Special Olympics VA Area 26
Supporting our Northern Virginia Special Athletes
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Who We Are
Special Olympics Virgina (SOVA) provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. This gives them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community. Area 26 services SOVA in Fairfax County, Arlington and Alexandria as part of the Potomac Region.
Area Council
Chair: Elaine Tilton
Secretary: Abby Lacy
Treasurer: Bernie Woolfley
Athlete Representative: Billy Duquette
IT Coordinators: Jay Hoffmeier and Paul Tierney
Volunteer Coordinator: Bruce Fingerhut
Volunteer Recruiting & Group Home Coordinator:
School Outreach: Chuck Adkins-Blanch
Referee Co-Coordinator: Open
Class A & Unified Partner: Open
Fundraising Chair: Open
Awards: Open
Spring/Summer Sports Director: Nancy Julia
Fall/Winter Sports Director: Elaine Tilton
At Large: Jeff McGiboney, Will Sullivan, Nancy Robbins
Senior Director Potomac Region: Veronica Jennings
Greetings from the Chair
Welcome to our community and our new web presence! My name is Elaine Tilton, and I am both the Chair and the Director of Fall and Winter Programs for Area 26.
Locally we offer 23 sports to more than 2000 athletes year round.
We are always ready to add new athletes and also always in need of volunteers who are willing to share their time and skills with our athletes. They will surely show you that they possess the same level of excitement and interest that you have.
If you are already involved, please take a look around the new site as there is an abundance of information available. I would appreciate your comments and suggestions.
Sincerely,
Elaine Tilton
Our Local Sponsors
Five 9 Group Inc.
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Azalea Charities
BASH Boxing Rosslyn
Bronson Bierhall
Civitan Club of Arlington
Mt.Vernon Columbus Club, Inc.
Porto Charities, Inc.
Revealing the Champion in all of us
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
Area 26 is the local organization managing Special Oympics teams, athletes and events in Fairfax, Arlington and Alexandria. We support over 3500 competitors in sports year-round.
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