Explore Wellness Partners
Statewide:
Presbyterian Community Health Classes
Albuquerque:
Advocacy Partners LLC
Rio Rancho:
Las Cruces:
Statewide:
Presbyterian Community Health Classes
Albuquerque:
Advocacy Partners LLC
Rio Rancho:
Las Cruces:
Healthy Athletes® Volunteering General Information
State Summer Games Healthy Athletes Volunteers
Date: Saturday, June 1, 2024
Location: UNM Stadium EAST Parking Lot, located at 1926 Avenida Cesar Chavez SE #1912, Albuquerque, 87106
All Healthy Athletes® disciplines will have tents located in our “Olympic Village” venue.
State Summer Games Olympic Village Venue Map
Please check-in at the tent in Olympic Village that corresponds to the health venue you signed up for.
The 2024 State Bowling Tournament will be held in October 2024.
Overview: The Special Olympics Explore Wellness program introduces athletes and their families to local fitness, health, and wellness partners and resources in our community. We encourage athletes and their families to get and stay healthy by utilizing these resources and activities. Activities will include yoga, outdoor exercising, fitness classes, Zumba dance classes, cooking classes and more! Explore wellness activities are currently offered in the Albuquerque and Rio Rancho areas of New Mexico.
To get your Passport to Wellness and learn more, please contact Ben Vigil at ben@sonm.org
Thank you to each of our Explore Wellness partners!
Current Activities:
View our Events Calendar for details
Ongoing activities:
Stay active in the Albuquerque community with the many free or low cost activities and events at your local Albuquerque Community Centers, such as Zumba, Yoga, Tai-Chi, Pickleball and more! Get a free membership today!
If you need assistance signing up, view instructions or email ben@sonm.org for more information.
For more events and resources check out UNM CDD Finder website and their Events Calendar!
Explore Wellness Survey:
To better understand the needs of our community, please complete a short survey about your personal experience with health and wellness: Explore Wellness Survey
Visit the Generation Unified website for all national Unified Champion Schools® resources and information!
Author: Birgitta Sif
Overview: Oliver is a story about a little boy who is different. He uses his imagination for companionship, with his toys as his companions, until one day he meets a new friend.
Discussion Questions:
Watch or listen to Oliver on YouTube: Oliver video
Author: Diane Alber
Overview: A story about kindness and inclusion. Scribble, the book’s main character, never thought he was different until he met his first drawing. Then, after being left out because he didn’t look like everyone else, Scribble teaches the drawings how to accept each other for who they are.
Watch or listen to I’m NOT Just A Scribble: I’m NOT Just A Scribble video
Authors: James Dean and Kimberly Dean
Overview: There’s a new guy in town, and Pete can’t wait to meet him. After all, more friends mean more fun. When Pete finally meets Gus, he realizes they’re very different from each other…and that’s what makes him cool. So when Gus starts to doubt himself, it’s up to Pete to convince him that there’s something everyone can do. Gus is special in his own way, just like Pete and just like you!
Watch or listen to Pete the Cat and the New Guy: Pete the Cat and the New Guy video
Discussion Questions:
Author: David Shannon
Overview: Camilla Cream loves lima beans, but she never eats them. Why? Because the other kids in her school don’t like them. And Camilla Cream is very, very worried about what other people think of her. In fact, she’s so worried that she’s about to break out in…a bad case of stripes!
Watch or listen to A Bad Case of Stripes: A Bad Case of Stripes video