Special Olympics Mississippi to hold fall games at Camp Shelby this weekend – SuperTalk Mississippi

Particular Olympics Mississippi’s fall video games will probably be held at Camp Shelby this coming weekend.

On Wednesday’s version of MidDays with Gerard Gibert, Monica Daniels, the President and CEO of Particular Olympics Mississippi, mentioned {that a} good variety of athletes from throughout the Magnolia State will probably be touring to Hattiesburg to compete in several video games. A brand new occasion may even make its debut at this yr’s video games.

“We’re going to be taking a look at 500 athletes competing this weekend in horseshoes, in croquet, in aggressive cheer, each unified and conventional, and flag soccer, each unified {and professional},” Daniels mentioned. “We’re demoing, for everyone there, corn gap as a result of Particular Olympics North America has simply determined that corn gap will probably be on the slate of aggressive sports activities supplied transferring ahead to our subsequent U.S.A. video games in 2026.”

Even better than the video games themselves are the friendships and bonding experiences developed alongside the best way. Particular Olympics Mississippi additionally provides unified sports activities the place youngsters with mental disabilities can compete in video games with their siblings who would not have mental disabilities.

“Life-long friendships occur, and for the households — they get to see that they aren’t alone — not simply the dad and mom, but additionally the siblings. It’s form of robust typically, in a household unit, and also you’re a sibling and your brother or sister has an mental incapacity and also you don’t actually know what which means,” Daniels continued. “Now we’ve unified sports activities the place children with and with out mental disabilities can follow and play on the identical workforce.”

This yr’s fall video games will happen from Friday, October 14 by Sunday, October 16. Extra info will be discovered right here.

The total interview with Daniel will be watched under.