The St. Albans Elks Lodge, working with the Special Olympics of Vermont provided a BBQ lunch for the competitors and guests at the Special Olympics Unified Sports Bocce competition held at the BFA St. Albans Collins Perley complex on May 22, 2014.
The Special Olympics Unified Sports® brings together athletes with and without intellectual disabilities to train and compete on the same team. By pairing peers with and without disabilities on the same team, students are given the opportunity to build more inclusive schools. Unified Sports promotes equality on and off the field. The motto for Unified Sports is “On the field we’re teammates and off the field we’re friends”.
Hamburgers, Veggie Burgers, Hot dogs, chips, sodas, juice and milk was available along with all the trimmings expected of a BBQ. Desert consisted of Strawberry and Chocolate Ice Cream. Seconds were welcomed! Over 500 people were served.
The St. Albans Elks volunteers were honored to be able to provide a good time for the competitors and guests.
