Special Olympics Ontario - Greater Ottawa Area

at the community level, the ottawa district community of special olympics ontario has 250 registered volunteers and over 450 registered athletes. every facet of the programs from administration to coaching is run by volunteers. special olympics ontario is a volunteer driven organization with some 14000 athletes and 6000 volunteers registered across the province. athletes range in age from eight to eighty and have the opportunity to train in sixteen official sports and numerous demonstration sports. our goal the primary objective of special olympics ontario is to contribute to the physical, social and psychological development of people with intellectual disabilities through positive, successful experiences in sport. the focus of the special olympics movement is to promote sport programming for such individuals in their community. however, in keeping with the philosophy of sport training, the organization also promotes competition at higher levels. this is accomplished with the stag