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Special Olympics: Putting Our Best Foot Forward
Apr 25, 2013 11:29 AM
By Tamara Brisibe '16 - '16
The Special Olympics warmed my heart and made me realize how lucky some of us are to be able to do the things we do on a regular basis. But it also made me realize how lucky I was to be able to help kids who you would think have so little, but are capable of so much.
Darlington’s ninth-grade class put our best foot forward using “Service Beyond Self” as our motto and trying to do what we thought we weren’t capable of doing. Initially, I don't think our class realized that what we were doing meant more to these children and their families than we could ever imagine.
In the beginning, we were cold and hungry, yet anxious to see the kids. We were all happy to get service hours but we weren’t exactly sure what to expect. After a while, we realized how much we were impacting the Special Olympic athlete's day. We forgot about the weather, ignored the grumbling in our stomachs and became more focused on the kids, whose smiles lit up the field in excitement of what they were going to be able to do today.
As we cheered the participants on, they became happy and less fearful of the different events that they were doing. The laughter and the happy feeling on campus for those few hours made us understand what it means to give back. We became more of a true Darlington student than we were before the Special Olympics began.
Darlington’s ninth-grade class put our best foot forward using “Service Beyond Self” as our motto and trying to do what we thought we weren’t capable of doing. Initially, I don't think our class realized that what we were doing meant more to these children and their families than we could ever imagine.
In the beginning, we were cold and hungry, yet anxious to see the kids. We were all happy to get service hours but we weren’t exactly sure what to expect. After a while, we realized how much we were impacting the Special Olympic athlete's day. We forgot about the weather, ignored the grumbling in our stomachs and became more focused on the kids, whose smiles lit up the field in excitement of what they were going to be able to do today.
As we cheered the participants on, they became happy and less fearful of the different events that they were doing. The laughter and the happy feeling on campus for those few hours made us understand what it means to give back. We became more of a true Darlington student than we were before the Special Olympics began.
