BFA Fairfax has a team joining the Burlington Penguin Plunge Saturday, February 5th. The plunge is raise money and awareness for Vermont Special Olympics. BFA has a new Unified Sports Team, an elementary team and a middle/high school team that is currently practicing for a Snowshoe competition in March. The middle/high school team will also participate in Bocce in the spring. Unified Sports is unique in that partners from a team (one that qualifies for Special Olympics and one that doesn't) compete together against other teams. The effects of these athletes all working together is already showing evidence of more compassion and understanding of people's varying abilities as teammates are helping each other in the hallways and classrooms as well as in practices. We are excited for this new adventure for BFA and even more excited for our athletes.
If you want to donate to the Vermont Special Olympics, here is the link to the website or see one of us on the list. Thanks in advance for your monetary support and/or your general support of our BFA Unified Sports Team!
http://www.firstgiving.com/process/teamarea/default.asp?did=1479&TeamId=123369&EventId=96273Heather Weeks
