Nine Special Olympics North Carolina (SONC) athletes became official spokespersons for the organization after completing the SONC Global Messenger Training.
The training was held at the SONC headquarters in Morrisville from Feb. 14-16.
As Global Messengers, the athletes recruit others and volunteers. They also give presentations sharing the impact that Special Olympics has had in their lives. In the three-day training, athletes learned facts about Special Olympics and presented their first speech to the group.
Below are the athletes that are now Global Messengers for SONC:
Dennis Blair of Wake County
Amanda Faggart of Cabarrus County
Tyrone Glover of Chatham County
Anna Hopkins of Carteret County
Patrick Manning of Cabarrus County
Jill Meyer of Brunswick County
Alyson Sheedy of Craven County
Chase Stroud of Iredell County
Phillip Williamson of Johnston County
