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OLYMPICS ORGANIZATION IS TO
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, BY
FIELD AND EVERY DAY. ONE OF THE
LARGEST FUNDRAISERS FOR THE
MASSACHUSETTS' SPECIAL OLYMPICS
TOOK PLACE IN SPRINGFIELD TODAY.
TELLS US HOW MUCH MONEY WAS
JAUNT".
"ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, GO!"
THE RAINY WEATHER DIDN'T PUT A
DAMPER ON THE 10TH ANNUAL "JOLLY
JAUNT" IN SPRINGFIELD...ONE OF
THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS' LARGEST
FUNDRAISERS ACROSS THE STATE.
A TIMED COMPETITIVE 5K RACE, A
1-MILE FUN WALK, AND A JUNIOR
JAUNT FOR CHILDREN 10 AND UNDER.
THIS IS A GREAT HOLIDAY EVENT
FOR FAMILIES AND PEOPLE FROM
THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN.
RACE IN HATS, JINGLE BELLS ON
THEIR FEET
...AND AFTER THE RACES ARE OVER,
EVERYONE ATTENDS A HOLIDAY
THEMED PARTY. THERESE WRIGHT IS
THE PROUD MOTHER OF A SPECIAL
OLYMPIAN. SHE SAID THE JOLLY
JAUNT HAS BECOME A DECADE-LONG
TRADITION FOR HER AND HER
DAUGHTER.
IT MEANS A LOT TO THE KIDS AS
KIDS LIKE IT AS PART OF A WAY TO
GET TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS; AND
FOR THE PARENTS, IT'S OUR WAY OF
KIDS.
THIS PLEDGE-DRIVEN EVENT, GOES
DIRECTLY TO THE LOCAL SPECIAL
OLYMPICS PROGRAMS AND ATHLETES
AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTY AREAS.
AS A LOCAL PROGRAM FUNDRAISER
SO THAT THEIR INDIVIDUAL TEAMS
THEIR UNIFORMS, TRAVEL EXPENSES,
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
OVER $23-THOUSAND-DOLLARS WERE
RAISED THIS YEAR...THAT'S
COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
I CAN'T EVEN PUT IT INTO WORDS.I
REALLY CAN'T. LIKE I SAID, I
SEE THE STRUGGLES EVERYDAY, WITH
YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO US.
AND THERE'S STILL TIME TO DONATE
ONLINE CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE
IN SPRINGFIELD, NICOLE NALEPA,
22NEWS.
SPRINGFIELD, NICOLE NALEPA,
22NEWS.