Nine local Special Olympics athletes heading to nationals

“Support An Athlete” campaigns are underway for nine Special Olympics athletes locally.

They have qualfied and have been named to team Ontario for the Canadian Special Olympics National Summer games in Antigonish, Nova Scotia in August.

They will be competing in Track and Field, Golf, Swimming and Bocce.

The nine local athletes will be competing in Track and Field (Mike Bailey, Nick Fung and Clarista Ardiel), Golf (Mandy Demerse), Swimming (Jon Touw and Sharon Kostyk) and Bocce (Jackelyn Osborne, Chris O’Connor and Susan Lang).

For those interested in donating, here are the various links:

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Nine local Special Olympics athletes heading to nationals

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