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 For Immediate Release
October 29, 2008
Special Olympics Montana
State Basketball Tournament Sets New Record of Participants
(Butte,
Montana) Special Olympics Montana, a 38-year-old movement that enables children and adults with intellectual disabilities to train for life through sports has announced that the 2008 State Basketball Tournament will feature the largest number of competitors in the history of producing the tournament. Sixty-eight teams from all over the Big Sky will travel to Butte to compete November 6 – 8.
Tournament Premier Fan, Town Pump, has generously contributed $10,000 and Town Pump spokesperson, Maureen Kenneally, is serving as the Tournament’s Honorary Chairwoman. Gold Medal Fan, REC Silicon donated $5,000 and will be the presenting sponsor of the Opening Ceremonies scheduled Thursday, November 6, 7:00 p.m. at the East Middle School Gymnasium.
The Opening Ceremonies features the Parade of Athletes, the Tiernan Irish Dancers, the AOH Pipers and Drum, the Helena Cheerleaders sponsored by Westmont, the running of the Flame of Hope and the Lighting of the Cauldron. The Opening Ceremonies are free and the public is invited to attend and join us as we celebrate the joy of the human spirit!
Other organizations and businesses who have committed substantial resource – gift-in-kind and financial – include Employee Benefit Resources, Walmart Foundation, Ronald McDonald Charities, Rocky Mountain Chapter of Credit Unions, Granite Mountain Bank, RBC Dain Rauscher, PPL, Jim & Chloe Gilman Foundation, Duggan Dolan Mortuary, St. James Healthcare Foundation, Newland & Co., Ray Scan Inc, Morris Marketing Co., Pepsi, Quiznos, Butte Public Schools, Tucker Transportation, John & Esther Cote & CCCS.
As an athlete-centered, family-based and volunteer driven organization, Special Olympics Montana relies almost exclusively on the support of community volunteers, businesses and service organizations for leadership, planning and preparation, in-kind and financial gifts.
REC Silicon, a division of the REC Group, produces silicon materials for the electronics and photovoltaic (PV) industries. REC Silicon is #1 worldwide in silane gas production and High Purity FZ polysilicon. REC Silicon has facilities in Silver Bow, MT, and Moses Lake, WA. For more information, go to: www.recgroup.com.
To learn more about Special Olympics Montana or to receive information about volunteer or sponsorship opportunities for the 2008 State Basketball Tournament, please visit our website at: www.somt.org or call Special Olympics Montana at 1-800-242-6876 or 406-216-5327.
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of Athletes
Contact: Bob Norbie
CEO and President
bnorbie@somt.org
Special Olympics Montana
PO Box 3507
Great Falls, MT 59403
800-242-6876
406-216-5327
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