Girl Scouts of Jamaica
National Service Project
Each Triennium the Chief Commissioner will select a National Service Project for all the Girl Scouts to participate in. In this Introductory Year and the First Triennium (2008-2012) the National Service Project of the Girl Scouts of Jamaica is the Special Olympics Jamaica.
In particular, Junior and Senior Scouts will be called upon to act as volunteers at the many events which are held at the parish level and nationally, throughout the year. Scouts at all levels can be involved in fund raising projects which are critical for Special Olympics Jamaica to run their programmes.
Special Olympics Jamaica
With the establishment of special education schools and the implementation of ground-breaking research, Jamaica is at the forefront of attitude change toward people with intellectual disabilities.
Jamaican Success in 2007 International Games
The Jamaicans participated in eight sporting disciplines. They were: Track and Field, Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Bocce, Badminton, Swimming and Roller Skating.
Jamaica Partnership Agreement
Special Olympics and the government of Jamaica signed a parternship agreement in Kingston, Jamaica, that pledges governmental support for, and a shared commitment to, improving the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by advancing the Special Olympics movement. Pictured at the signing, above, left to right: Special Olympics President and CEO Bruce Pasternack; Jamaica Minister of Local Government, Community Development, and Sport Portia Simpson Miller; Jamaica Prime Minister P.J. Patterson; and Special Olympics Jamaica Chairman Dr. Carlton Davis. This agreement, signed on August 8, 2005, was the first signed in the Western Hemisphere.
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May 29-30, 2009: National Games Competitionat UTECH, Papine
The 2007 National team that represented Jamaica in Beijing, China is pictured below.
