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REMARKS FOR MAYOR MARION BARRY, JR, SPECIAL OLYMPICS RECEPTION MAY 21, 1986 4:30 P.M. GOOD AFTERNOON! CHAIRMAN CLARKE, MR. VINCE GRAY, MRS. ANNIE JOE BERKOWITZ, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONGRATULATE THE STAFF AND THE MANY VOLUNTEERS FOR THE CONTRIBU¬ TIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN MAKING THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS PROGRAM IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ONE OF THE GREATEST EVENTS IN THE NATION. THE COMMITMENT YOU HAVE MADE IN DEVELOPING MEANINGFUL, RECREATION AND LEISURE PROGRAMS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES HAS PROVEN TO BE ONE OF THE MOST EVENTFUL OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR DISABLED CITIZENS HAVE IN REACHING THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. THE COMPETITION THAT HAS BEEN GENERATED BETWEEN THE 2000 CITIZENS PARTICIPATING HAS PROVIDED THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE HIGHEST CALIBER OF REPRESENTATION IN NATIONAL SPECIAL OLYMPICS GAMES. THE SUCCESS OF THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS PROGRAM HAS ENABLED EACH PARTICIPANT TO GAIN CONFIDENCE AND A SELF-MASTERY, AS WELL AS SELF-IMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH SUCCESS RATHER THAN FAILURE. THIS SUCCESS HAS CARRIED OVER INTO THE CLASSROOM, THE HOME . AND THE WORKPLACE, TO CELEBRATE THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS I AM PLEASED TO JOIN WITH ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN PROCLAIMING
Title
Special Olympics Reception
Date
May 21 1986
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