Head of Delegation Manual - Special Olympics

SOWSG ATHENS 2011 HOD Manual – 2 nd edition
Chapter 14: ATHENS 2011 Volunteers’ Program
The ATHENS 2011 Volunteers Program coordinates all the necessary recruitment,
allocation to positions, training, retention and recognition activities for the
thousands of people who will offer their volunteer services to the Special Olympics
World Summer Games ATHENS 2011. The ATHENS 2011 Volunteers Program aims to
offer an unforgettable, life changing and rewarding experience of understanding and
acceptance of people with intellectual disabilities and to create a legacy in the
Special Olympics Movement in Greece, Europe and on a global scale.
It is worth mentioning that the first Application Form of the ATHENS 2011 Volunteer
Program was signed by H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Karolos
Papoulias and that His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and His
Beatitude Ieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, have also declared
their support to the SOWSG ATHENS 2011. Moreover members of the Greek
Parliament, Olympic Gold Medalists, representatives from the fields of sport, science
and business as well as from the community service and local civil society have
applied to participate and deployed themselves by our side.
A team of 25.000 inspired, well trained and enthusiastic volunteers will offer high
quality services to the Special Olympics athletes, delegation members and all Games
participants. The ATHENS 2011 Volunteers will offer their services to the Special
Olympics athletes, the members of the Delegations, the VIP guests, the journalists
and the athletes’ families and will also undertake tasks and offer services in a
number of Functional Areas in Competition and Non-Competition Venues.
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