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For the month of March, the Special Olympics of Butte County will be our “Greatest Gift Project”.

Mission: Special Olympics Butte County, SOBC (parent company Special Olympics Northern California) is a volunteer organization providing year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with disabilities. This gives the athletes opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in sharing of skills and friendships. The vision is to provide sports training programs and athletic competition for all athletes within the county. Special Olympics athletes have a variety of sports they can choose from in Butte County such as basketball, swimming, bocce ball, track & field, softball, golf, and bowling.

Why it Matters: Most of the equipment needs are already met by SOBC. When the athletes compete in regional tournaments the volunteers purchase healthy snacks and drinks for the day long tournaments and for the weekend long summer games. This is something we can help with. The competitions take place out of town, last all day and only lunch is provided. With physical activity and warm temperatures, the athletes need healthy snacks and drinks to get them through the day.

How Can You make a Difference: You can help by picking up a few items from the list below on your usual shopping trips. Bring them by our church on Sunday morning or during the week.

  • Chips variety 1 oz bags
  • Gatorade 12 oz regular or zero, NO RED
  • Granola bars not hard and no nuts
  • Nature's bakery fig, blueberry, raspberry, etc.
  • Nutri grain bars
  • Waters

Surprisingly we learned from last year most of the athletes do not like Goldfish! All need to be individually wrapped. No perishable items please. No red dye.

The beauty of this campaign is, a little is a lot! You can choose any items based on your budget and usual grocery trip. Thank you for continuing to support our neighbors!