<p><strong>Title: Going for the Gold</strong></p>
<p><strong>Word Count: about 1700 words  </strong></p>
<p><strong>Abstract:</strong></p>
<p>Since its humble beginnings in 1962 when Eunice Kennedy Shriver started a day camp for 35 children with intellectual disabilities in her home, Special Olympics has grown to an international organization offering nearly 1.4 million children and adults with intellectual disabilities in more than 150 countries the opportunity for year-round athletic training and competition in twenty-six Olympic-style summer and winter sports. Go behind the scenes at a typical Special Olympics program, meet some of the small-town families and volunteers who serve this highly regarded international organization, find out how Special Olympics is making a difference and how you or your loved ones can get involved.</p>
<p><strong>Excerpt:</strong></p>
The sounds of bouncing basketballs, squeaking sneakers, shouts and whistles fill a high school gym on a Saturday afternoon. Nearly fifty enthusiastic athletes, both male and female, are running through a prescribed series of dribbling, passing, rebounding and shooting drills while their coaches shout encouragement and record each athlete’s scores. They’re getting ready for an upcoming regional tournament where they’ll compete with the best of the best from their region, hoping to do well enough to make it to the state finals.

	<p>Though the athletes range in age from eight to nearly sixty years old, they clearly share a love of sports and a desire to win. They have one other thing in common: they are Special Olympics athletes. . . </p>
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