SONC Updates for Leadership Volunteers

We would like to gauge the sport training happening locally across the state this season and also make sure you have pertinent information.  

French-Swiss Ski College will again host multiple Alpine Skiing & Snowboarding Training Clinics with no previous experience required to attend. These clinics are designed to get athletes out onto the snow and practice their skills under skilled, professional ski instructors. Register here. 

If there is enough interest from coaches, we may be able to host Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding coach training on the same day as those trainings. Please indicate interest on the registration form for the training clinics. For ice skating (speed or figure skating), please contact sports@sonc.net if any training is needed for new coaches. For cheerleading coach training opportunities, please contact sports@sonc.net. Basketball coach training opportunities will be offered with summer sports coach training schools. 

Training rosters are due Tuesday, December 20 to registration@sonc.net, along with as many forms as possible. The roster is a list of all athletes, Unified partners and coaches/chaperones who are involved in your local training at this time. Here is a sample form to submit. The training roster includes any local sport training, even if competition is not offered at Winter Games. For example, you could still opt to have a local volleyball training season this winter and even look to invite another Program over to an invitational event to provide some competition. We still want a training roster for these sports as well. 

All forms – athlete participation forms, Unified partner forms and volunteer screening forms – are due no later than Thursday, January 5, 2023. Please start sending them now. 

See the emailed titled “2022-2023 Special Olympics NC Winter Sport Season Training Roster” for more information.

Accreditation is the process of making sure the local Program coordinator is adhering to all requirements as outlined in the local Program coordinator job description, but also so that SONC staff can support and help your Program and athletes. If you have any questions or concerns as we are going through this process, please do not hesitate to reach out to your community resource director. Thanks for all you do for the athletes in your community! Please see the required forms and due dates below:

Due Friday, December 16, 2022

1) Submit a completed Value-In-Kind (VIK) Report Form to SONC finance at finance@sonc.net. As a reminder, VIK is any donation of services, goods or funds that the local Program would usually incur a cost for, but instead were given for free or at a discounted rate.
2) Complete this Local Program Budget Form 2023. Please use this budget worksheet in preparation for completing the Budget Form.
3) Complete this Local Program Accreditation Information Form. You will need information on the following topics: sports, fundraising, health programming, community partners and committee members.