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NOTE -- MOST OF THESE ARE THE OLD 2009 FILES!

(files are frequently updated as the Games draw closer)

 

SPECIAL GAME DOWNLOADS

 

Special Gamesters:

 

  • Here are download links for all of the SG documents volunteers need to put the best in, and get the most out, of this wonderful event. 
  • To distribute more broadly, just copy the link for this page: http://www.losaltoskiwanis.org/sg/DL/ (case sensitive)
  • All files are PDFs.  Download the free Adobe Reader HERE.

 

 

VOLUNTEER PACKETS

 

If you are a volunteer helping out on the day of the Games, click one of the three categories below to download a packet of information containing everything you need to get started.  If you are not a member of an adult or student Kiwanis club, then your category is "Community".

 

Adult Club Packet   --  (individual files here)

Student Club Packet  --  (individual files here)

Community Volunteers Packet  --  (individual files here)

 

If you are working an Event, download this packet.  If you know which Event you will be working go to Event Instructions and download instructions for your specific event.

 

Event Management Packet  --  (individual files here)

 

 

DOWNLOAD CATEGORIES

 

If your packet instructs you to locate other files to download, they will be in one these three categories:

 

Individual Event Instructions

Individual Documents

Video Files

 

 

INDIVIDUAL EVENT INSTRUCTIONS

 

Every volunteer helping run an event should download and read General Event Management Instructions, Event Leaders, and Corral Wranglers, as well as the specific instructions for their event, and, if indicated, the additional note specific to your event.

 

General Event Management Instructions

Event Leaders

Corral Wranglers

 

Baseball Run

Bean Bag Drop and Assembly Area Note

Dash Events  -- 10 - 25 Yard

Dash Events  -- 50 - 100 Yard and Track Surface Note

Figure 8

Flag Relay

Frisbee Throw

Hit The Cans

Nerf Archery

Obstacle Course

Skittle Bowl

Slalom

Steeplechase

Tennis Ball Target

Throw Events  - Softball & Bean Bag

 

 

INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTS    (See above "Event Instructions" for all documents pertaining to the Events)

 

READ -- Safety First  -- On Game day we will have 800 challenged youngsters and a thousand volunteers out on the field.  The first priority for all volunteers is the safety of the athletes.  Be aware, be alert, be vigilant, use common sense, and INTERVENE if you believe safety is compromised.

 

Packet Letters

 

Adult Clubs

Student Clubs

Community Volunteers

Event Packet

 

Club Assignments

 

Which Club signed up for What  

Club Contact Form

Team Size Chart

Equipment Chart  

 

General Information

 

Special Games Flyer

I Had No Idea ...

The press-release like intro to the Games

How the Games Work

Order of Events

Group Leader Instructions

List of Schools:

 

Maps & Parking

 

A regional map to locate the college

A map of DeAnza College:

A map of the track:  (Changes likely - run off a copy at the last minute)

Soccer Field & Restrooms: 

The Parking Permit

 

 

ADULT CLUB PACKET INDEX

 

Special Games Flyer

Adult Clubs Cover Letter

Club Contact Form

READ -- Safety First 

The press-release like intro to the Games

How the Games Work

Which Club signed up for What  

Order of Events

A regional map to locate the college

A map of DeAnza College:

A map of the track:  (Changes likely - run off a copy at the last minute)

Soccer Field & Restrooms: 

The Parking Permit

List of Schools:

 

 

STUDENT CLUB PACKET INDEX

 

Special Games Flyer

I Had No Idea ...

Student Clubs Cover Letter

READ -- Safety First 

The press-release like intro to the Games

How the Games Work

Which Club signed up for What  

Order of Events

A regional map to locate the college

A map of DeAnza College:

A map of the track:  (Changes likely - run off a copy at the last minute)

Soccer Field & Restrooms: 

The Parking Permit

General Event Management Instructions

Group Leader Instructions

 

 

 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER PACKET INDEX

 

Special Games Flyer

Community Volunteers

READ -- Safety First 

The press-release like intro to the Games

How the Games Work

Order of Events

A regional map to locate the college

A map of DeAnza College:

A map of the track:  (Changes likely - run off a copy at the last minute)

Soccer Field & Restrooms: 

The Parking Permit

 

 

 EVENT MANGEMENT PACKET INDEX

 

Cover Letter

READ -- Safety First

How the Games Work

General Event Management Instructions

Which Club signed up for What  

Equipment Chart  

Event Leaders

Corral Wranglers

Team Size Chart

 

 

VIDEO FILES

 

Special Games Video -- Richard Arbuckle's moving 3 minute presentation,

created from among the several thousand  images he shot at the 2004 Special Games. 

 

Watch the Video on U-Tube

The video is on a CD that plays in any DVD player.  (Called a "VCD").

If you have CD burning software, here's the CD "ISO" image file. -- 30MB file

Or, here's the MPEG file that plays in Windows Media Player. -- 30MB file

If your browser (irritatingly) PLAYS the video, instead of downloading it.

Here is a Zipped copy of the MPEG -- 30MB file 

If you have the Stomp label program, here's the label layout and background image.

 

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Questions?  Please contact me …

 

Peter Bergsman

505 Cypress Point Drive #34

Mountain View, CA 94043

650-964-2071

Fax 650-964-2074

pdb@acm.org

 

6-1-2009