Arkansas
Send-off held for Arkansas Special Olympics athletes
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – The Jonesboro community came together on Thursday to send off a group of athletes that will compete in the state Special Olympics.
A send-off event was held on May 23 for the 24 athletes who will be competing in Searcy.
Many attended the event, including the Jonesboro Police and Fire Departments, and Mayor Harold Copenhaver.
Northeast Arkansas Director Pathfinder Kim Bricky said the athletes had been waiting all year for the moment.
“They’re beside themselves. They’ve been beside themselves since about last week asking if it was time to go yet,” she said.
Bricky said they will be at Harding University competing until Saturday, May 25.
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