WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:03.080 Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome. 2 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:07.879 We have Nadia Jackson in with Special Olympics and why you're a busy woman, 3 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:11.279 Nadia? A little bit? What do we got cooking here? We've 4 00:00:11.279 --> 00:00:13.759 got a lot going on, don't we coming up this weekend? I guess 5 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:18.440 we do. We have an event coming up this weekend. It is our 6 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:23.239 Special Olympics Young Athlete Event. Uh huh. That is for all kids ages 7 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:28.000 three to seven. We're holding that at Bartlesfield High School. Okay, we 8 00:00:28.039 --> 00:00:34.159 want to encourage all parents that have kids ranging from three to seven to come 9 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:39.119 out and have fun with us the games that we do there. If we 10 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:43.560 have fifteen games set up, they're going to address OT skills, PET skills 11 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:47.320 and just playing how to play, just playing old how to play well you 12 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:49.880 know what? All kids like that? Yes, I don't care who you 13 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:53.840 are. Even some adults like that too. We must to be on the 14 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:58.759 play side of XAM same here. So do we have to sign up or 15 00:00:58.799 --> 00:01:00.600 anything? We will have sign ups at the door. Oh, so you 16 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:03.280 don't have worry about anything in advance. You show up and sign one hundred 17 00:01:03.319 --> 00:01:07.400 percent free show up, sign up, play with us. Everybody will walk 18 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:11.480 away with the Young Athletes ribbon. We've got a great event plan. What 19 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:15.519 a great way to make friends and make the connection with Special Olympics. Yes, 20 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:18.959 you know, because a lot of folks they'll hear about it, but 21 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:22.879 they don't know how to engage. And this is a nice little engagement point. 22 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:26.120 Super. Yes. So the Young Athletes program, the purpose of that 23 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:33.719 is to get athletes, uh huh, future Special Olympics athletes as well as 24 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:38.680 well as future Unified Partner athletes. There we go so to bring them together 25 00:01:38.719 --> 00:01:42.599 at an early age so that they get to grow up and compete together from 26 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:48.159 three. The unified partner thing is pretty special in and of itself because these 27 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:51.120 people I think have just as much fun as the kids do. Oh they 28 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:56.560 do, absolutely. I have unified partners that text me every week or do 29 00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:57.680 we get to go to practice this week? Do we get to go to 30 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:02.799 they they itch to be a part of it. Yes, And the kids 31 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:07.959 are just so fun. Yes, you know. I lived in Illinois and 32 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:12.240 a normal Illinois matter of fact, and that's where they have the state Special 33 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:15.759 Olympics and that is a big dog gone deal up there, and everybody just 34 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:20.360 loves the kids and everybody goes out to support the kids and you can't find, 35 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:24.560 you know, anyone that doesn't have some sort of an attachment to it. 36 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:29.319 But this is great and I like the way we're getting things rolling here. 37 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:30.879 We've got another event coming up, too, don't we. We do. 38 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:37.719 On March sixteenth is our Area Truck Meet, and this is where people 39 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:45.639 from all over Grand Area, which includes all the counties basically in the northeast 40 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:51.439 corner of Oklahoma, so Craig, Delaware, mays Nowada, Ottawa, Rogers, 41 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:57.479 and Washington County, so basically the neighborhood right, very much, all 42 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:02.879 of the teams will all come together and we'll hold our Big track Meet to 43 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:07.319 get ready for the Big Track Meet and Stillwater that's in mass So we have 44 00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:14.360 over one hundred and forty athletes competing on March sixteenth. Wow, So we 45 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:16.719 would love to have the community out to that. Come support the athlete. 46 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:23.360 If you want to volunteer, we love volunteers and we I promised we have 47 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:25.360 a spot we can put you out. Sweet that is great. Now, 48 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:29.360 how do we get a hold of you? Oh no, that would be 49 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:35.240 a good thing. Yeah. I'm actually a full time teacher at Bartlesville schools. 50 00:03:35.800 --> 00:03:39.840 So I have a Bartlesville school email address. No, no, it 51 00:03:39.919 --> 00:03:47.000 isn't No, it's actually Jackson my last name in t at BPS Dashoka dot 52 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:53.360 org dot org. Okay, huh. Or you can email Grand at s 53 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:58.159 ook dot org. Okay. That would probably the one be easier to remember. 54 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:00.919 That's easy to remember. Yeah, this is super, This is really 55 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:04.719 good. Now folks want to know what's going on, you know, from 56 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:09.039 day day to day week week with a special Olympics. Do you have like 57 00:04:09.039 --> 00:04:14.439 a Facebook page or a website or both? We do. Yes, we 58 00:04:14.599 --> 00:04:18.120 have s o ok dot org slash grand and that will take you to the 59 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:23.720 Grand Area Facebook or the Grand Area website. And then we also have a 60 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:29.879 Grand Area Facebook and a Special Olympics Oklahoma Facebook. So you just search special 61 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:33.839 Olympics Oklahoma, Grand Area and it'll pop us up, just like that, 62 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:38.279 just like that. That is sweet. I want to thank you for coming 63 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:41.279 in. Did we miss anything? You brought a whole lot of I don't 64 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:46.000 think so, My Goodnesskes and of course said donations always welcome. Oh absolutely, 65 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:46.920 yeah, you know. So if you have a thousand dollars, just 66 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:50.360 burn it in your pocket. Just talk Naughtia and make sure that it goes 67 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:54.759 to the kids. And because there's a lot, needs to get paid for 68 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:59.240 it. I promise we'll, but it's a good use. Yes, there's 69 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:02.480 always Every dollar has a name. Yes, they say Nadia, thank you 70 00:05:02.519 --> 00:05:04.600 for being with us, thank you so much for having me.