PICTOU – The Town of Pictou is donating $750 towards the National Special Olympics Summer Games being held in Antigonish beginning July 31.
Pictou Mayor Jim Ryan said Pictou’s donation will be added to the $7,000 coming from all six units in the county.
The Special Olympics Canada Summer Games is a national sporting event for competitive athletes with intellectual disabilities. Each athlete must qualify at the local and provincial level before coming to the National Games. The Special Olympics Canada 2018 Summer Games is also a qualifying event for athletes to represent Canada at the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games.
There are nine sports featured at the Games: athletics, basketball, bocce, golf, rhythmic gymnastics, powerlifting, soccer, softball and swimming.
It is expected that over 3,000 spectators will be on site, in addition to over 900 athletes, 290 coaches, officials and mission staff, and 600 volunteers.
