Eunice Kennedy Shriver Research Paper

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver is the founder of the Special Olympics Games. Shriver had a sister, Rosemary, who had an intellectual disability. Rosemary loved to pay sports with her sister. Shriver was disappointed by the fact that there were no options for people with disabilities to be a part of the community, let alone be involved in physical activity. That is when she started Camp Shriver, right in her own back yard, a place for people with disability to play sports. This camp evolved into the first International Special Olympics Games in 1968 (Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation, 2018). I attended the Polk County Special Olympics on March 3, 2018. Polk County offers 17 sports to 462 athletes (Special Olympics Florida, 2018). It was a perfect …show more content…
During this time everyone got to relax and reminisce about how the day was going. All of us volunteers got to sit down and update each other on the different events that we may have missed. It was great to hear how our team did in softball throw, tennis ball throw, and shot put. As well as, hear the funny and inspirational moments of each person's day. After lunch, it was time for the walking and running races. Our team competed in several of races and many of them placed in their individual heats. I even got to assist Ben in the assisted walk. To my own surprise I got really competitive while assisting Ben, and he ended up winning 2nd place. The last event that I saw was soccer. Although, I never got to meet these kids personally before the Special Olympics, it was really cool to see them play an organized game of soccer and win the entire day. The comradely that the teammates had with each other and the coaches was really neat to see. At the end of the day, I was really impressed by our kids for their hard work, it was a long day and they all kept good attitudes. Something that really touched me was hearing the Athlete’s Oath orated by an athlete, “Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt”. The oath was written by Special Olympics founder, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and said at the first Special Olympics Games. Today, it is read
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