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August 10, 2011

A New Experience

‘Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt’- it is the slogan that the team kept on mentioning even two days after we arrived back from our activity session with Special Olympics Singapore athletes. Special Olympics Singapore is a voluntary organization that provides sports training to children with intellectual disabilities. On the evening of 2 Aug, we (Procter & Gamble Asia Consumer Marketing Knowledge team) spent two hours with the children and volunteers there, and it was such a precious experience to each of us!

March 14, 2011

2014 National Games

New Jersey will be the site of the 2014 Special Olympics USA National Games, an event that will draw up to 80,000 athletes, coaches, family members and spectators to the state and which will leave behind a legacy of acceptance and respect for people with intellectual disabilities.

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CHOP Apologizes to Amelia Rivera

Late last night The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia issued an official apology to Amelia Rivera and her family for the denial of a kidney transplant due to her being “mentally retarded.”read more »

Posted on 2012-02-09 by Tim Shriver

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