Polar Plunge  in Bend February 26, 2010

Special Olympics High Desert Program - recepient of recent Wells Fargo donation.
	The grant was in support of Wells Fargo Christine Telenko, a Regional Bank private banker in Bend who volunteers as the program’s finance manager. “When making our decisions as to where to best allocate our donations, we consider the local community’s greatest needs,” said Telenko, who serves on Wells Fargo’s local contributions committee. “We also want to support the nonprofit groups where our team members volunteer. Special Olympics is an excellent organization that serves an important segment of our population.” Wells Fargo has repeatedly been named one of the most generous corporations in America. Earlier this year, Wells Fargo was named among the “100 Best Corporate Citizens” by CRO Magazine and also received United Way of America Summit Awards for Community Impact and Community Volunteerism. Thank you Wells Fargo!
KUDOS to Walmart!  We appreciate your support Special Olympics High Desert Program would like to thank Walmart for the generous contribution of a gift card that helped purchase uniforms for the High Desert Unified Bocce Ball team.

High Desert Soccer Teams   Both Placed Gold	High Desert Volleyball Team placed Bronze Woo Hoo - First Year in Compeition!
High Desert Program Bowling Team athletes saw lots of Action!

Local Program Team Volunteer Opportunities: EVEN AN HOUR CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Contact the Volunteer Manager 749-6517 or soor503@gmail.com

		Winter Sports
Alpine	Nordic	Snowshoe	Snowboard
Basketball		Powerlifting

Summer Sports start practicing in April Track & Field  -- Golf  --  Bocce --  Softball

High Desert LP Management Team

		Matt Baldwin Local Program Coordinator		Shannon Baldwin Local Program Coordinator
		Christine Telenko Finance Manager		Gene Gaede Sports Manager
		Jolene Ruiz Fundraising Manager		John Hudson Equipment Manager
		Ellen Slater Public Relations Manager Acting Volunteer Manager		Angie Schmidling Communications Manager
		Kelly Higgins Volunteer Manager (On temporary leave)