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By: Barbara Davis, Assistant General Chairperson
The 30th Anniversary of the International Sports Jamboree is right around the corner! This year's dates are July 18 - 20. The main function of this Jamboree is to afford young people who are either visually impaired or wheelchair confined and ages 10 through 25 an opportunity to compete in sports events. It also enables these young people to broaden their horizons and make

many new friends they never forget.

We would like to give as many visually impaired or wheelchair bound young people as possible the opportunity to experience this Jamboree first hand. Help us celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Jamboree by sponsoring a youth(s) from your area to this year's Jamboree. We will be accepting a limited number of participants and there is a cutoff date of June 1, 2008, for completed and correct applications to be in to me.

The setting for the Jamboree is at beautiful North Bend State Park at Cairo, West Virginia. The registration fee for this year's Jamboree will be $225 for one participant and one chaperone for two nights. Also if you would like to sponsor a youth(s) but are unable to find one from your area, we do have several youth in W. Va. who would like to attend the Jamboree but need a sponsor.

You or anyone from your chapter/club are always welcome and encouraged to attend the Jamboree also. Volunteers are always needed or you are welcome to come to the Jamboree just to cheer these wonderful young people on! It is truly an experience you won't soon forget!

If you would like to make a donation to the Sports Jamboree, please make checks payable to "TelecomPioneers" and send to: Barbara Davis, TP, 146 Anthony St., Clarksburg, WV 26301. Any questions, concerns or requests for applications should be directed to Barbara Davis on 304 623-9571 or to Harold Neal on 304 925-4453 or to our email address: Sportjamb@aol.com. For more information, please visit our website at www.verizon wvapioneers.org.