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Mattel Announces Three Year Global Partnership
With Special Olympics
(NYSE: MAT) and the Mattel Children's Foundation announced today the launch
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Designed for children
ages two through seven, the program strengthens physical
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"The support of Mattel's Children's Foundation
and Mattel employees
globally will not only help grow the Special Olympics movement to reach more
of the 180 million people with intellectual disabilities worldwide, but also
help us create a
world of acceptance for Special Olympics athletes," said
Timothy Shriver, Chairman and CEO of Special
Olympics.
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before moving on to the NBA where he became
the 75th player in NBA
history to play in 1000 career games.,
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former players, Avery
Johnson and Chris Jent, were promoted to Head
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"As we planned for the relaunch of the Mattel Children's Foundation
, we
considered ways to make a meaningful, global contribution.
About Special Olympics
Special Olympics is an international organization that changes lives by
promoting understanding
, acceptance and inclusion between people with and
without intellectual disabilities.bisexual lesbian
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----The United
States
Basketball League, Inc. Funding for the first year will total $1 million. The Mattel Children
's Foundation is
funded exclusively by cash donations from Mattel, Inc., Mattel employs more than
25,000 people in
42 countries and sells products in more than 150 nations throughout the world.olympics coaching
From
providing water to athletes at track meets, lacing skates, scorekeeping at
basketball tournaments
, coaching and providing encouragement and cheers at the
finish line, Team Mattel volunteers will
be the global corporate support
network for Special Olympics participants.
Special Olympics
Get Into It(TM) is an in-school curriculum developed to
promote acceptance, understanding of children
with intellectual disabilities
and to encourage involvement among their peers.
About Mattel
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Our partnership
with Special Olympics allows us to do just that," said Kevin Farr, Chief
Financial
Officer of Mattel, Inc. There is no cost to participate in Special Olympics.
The Mattel vision is
to be the world's premier toy brands -- today and
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About the Mattel Children
's Foundation
The Mattel Children's Foundation seeks to better the lives of children in
need
around the world through strategic charitable investments and by
promoting the spirit of philanthropy
and community involvement among Mattel,
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Established in 1978, the Foundation maintains a
commitment
to its vision of "making a meaningful difference, one child at a
time," through its partnerships
with exemplary nonprofit organizations and
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. Through year-round sports training and
athletic competition and other related programming for 1
.
Founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Special Olympics provides people
with intellectual
disabilities continuing opportunities to realize their
potential, develop physical fitness, demonstrate
courage and experience joy
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Nelson is not
retiring from the game completely as
he will remain as a consultant
with Dallas.
Chris Jent took over for the Orlando Magic just two
days prior
following the firing of Johnny Davis. Support will focus on
the development of three
programs, the Young Athletes Program, which will
engage youth ages two through seven with intellectual
disabilities, the
Special Olympics Get Into It(TM) school-based curriculum, which will teach
understanding
, acceptance and involvement and Team Mattel, which engages
Mattel employees as volunteers in the
Special Olympics movement around the
world. Thousands of Mattel employees in nine international
locations, including China, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Europe and the
U. Family members and
caregivers also are encouraged to
become involved as the child learns success through physical activity
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and Chairman of the Mattel Children's
Foundation.4 million children
and adults with intellectual
disabilities in more than 150 countries, Special
Olympics has created a model community that celebrates
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The Young Athletes Program will expand its successful pilot
project to
twelve additional locations, six of those in countries outside the U.
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The additional funding will
enable the program to be translated into multiple languages and expanded
to
4,000 schools in 35 countries around the world to reach children with and
without disabilities
.coaching wheelchair
Johnson takes over for Don Nelson, who resigned. "By focusing on sports programs for children with
intellectual
disability, Mattel employees will bring smiles to children's faces around the
world
in support of our global philanthropic vision."
This global partnership will enable Special Olympics
to expand its youth
programs to every continent as well as create the largest global corporate
volunteer
team in the history of the Special Olympics movement through the
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