Regional Program 1: Tri-County

Regional Program 2: San Gabriel Valley

Regional Program 3: San Diego

·    Antelope Valley (Palmdale,

Lancaster, and surrounding

communities)

·    Kern County (County-wide)

·    Northern Santa Barbara (Solvang to

Santa Maria)

·    San Luis Obispo County (Countywide)

·    Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara to

Goleta)

·    Ventura County (County-wide)

·     East San Gabriel Valley (Irwindale to Covina)

·     Greater La Puente (Rowland Heights, La

Puente, Hacienda Heights)

·     Lanterman (State Facility in Pomona)

·     Pasadena (Altadena to South Pasadena)

·     Pomona Valley (Walnut to Glendora to

Claremont)

·     San Gabriel Valley (Arcadia, Alhambra, El Monte, Temple City, San Gabriel, Duarte, Monrovia)

·     Southeast LA (Cerritos to Pico Rivera,

including Downey and Whittier)

·     Imperial Valley (County-wide)

·     North San Diego County (San Onofre to Del Mar to Borrego Springs)

·     San Diego County (La Jolla to San Ysidro)

Regional Program 4: Los Angeles

Regional Program 5: Inland Empire

Regional Program 6: Orange County

·     Greater LA (Montebello to Beverly Hills; Wilmington)

·     Long Beach (Long Beach to Seal Beach)

·     Santa Clarita (Canyon Country, Valencia)

·     South Bay (El Segundo to San Pedro, including Torrance and Gardena)

·     Tri-Valley (San Fernando Valley)

·     Westside (Malibu to Venice to Culver City)

·     Barstow (Barstow)

·     Corona-Norco (Corona to Norco)

·     Desert (Palm Springs to Thermal)

·     Greater San Bernardino (San Bernardino,

·     Yucaipa, Redlands)

·     Mojave River Valley (Hesperia to Barstow)

·     Morongo Basin

·     Riverside (Riverside to Moreno Valley)

·     Temecula Valley (Temecula & surrounding communities)

·     Western San Bernardino (Colton to Montclair & Chino)

·     Orange County (County-wide)

·     Fairview Developmental Center (State Facility in Costa Mesa)

CATEGORY

DESCRIPTION

TIME

COMMITMENT

COACHING:

HEAD COACH

·     Undergoes classroom, hands on training, and certification process.

·     Primary contact person for sport. Maintains athletes' records and completes registration process for competition.

·     Works with Special Olympics staff to select training site and time. Organizes practices with other coaches.

·     Attends competitions with the athletes. Liaison for upcoming coaches training and certification schools; encourages assistant coaches to become certified.

Participation is seasonal for each sport. The minimum commitment is two hours per week for eight weeks.

COACHING:

ASSISTANT

COACH

·     Undergoes one-day certification within his/her sport.

·     Assesses each athlete to determine skill level for competition and training.

·     Develops eight-week training program for each athlete including fundamental skills, conditioning, and rules.

·     Has complete knowledge and abides by Sports Rules of Special Olympics.

Participation is seasonal for each sport. The minimum commitment is two hours per week for eight weeks.

COACHING:

SPORT

VOLUNTEER

·     Is not required to become certified, helps out with practices; assists coach with assessing athlete

·     skills.

·     Not necessarily expert in sport but comes to practice 75% of the time.

Participation is seasonal

for each sport. The

minimum commitment

is two hours per week

for eight weeks.

SPORT OFFICIAL

·     Certified NGB official to oversee competition.

Eight-hour shifts, one

or more days each year.

CORPORATIONS

& GROUPS

·     Adopt local Special Olympics teams.

·     Organize Unified Sports teams by combining group members with Special Olympics athletes.

·     Organize members of school sports teams to become certified Special Olympics coaches or officials.

·     Conduct Special Olympics sports competitions or demonstrations during regular sports events.

Commitment varies.

FUNDRAISING

·     Plan and/or implement activities to raise financial and in-kind support.

Ranges from three to

four hours for a single event to one year as a committee member.

GAMES

MANAGEMENT/

EVENT

PLANNING

·     Plan, develop, implement and/or monitor sports programs, activities, events, and competitions.

Ranges from two to three months for

specific sports; six

months to one year for

overall Sport or Games

Management.

GENERAL

OFFICE DUTIES

·     Administrative tasks associated with supporting administrative and program functions, such as: filling out paperwork, distributing volunteer forms, stuffing envelopes, etc, data entry, etc.

Varies as time allows.

GLOBAL

MESSENGER

COACH

·     Serve as an athlete's speech coach. Coaches learn how to help the athlete prepare a speech to address various types of public groups and corporate audiences on a variety of topics related to Special Olympics.

One to three hours a

month, as needed.

MEDICAL TEAM

·     Volunteers with medical background (MD, RN, LVN, EMT, AFA) are needed to assist with medical support of the athletes and volunteers.

Four to eight hour shifts one or more days a year.

PROFESSIONAL

SERVICES

·     Provide medical support including free physicals and X-rays

·     Provide pro bono services (e.g., Legal, Accounting, MIS/Technical Support, PR)

·     Contribute specific skills to help Special Olympics.

Commitment varies.

SPECIAL

PROJECTS

·     Perform research for projects, as needed; assist with writing grants

·     Develop surveys, gather, and document information.

·     Develop materials and brochures. Write articles.

Commitment varies.

VOLUNTEER

MANAGEMENT

·     Attend community fairs, outreach programs and recruit athletes, volunteers, and coaches; conduct orientations and presentations within the community

·     Answer the Volunteer Hotline; follow-up with volunteer inquiries

·     Plan and/or implement Volunteer Recognition activities.

Ranges from a few

hours for one specific

activity to three to four months commitment as a committee member.