Oregano Systems as well as its employees are proud to sponsorthe Austrian Special Olympics.
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
The Special Olympics oath is:
„Let me win. But if I cannot win, let be brave in the attempt.“
Today, Special Olympics involves
- More than 1.7 million athletes with a goal to reach 2 million by the end of 2005
- More than 200 Special Olympics Programs
- Athletes in more than 150 countries
- 26 Olympic-type sports
- 7 Regional offices around the world
- 500,000 volunteers around the world
- More than 140,000 coaches around the world
- Outreach to 170 million individuals with intellectual disabilities around the world
- More than 20,000 competitions around the world each year