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Backyard Preschool Summer Olympics

Why should the little ones miss out on all of the Summer Olympic fun? You can host a backyard preschool olympics that will be sure to be a great time for everyone. The kids will learn all about moving their bodies and working as a team. They can gain confidence in their abilities, as well as a little exercise. Why not plan a backyard preschool summer olympics for your next preschool playdate, birthday party or moms camp? You can hold it for one day only, or host the event for a few days. It is up to you. Here are … Continue reading →

New York Lights the Way for the Summer Olympics

New York is sizzling hot… with Olympic fever. Despite the fact that the Summer Games are taking place a half a world away (and technically the Opening Ceremonies are already over), beginning tonight New York’s Empire State Building will pay tribute to the Olympics by illuminating the four sides of the famed tower with the colors of countries’ flags. For the next 16 nights, the world’s most famous building (well, one of them anyway) will honor the top 66 countries (based on the number of athletes on each national team) using colored plastic gels over 182 floodlights. Tonight, the north … Continue reading →

Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics Are Frugal

Hosting the Summer Olympics is an enormous feat that takes billions of dollars to orchestrate. Think about all of the things that must be built, from new venues, to housing, to television and media towers, to the medals themselves. But Beijing Olympics officials vowed from the very beginning to keep everything as frugal as possible for this Summer Olympics. The Beijing Organizing Committee of the 29th Olympic Games (BOCOG) wanted to make sure that there was a balance of income and expenditure, with maybe even a little profit. How can they do this? One of the big expenses for a … Continue reading →

Host a Summer Olympics Party at Home

There may still be time to host a gathering together of friends for the Summer Olympics opening ceremony, which takes place tonight. No friends available? You can have a private little party with just the kids. Or, choose an upcoming weekend to host a real olympic-sized blow out. Keep reading for some tips to help you host a Summer Olympics party. We have ideas for invitations, favors and decoration. Summer Olympics Invitations A fun idea for invitations for a Summer Olympics party is to make them in the form of a medal. You can cut out a single circle from … Continue reading →

It’s Time for the Special Olympics Summer Games!

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Summer time comes with many wonderful things. The weather gets nice and warm. Many families are able to go on a vacation. It is a time to relax. It is also when the Special Olympics Summer Games happens! Special Olympics of Southern California will hold their games this weekend. The Special Olympics Summer Games happen in June of every year. Children, (and adults), who have an intellectual or physical disability are able to participate in athletic competitions. The Special Olympics includes a fun and welcoming environment filled with people who understand and support the athletes. In order to participate, a … Continue reading →

Special Olympics Summer Games

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The Special Olympics Summer Games will be taking place in June of 2011. It is a wonderful opportunity for children, (and adults), with intellectual or physical disabilities to participate, compete, and have fun in an environment filled with people who understand and support them. Your child could be an athlete. In order to be an athlete in Special Olympics, a person must be at least eight years old. There isn’t an upward age limit, which means that the Special Olympics is open to both children and adults. In order to be eligible, athletes must have a cognitive delay, an intellectual … Continue reading →

Help P&G Support the Special Olympics

Procter & Gamble is expecting to raise $500,000 in support of the Special Olympics. You can help, by doing simple things like using coupons from a special booklet, or by clicking “like” on the P&G Facebook page. It is great when big companies make an effort to raise money for a good cause! P&G makes many of your favorite brands like Duracell, Pringles, Puffs, Tide, Downy, and Pampers. The company’s purpose is to “provide branded products and services of superior quality and value that improve the lives of the world’s consumers, now and for generations to come.” This is a … Continue reading →

Did the Olympics Inspire You?

While the Olympic games may be behind us now (at least until the Summer Games in 2012), the Olympic spirit may stick with you long after the Closing Ceremonies. And you don’t have to be an Olympic-level athlete to let the Games inspire you to better health! Olympic Inspiration Number One: introduction to new sports. It seems like they add new sports to the Games each year — one I’d never seen or heard of before this year was ski cross. But it sure looked like fun: four athletes side-by-side on a course that includes turns, jumps, and fast-paced passes. … Continue reading →

Are You Going to the Winter Olympics?

T-minus 14 days until the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Vancouver, British Columbia, is getting ready to shine in the international spotlight, but I won’t be there. Will you? As a broadcast journalist, I had the incredible opportunity to cover the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. However, I’ve never attended the Winter Games. It’s a travel dream of mine that I don’t know when will come true. Still, the dream is alive for more than 500 athletes and coaches, almost 11,000 members of the media and nearly 350,000 visitors, who are expected to descend upon the stunning city on the … Continue reading →

Summer Celebrity Baby Boom

Summer doesn’t technically start for another month, but some hot celebrity mamas are already heating up Hollywood and adding to the planet, including Olympic gold medallist Kerri Walsh. The smoking hot pro beach volleyball player gave birth to an 8 lbs. 10 oz baby boy yesterday in Los Angeles. Walsh and her husband, AVP pro-volley ball player Casey Jennings, named their first born, Joseph Michael Jennings. The couple reportedly conceived their son while Walsh was competing in the Beijing Olympics last summer. In other baby news, actor Chad Lowe and his girlfriend, producer Kim Painter, join Walsh and Jennings in … Continue reading →