About 1,500 volunteers from 10 of Connecticut corporations and organizations will be assisting with this weekend’s Special Olympics Connecticut Summer Games in Hamden.
The games’ opening ceremonies — featuring athletes, speakers, entertainers and the ceremonial lighting of the Olympic flame — will begin at 7:15 p.m. Friday at Moore Field House at Southern Connecticut State University. They end Sunday.
Ten major sponsors — United Technologies Corp., Foxwoods Resort Casino, TD Bank, ESPN, ALSTOM Power, Anthem Blue Cross of Connecticut, Mercer, Bank of America, Knights of Columbus Walter Camp Football Foundation — have employees, families and friends who will be involved as coaches, judges, medal presenters and athlete escort, games spokeswoman Laura Gremelsbacker said.
More than 2,000 athletes will compete in a variety of events including track and field, aquatics, cycling, gymnastics, tennis and soccer. The competition will be held in three locations: Southern Connecticut State University, Yale University and Hamden Hall athletic fields.
