{"id":17986,"date":"2019-01-09T13:01:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T18:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=17986"},"modified":"2019-01-09T13:01:52","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T18:01:52","slug":"looking-for-a-special-way-to-earn-community-hours-help-at-ssms-special-olympics-ontario-2019-winter-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/09\/looking-for-a-special-way-to-earn-community-hours-help-at-ssms-special-olympics-ontario-2019-winter-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for a Special Way to Earn Community Hours? Help at SSM&#8217;s Special Olympics Ontario 2019 Winter Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sault Ste. Marie will be hosting the Special Olympics Ontario 2019 Winter Games from January 31 &#8211; February 3, 2019.\u00a0To welcome and assist approximately 500 athletes and coaches, the organizing committee is still in need of volunteers to help during the games.<\/p>\n<p>Basic volunteer opportunities include assisting in the set-up of stage\/equipment, marshalling of the athletes, registration, medal counts, assisting with breakfasts\/lunches, and assisting in all sports competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Venues for the games include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GFL Memorial Gardens (Opening Ceremonies)<\/li>\n<li>John Rhodes Community Centre (Figure &amp; Speed Skating)<\/li>\n<li>Community First Curling Club (Curling)<\/li>\n<li>Searchmont Resort (Alpine Skiing &amp; Snowshoeing)<\/li>\n<li>Sault Finnish Nordic Ski Club &#8211; Hiawatha (Cross Country)<\/li>\n<li>Sault Community Theater Centre (Closing Ceremonies)<\/li>\n<li>Water Tower Inn, Quality Inn, and Holiday Inn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To become a volunteer for the upcoming games:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sign up at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssm2019games.com\/Volunteers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.SSM2019Games.com\/Volunteers<\/a> using your email and other contact information<\/li>\n<li>Complete a Criminal Record Check and a Vulnerable Sector Check only if you are over the age of 18 (free of charge)<\/li>\n<li>Complete An Online Orientation<\/li>\n<li>Attend the One-on-One in person training session (January\u00a07<sup>th<\/sup>, or 19<sup>th, <\/sup>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Volunteers will receive a T-shirt and an Appreciation Luncheon at the Legion Hall on Sunday, February 3, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>A letter will be provided to students who are looking for community volunteer hours.<\/p>\n<p>If interested please go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssm2019games.com\/Volunteers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.SSM2019Games.com\/Volunteers<\/a>\u00a0or call the Games Office at 1-888-333-5515 extension 293.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sault Ste. Marie will be hosting the Special Olympics Ontario 2019 Winter Games from January 31 &#8211; February 3, 2019.\u00a0To welcome and assist approximately 500 athletes and coaches, the organizing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[1892],"class_list":["post-17986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-district","tag-special-olympics-ontario-2019-winter-games"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 21:08:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17987,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17986\/revisions\/17987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}