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Special Olympics Weyburn has put out a call for a new influx of board members.
Community Manager Joanne Paxman said those who join the board won't be expected to coach athletes.
"They don't have to have been involved with Special Olympics at all, or have any knowledge," she explained. "It's just filling positions on the board. You might possibly not be working with athletes at all, but just volunteer coordinators or program coordinators or treasurer, like those kinds of positions that we need filled, and our publicity, marketing, social media."
She said they also welcome members at large to complete their board of eight, with only three current directors. They also need more volunteers to help cheer on and help out with the bowling on Tuesdays between 4 and 5 p.m. beginning this fall.
Paxman can be reached at 306-861-1555, via Facebook messenger, or via email communitymanagersow@gmail.com.
"Or they could go online to the Special Olympics Saskatchewan website, there's a volunteer area there where they can click on and register."
She said they've been holding meetings monthly, "but once we get more board members and get a little bit more help, we probably will narrow it down to maybe every two months, and they last from an hour to two hours at the most."
The organization currently offers just two sports for their athletes, bowling and swimming.
"Our focus is filling the board member positions and we've been doing some fundraising right now also. Once we have the board members, then we can move along with more sports to add to the ones that we do have. If we could get the board positions filled, then the volunteers that coach can focus on coaching and running the sports instead of trying to be a board member and do some coaching and volunteering."
Paxman added they will hold their Annual General Meeting on September 17th at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room at the Weyburn Credit Union.