4 May 2010

THANK YOU! We truly appreciate everyone getting us their travel information by the 30 April deadline. Within the next two weeks, confirmation packets will be sent in the mail to each delegate. More information to come.

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Fan Book Profile As part of the Global Congress, will be compiling a Fan Book containing short biographies of each of the more than 500 Delegates, and WE NEED YOUR HELP! Please take a brief moment to share a short description of yourself and email it with a photo to [email protected]. You may fill out the attached form or just send us an email. The deadline is this Friday, 7 May to be included in the printed Fan Book.

MEDIA REGISTRATION FOR THE 2010 SPECIAL OLYMPICS GLOBAL CONGRESS It is required for everyone wishing to gain access to the 2010 Special Olympics Global Congress to be credentialed. We would like to guarantee members of media organizations access to the venues, events and more. It is imperative that all media complete and submit the registration forms to receive credentials.

Media are responsible for booking and paying for their own travel, accommodations and on-the-ground expenses. To learn more visit http://www.specialolympics.org/Resources/2010_Global_Congress/2010_Global_Congress_Media_Regi stration.aspx.

Connect with Colleagues attending or interested in the Global Congress! Are you a member of Facebook or Twitter? Whether you’ll be traveling to Morocco for the 2010 Global Congress or not, you can participate and stay up to date with news and information on Facebook and Twitter.

Visit: www.facebook.com/2010GlobalCongress to become a Fan today!

Visit http://twitter.com/SOGC2010 to start following the Global Congress today.

Global Athlete Congress Delegates The following athletes have been selected to participate in the Third Global Athlete Congress:

Special Olympics Africa Region Joshua Agare Special Olympics Kenya Nhlanhla William Masina – Special Olympics South Africa Deon Clarence Namiseb – Special Olympics Namibia Ephraim Mopedi Mohlakane – Special Olympics South Africa, Current Global Athlete Congress Chair Theo Tebele – Special Olympics Botswana

Special Olympics Asia Pacific Region Jerson Fernandes Special Olympics Bharat Benjamin Haack Special Olympics Australia Vincent Napolean Menezes Special Olympics Bharat Neha Prakash Naik Special Olympics Bharat Niho Nakamura Special Olympics Nippon Suttipot Pikunsiri - Special Olympics Thailand Anton Jose Marie V. Silos Special Olympics Philippines Andrew Williams - Special Olympics Australia

Special Olympics East Asia Region AO LEONG In Special Olympics Macau CHEN Wei Chieh Special Olympics Chinese Taipei HUANG Minmin Special Olympics China HWANG Suk Il Special Olympics K or e a Jia Si Rui Special Olympics China KIM Yoo Na Special Olympics K or e a MA Yun Li Special Olympics China TAM Wai Yip Special Olympics Hong Kong

Special Olympics Europe Eurasia Region Andrei Butnaru - Special Olympics Romania William Gould - Special Olympics Israel Sylwester Kata - Special Olympics Poland Andrei Kossikhin Special Olympics Kazakhstan Mieczyslawa Koxlak - Special Olympics Poland Marios Kritsonis Special Olympics Greece Serban Nicolescu - Special Olympics Romania Ali Shafqat Rasool Special Olympics Great Britain Ekatarina Sazonova Special Olympics Russia Caroline Verdenal Special Olympics France

Special Olympics Latin America Region Ariel Ary Chinchilla - Special Olympics Costa Rica Nelson Alberto Ceron Navas - Special Olympics El Salvador Daniel Silvio Delgadill Maciel Special Olympics Paraguay Mariela Dominguez Special Olympics Argentina Divia Damaris Lewis - Special Olympics Panama Jose Luis Mejia Rodriguez Special Olympics Honduras Sixto Angel Morales Pavia Special Olympics Venezuela

Special Olympics Middle East North Africa Region Zakaria Aquedim - Special Olympics Morocco Sami Gabi Chahine - Special Olympics Lebanon Dina Mohamed Galal Moussa - Special Olympics Egypt

Special Olympics North America Region Brent Bowgren - Special Olympics Indiana Christina Campbell- Special Olympics Pennsylvania, First Athlete Congress Chair Zach Commander Special Olympics N or th Carolina David Egan Special Olympics Virginia Melissa Holt Special Olympics Pennsylvania Pam Langille Special Olympics New Hampshire Shavanna Mahoe Special Olympics Hawaii Angela Martin Special Olympics Washington Debra McDougald - Special Olympics Oregon Kenneth Melvin Special Olympics Indiana Andres Miyares Special Olympics Florida Kyler Morrison Special Olympics Montana Kristina O’Neal - Special Olympics Missouri Mary Ellen Powers - Special Olympics Rhode Island Cindy Sears Special Olympics Idaho Jeff Steron - Special Olympics Arizona Bryon Terry Special Olympics Colorado Marc Theriault Special Olympics Canada Parker Thornton Special Olympics New Hampshire Ricardo Thornton Special Olympics Washington D.C. Trisha Torre - Special Olympics Florida Erica Wheeler Special Olympics Maryland Matthew Williams - Special Olympics Canada Katy Wilson Special Olympics Georgia Heather Wintermeyer Special Olympics North Dakota