information on these coach clinics
contact Yolanda at kunder@sout.org.
https://form.jotform.com/222068309642152
Registration due by August 26
https://form.jotform.com/221978478166169
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