Healthy Athletes 

Friday, 10/17

Stations open 4:30pm-7:15pm

Located in Glens Falls City Park- Outside on Maple Street in large tents

What is Healthy Athletes? Special Olympics New York is a sports organization but also has a strong focus on the health and wellness of our athletes. At most large sports competitions, we offer our Healthy Athletes free health screenings to any athletes that would like to go through them. There is a great disparity in the quality of healthcare that people with intellectual disabilities receive as compared to the general population, and we aim to close this gap and provide necessary baseline checks for our athletes in multiple health disciplines. We also utilize these screenings to train current and future healthcare professionals about working with people with ID, so they can take their increased knowledge of and compassion for people with intellectual disabilities into their current or future practice.  These screenings require volunteers that are either students or licensed professionals in their health discipline.

Volunteer Opportunities – Volunteers will assist with duties such as athlete registration, station setup/breakdown and working with the Clinical Director to screen athletes on the core screening components of each discipline, record findings and distribute information.

Disciplines Offered: FUNFitness (physical therapy), Health Promotion (general health & wellness), Special Smiles (dentistry), and Strong Minds (emotional health)

Volunteers can be undergraduate/graduate students in any health/fitness related discipline or health/fitness professionals

Performance Stations 

Saturday, 10/18

Stations open from 10:30am-1:30pm

Located in the Morse Athletic Complex

Performance Stations: Volunteers will assist with duties such as athlete registration, station setup/breakdown and working with the Station Captain to engage and educate athletes on the station topic. Performance Stations are designed to educate athletes and their supporters in fitness: nutrition, hydration and physical activity. These stations directly connect fitness to sport performance, and show how incorporating these can enhance training, performance at competition, and health.  There are a few different station focuses: Competition Readiness, Game Day Minds, Nutrition, Hydration, Physical Activity, The Pledge Wall, and Local Opportunities/Giveaways

Volunteers can be undergraduate/graduate students in any health/fitness related discipline or health/fitness professionals