July 1, 2011
Today we went the Hellinic American Union in Athens. We had sessions today regarding EKS day and SO College. The Shriver family was in attendance and Molly and Caroline Shirver, who are 13, presented about their grandmother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver. They shared about what their family did for EKS day and handed out pins and bracelets. Timbo Shriver then shared about SO College which was a program that he and Soeren started a few years ago. A few of our delegations then presented about EKS day and what they did in their schools. They were great presentations and every team showed such passion about Eunice and her mission!
We were then set free for lunch. We followed our Greek Youth leader who took us to Goody’s which turned out to be Greek fast food. Alli, Jordan and Kim each had a pork gyro and French fries. It wasn’t the best but it was an interesting cultural experience and cheap.
When we returned to the Hellinic American Union, we were able to hear a famous Serbian volleyball player speak to us about his sport and how he became involved in Special Olympics. We then heard from and SOI board member about the board and what they need from youth. Mathew Williams, an international global messenger from Canada, spoke to us about being a youth member of the SOI board and a global messenger. The youth were then given the task to decide amongst their region for who should be nominated to be leaders for the next Global Youth Summit. North America chose our friends, Sarah and Joseph from North Carolina to be our nominees. The voting will happen on Monday.
Tonight, we were able to watch the Global Youth Rally. Unfortunately, the majority of it was in Greek so everyone was pretty lost. The kids had a lot of fun at the rally when the Greek pop group came on. There were about 3000 people in attendance.
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