The 2nd Annual

Breakfast With Champions

Thursday, October 30, 2008

7:30 am-9:00 am

The Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa

This year marks the 2nd Annual Breakfast With Champions benefitting Special Olympics Arizona.  Breakfast With Champions is an inspirational morning where community leaders, coaches, families and athletes come together for breakfast and hear motivational speakers and testimonials about the positive impact SOAZ has on the lives of everyone involved.  Themed “This Is Your Life,” the 2008 Breakfast With Champions event will place a strong focus on the athletes at work, at school, at home and competition.  The event will educate and inspire everyone who attends, and with dynamic speakers such as Voice of the Diamondbacks Daron Sutton and keynote speaker Martha Beck, attendees are guaranteed to have a great time as well.      

Click here for more information on Breakfast With Champions

Table Captain information and registration will be available soon.  Check back for updates!  

FBR Open/Birdies for Charity

Date: January 28, 2008-February 3, 2008

Time: TBD

Location: TPC Scottsdale

Get ready to tee up and support Special Olympics Arizona!  For the 4th year, SOAZ is participating in the Birdies for Charity fundraising opportunity offered by Thunderbirds Charities and the

FBR Open.   It centers on the PGA TOUR event set for February 2007 at the TPC Scottsdale.

It doesn’t matter if you are a golfer or have never played the game. What does matter is helping a local worthy cause and the opportunity to be rewarded for that gesture.

You can become eligible for great prizes simply by pledging at least one cent for every birdie made by the PGA TOUR players at the FBR Open. In recent years at the FBR Open, the PGA professionals have averaged 1500 birdies during tournament play. That means that if you pledged one penny for every birdie, your pledge would amount to $15.00.

Please click on the 2008 Birdies for Charity pledge form below to register.

Birdies for Charity pledge form

Complete the form, make sure that you choose Special Olympics Arizona Birdies Charity #2 as your charity of choice, and mail the pledge form to:

Special Olympics Arizona

1850 N. Central #900

Phoenix, AZ  85004

Polar Plunge

Date: Saturday, February 16, 2008
Time: 8:00 am-3:00 pm
Location: Sunsplash Waterpark

155 W. Hampton

Mesa, AZ 85210

On Saturday, February 16, 2008, Special Olympics Arizona and The Law Enforcement Torch Run will be "Freezin' for a Reason" at the Polar Plunge. Law enforcement officers, rival sports teams, schools, corporations and Special Olympics Arizona athletes, families, friends and fans will join together at Sunsplash Waterpark in Mesa to make the daring plunge into the freezing cold water, all to support SOAZ!  If you're brave enough to make the plunge, register and ask all of your friends and family to support you!

Plungers are encouraged to wear their wackiest costume to the event.  Gather up your friends and come up with creative team ideas.  Challenge a rival school or company to plunge against you.  Plungers will be assigned a time to submerge themselves into the iced down water and display their bravery.  SOAZ encourages Polar Plungers to ask their family and friends to pledge their support to you in your Plunge for the Special Olympics Arizona athletes.  All donations made are 100% tax deductible.

You can sign up as an individual or a team!  The more you raise, the more you win! There are great prizes available for individuals and teams who raise the most money and who plunge in the best costumes. Bring your friends and family out to the event to join the fun!

Learn more about the Polar Plunge, online fundraising, and tips for a successful fundraising campaign.  CLICK HERE to download a Polar Plunge Tool Kit!

Register yourself or your team now!  Click here to set up your own online fundraising page! 

**All Polar Plunge participants must raise a minimum of $50.00 in order to plunge.

Chester’s Harley Davidson Torch Ride

Date: TBD

Time: TBD

Location: Chester’s Harley Davidson to WestWorld in Scottsdale

Part of Bike Week, this specific ride is scheduled to create awareness and raise funds for Special Olympics Arizona.  All proceeds from the ride benefit SOAZ.  This is the biggest ride event at Bike Week and the only police escorted ride.  After the event, all riders will be given admission to Cyclefest.  The 2007 ride grew from 700 riders in 2006 to over 1,100 riders and raised over $26,000!  The 2008 Torch Ride will be held in March and is expect to host over 1,500 bikers.