Over 500 students from 42 different schools (24 High schools, 14 middle schools and 4 elementary schools) attend this year’s rally. Our goal was to introduce them to Project Unify activities that they could take back to their schools and duplicate and we have already had several students and teachers email us activities that they plan to offer this school year; these are schools who have previously not been involved in any Project Unify or Special Olympics activities.
Highlights from the Rally include:
• Videos produced by high school students (Bend HS and Lake Oswego HS) about their PU activities
• Amelia Abel -Special Olympics athlete who encouraged students to hold school assemblies, share lunch with a student with intellectual disabilities, include students with intellectual disabilities on school committees and take time to get to know students with intellectual disabilities)
• LazD , local Rap artist who has Down Syndrome. He spoke of his new CD and his support for the Spread the Word campaign.
• Jay Dunn spoke of the difference between his life experience and his twin brother Todd. (Todd has Down Syndrome and Jay does not).
• Hannah Kasal, former Sutherlin HS student spoke of how her involvement in PU led her to Western Oregon to pursue a career in Special Education. She also shared how she and Dony Knight (Sutherlin HS SO athlete) have become best of friends through unified sports and other PU activities.
• Students participating in many of the 13 activity booths. These were all PU-related activities that you can replicate at your school as part of an assembly or school rally (poster-making, button-making, tattoos, making a “rally in a box” to share with others, r-word awareness booths etc.)
Check out all the photos and comments from the rally on our Facebook Fan Page and learn how you can get involved with Project Unify.
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