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2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games will take place in Shanghai from
October 2nd to October 11th 2007.

TEAM Ireland, comprising 142 Irish athletes and 55 coaches will represent Ireland in
11 different supports. In addition 200 volunteers (TEAM2007) will travel to support
the athletes, not to mention the various family members who will also travel. All told
its anticipated that 1000 people will travel from Ireland to Shanghai specifically for
the Special Olympics World Summer Games.

This represents one the largest ever organised delegation from Ireland to China and as such the Ireland China Association is delighted to support Special Olympics Ireland in taking the feeling shared in 2003 in Ireland to China and to support all the Irish
athletes, volunteers and family members attending the games.

Specifically the Ireland China Association has undertaken to:-

• Provide language cards with key phrases and information in handy wallet
sized format
• Present introduction to Shanghai at nationwide briefing sessions for athletes, volunteers and family members
• Promote the significance of the occasion to members.

Board members Deirdre Walsh (ChinaGreen) and Victor Huang (China Opportunities) are co-ordinating the support on behalf of the Ireland China Association.

There are many areas that Irish based companies can give invaluable assistance to the Irish travelling to the games and there are opportunities for these companies to partner with Special Olympics as well as providing direct financial support.

If you are interested in supporting Special Olympics you can access detail about these
opportunities here http://home.eircom.net/html/SpecialOlympics/index.html or contact

Siobhan Grant
Special Olympics Ireland
4th Floor
Park House
North Circular Road
Dublin 7
Siobhan.grant@specialolympics.ie.