Chittenden Fitness Walk at the University Mall, 12/21/19

Our Fitness Walk will be at the University Mall again on Saturday, 12/21/19! 
 

2019 Floorball and Pizza Party

Please support our local program with your donations!

Hi all, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! I am writing to ask for your financial support for our local Chittenden Program. As you know, Special Olympics does not charge athletes to participate in our program. That does not mean everything is free. Even though our local program is entirely run by volunteers, we have to pay for our facilities, equipment, uniforms and competition fees. Chittenden pays for all of this through fundraising events (such as our Flower Sale and our Calcutta) and donations. The more donations we receive, the less fundraising we have to do, it's that simple. So, I am asking for your financial support.  Below is a list of the sports we offer and the cost per athlete for each sport. Please consider donating to our program!

 

Sport	Athlete  Sponsorship*
Floorball	$30.00
Golf	$60.00
Soccer	$60.00
Bocce	$60.00
Softball	$70.00
Track	$70.00
Basketball	$80.00
Bowling	$100.00
Cross Country Ski and Snowshoeing	$130.00
Swimming	$130.00
Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding	$500.00
* Includes facilities, equipment and fees

Checks may be made out to Special Olympics Vermont with "Chittenden" in the memo section. You may hand checks to me or mail checks to:

Special Olympics Vermont
16 Gregory Drive, Suite 2
South Burlington, VT 05403

If you prefer to donate with a charge card, I have created a Facebook Fundraiser that will be open until December 9th. Donations made through FB on Giving Tuesday, 12/3/19, will be matched by FB:
https://www.facebook.com/donate/469980403723648/469980437056978/

Thanks, for your support! Dave

David C. Bogdan

Chittenden Program Coordinator

Special Olympics Vermont

2020 Chittenden Alpine Ski and Snowboard Practice

ALPINE SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING

Key things to let me know:

1. Are you joining the team?
2. Will you need transportation from SOVT to the mountain and back?
3. Will you need equipment from the Alpine Shop?

Here are the details:

Special Olympics Vermont and Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sport are partnering again to provide Chittenden Alpine Ski and Snowboard practice. New for this year, practices will return to Sugarbush, Mt. Ellen! On mountain practice will be from 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM Sunday's beginning January 5th, 2020. There will be no practice on President's Day weekend or Martin Luther King Jr. weekend.

We are providing transportation to those who sign up for transportation from the Special Olympics Vermont office to Sugarbush and back. We will depart at 11:45 AM, arrive at 12:45 PM, immediately get ready for practice. We will return to Special Olympics Vermont by 4:45 PM. We recommend that athletes eat an early lunch before coming to practice.

Our schedule is:

• 01/05/20 - Practice 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM, Sugarbush, Mt. Ellen
• 01/12/20 - Practice 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM, Sugarbush, Mt. Ellen
• 01/19/20 - No practice - Happy Martin Luther King Jr. weekend!
• 01/26/20 - Practice 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM, Sugarbush, Mt. Ellen
• 02/02/20 - Practice 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM, Sugarbush, Mt. Ellen
• 02/09/20 - Practice 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM, Sugarbush, Mt. Ellen
• 02/16/20 - No practice - Happy President's Day weekend!
• 02/23/20 - Practice 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM, Sugarbush, Mt. Ellen
• 03/01/20 - Practice 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM, Sugarbush, Mt. Ellen
• 03/08/20 - Practice 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM, Sugarbush, Mt. Ellen
• 03/15/20 - Practice 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM, Sugarbush, Mt. Ellen
• 03/22/20 - Winter Games - March 22nd - March 24th, Pico Mountain 73 Alpine Dr. Killington, VT United States

REGISTRATION

Please pre-register with Chittenden by calling or emailing Dave Bogdan, Phone: 802-865-3840, Email: dbogdan@ieee.org. If you leave a message, I will want to know if you plan on taking the bus and also if you will want to take advantage of the Alpine Shop free lease option.

Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sport will require a Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports waiver  again this year and an on-line profile created. If you were on the team last year, your client profile needs to be updated for accuracy. Please get the waiver to me so that I can get it to the Sugarbush team. Do not mail it to Pico.

Client Profile: https://www.vermontadaptive.org/users/client-profile-login

Waiver: https://www.vermontadaptive.org/participant-waiver/

Chittenden Program Coordinator:
David Bogdan: 802-865-3840, dbogdan@ieee.org

Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports Program Coordinator:
Felicia Fowler: 802-343-1193, north@vermontadaptive.org

2020 Chittenden Cross Country Ski and Snowshoe Practice

Saturday's beginning January 4th from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM at Catamount Outdoor Family Center. Our trail tickets are graciously donated by the Catamount Outdoor Family Center and we will be handing out towels at the Penguin Plunge Saturday February 1st. 

Registration

Contact Dave Bogdan by phone or email to pre-register for Winter Sports!

Phone: 802-865-3840
Email: dbogdan@ieee.org

Venue

This year we will use three practice venues depending on weather and snow conditions:

1. Catamount trails open and acceptable temperatures @ Catamount
2. Catamount trails closed and acceptable temperatures @ Burlington Bike path starting at Leddy Park and walking to North Beach and back.
3. Unacceptable weather @ University Mall

Please watch this blog and your email for notices!

Schedule

January 4th - January 25th - Catamount Outdoor Family Center
February 1st - Penguin Plunge - Burlington Waterfront
February 8th - March 21st - Catamount Outdoor Family Center
March 22nd - March 24th - Winter Games, Pico Mountain, 73 Alpine Dr., Killington, VT

2020 Pre-winter sports season Fitness Walks

Coach Maggie will hold pre-winter sports season fitness walks at the Burlington Bike Path, Leddy Park from 9:00 - 11:00 A.M. Saturday's starting December 14th, 2019 through December 28th, 2019. Since we will not have an attendee list to start with, please check this blog before coming to the walk to see if we have changed the location!