Supplied by the Huron Superior Catholic District School Board…
Sault Ste. Marie: The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board (HSCDSB) is proud to support the
upcoming Ontario Special Olympics Winter Games in Sault Ste. Marie by adopting seventeen athletes.
Leading the schools in the Adopt an Athlete program was St. Mary’s College who adopted six athletes.
The Sault Ste. Marie elementary schools who collected funds to sponsor an athlete were, Holy Cross, Our
Lady of Lourdes and St. Mary’s French Immersion.
Our Lady of Lourdes and Our Lady of Fatima in Elliot Lake each sponsored an athlete as did St. Mary in
Massey, Sacred Heart in Espanola and St. Mary’s in Blind River. The board’s four northern schools, St.
Joseph French Immersion in Wawa, St. Basil’s in White River, Our Lady of Fatima in Chapleau and Holy
Name of Jesus in Hornepayne, combined to sponsor an athlete.
Staff at the board office and HSCDSB trustees also adopted an athlete.
“I am very grateful and proud of the support that our students, employees, and trustees have
demonstrated to these athletes,” said Rose Burton Spohn, HSCDSB’s Director of Education.
“This commitment is a natural extension of the care, service, and support we offer every day to our
students with special needs,” added Burton Spohn.
Today, at the board’s main office in Sault Ste. Marie, representatives of the Special Olympics organizing
committee were presented a cheque for $8,517 for the sponsorship of the seventeen athletes.
The Ontario Special Olympics Winter Games take place from January 31 to February 3. To find out more
about the games visit http://ssm2019games.com/.