Healthy Athletes

The Athletes

Olympic Village

Athletes receive a variety of health services through clinics conducted in welcoming environments at Special Olympics competitions.  The Olympic Village is designed to health fun with music, games and plenty of volunteers to work with the athletes.

Health care professionals learn about health needs of Special Olympics athletes and gain confidence and gain satisfaction in volunteering their skills to an underserved population.

Special Olympics-Westmoreland County program staff support the work of trained Healthy Athletes volunteers to provide even based health opportunities for athletes.  Event managers create an environment for positive interaction between health care professionals, other volunteers, and Special Olympics athletes and their families.

Organizations participating in the 2005 Healthy Athletes:

• Adams Memorial Library
• American Heart Association
• Arc Westmoreland
• Big Brothers/Big Sisters
• Child Care Information Services
• Greensburg Hempfield Library
• Greensburg Y.M.C.A.
• Head Start Program
• Latrobe Area Hospital
• Nurse Barb Tepke
• ParentWise
• Southwest Greensburg Rec Adaptive Baseball League
• St. Vincent College Drug Prevention
• Westmoreland County Sheriff's Office
  Chris Scherer - Sheriff
• W.C.C.C. Dental Hygiene Program
• Westmoreland Regional Hospital

Healthy Athletes in Westmoreland County  in 2006 is sponsored in part by:

Special Olympics Pennsylvania
Westmoreland Regional Hospital Employee's Charitable Trust Fund
Greensburg Rotary
Irwin Bank & Trust
 

For more information about Healthy Athletes, contact Special Olympics-Westmoreland County at info@westspol.org.