Healthy Athletes Program
The mission of the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes Program is to improve, through better health and fitness, each athlete’s ability to train and compete in Special Olympics. The components of the Healthy Athletes Program may include screenings, health education, activities and/or personal and preventive products to enhance the sports training and, ultimately, the lives of all athletes.
Special Olympics Delaware offers four of the international Healthy Athletes components, as well as five locally-supported initiatives. The screenings and tests are offered as part of Olympic Village at the Basketball, Fall Sports Festival and Summer Games events.
The international components offered are:
- Special Olympics Fit Feet
- Special Olympics Healthy Hearing
- Special Olympics Opening Eyes
- Special Olympics Special Smiles
The local initiatives are:
- Be Tobacco Free, supported by the American Lung Association
- Injury Prevention/Flexibility, supported by Delaware Athletic Trainers & Physical Therapists
- Nutrition, supported by Community Systems, Inc. Nursing Team
- Skin Protection & Health Promotion, supported by the University of Delaware College of Health & Nursing Sciences
Healthy Athletes Presenting Sponsor
- Endo Pharmaceuticals
Supporters
- ADA Health Foundation
American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine
American Lung Association ~ Delaware Chapter
Bio-logic Systems Corporation
Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals
Delaware Dental Hygienist Association
Delaware Division of Public Health
Delaware Optometric Association
Delaware Podiatric Medical Association
Delaware State Dental Society
DREVE
Eckel Industries
Essilor
Grason-Stadler, Inc.
Howard Lieght Industries
Kodak Dental Imaging
Liberty Optical
Lions Club International
Oral Health America
Patterson Dental Supply
New City Optical
Phonack, Inc.
Playtex
Safilo
Sultan Chemists
University of Delaware College of Health Sciences