April 18, 2008 the LaSalle Parish Special Olympics were held at Jena High School . Even though it was a rainy day; the participants, along with the staff had a wonderful time and were challenged by all of the activities. There were many challenges such as the soft ball or tennis ball through, the stand-still long jump, the 25m and 50m walk and the 25m, 50m, and 100m run. There were many first place winners that day, but in our eyes, they were all winners, no matter what their placement. At the completion of the athletic competitions, everyone was treated to hotdogs/chilidogs, chips, cookies and a drink. When the final race was run, every child was acknowledged as a winner because of the way they conducted themselves through out the day. We are very proud of our J.E.S. participants. Way to go!

Adam proudly shows off his first place medal.