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schedule non-sports events outside of
the main sport event that the athletes
come for," Oldcorn says. "We do a VIP
event on the Friday night for any gym,
company, organization, school, etc.,
who signs up 15 or more athletes. We
schedule an event on Saturday night that
is open to anyone, such as a pub crawl
or a jazz concert." That's not only good
news for his participation numbers,
but also for hotels hosting athletes and
others. "We schedule non-sports events
at night to get people to stay in hotel
rooms," he says.
DALE SHUMANSKI
Senior Management Team
Austria 2017
Pre-Games 2016, Special Olympics
World Winter Games 2017 – Austria
Graz, Austria
30+ Years Planning Events
Dale Shumanski's biggest challenge last
year was moving from New York to
Austria to build awareness for the Special
Olympics there. The
Senior Management
Team member for
the Special Olympics
World Winter Games
believes she made
the right choice.
"I am back doing
grass-roots events, building awareness for a
cause I believe in," she says. ►
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