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Special Populations Tennis Program, Inc. (Special Pops) is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization that offers an adaptive tennis program specifically designed to share the lifetime sport of tennis with children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Programs offered free of charge to all skill levels, including those who have never played, including year-round tennis instruction, league play, and tournament competition.
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We Provide Meaningful Year-round Tennis Experiences for Children and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities. Join, Volunteer, or Donate!
#GaGives is kicking off! Tuesday, November 30th, is the annual Georgia Gives Day. Your financial gift is vital to enriching the lives of our Athletes through the lifetime sport of tennis.
The sport of tennis is uniquely beneficial because it supports…
A lifetime of activity
All ability and skill levels
Physical exercise
Problem solving
Friendships
We hope that when you are planning for #givingtuesday that you will keep Special Pops Tennis in mind! Get more information at the link provided!
www.specialpopstennis.org/special-giving-opportunity/
Happy Halloween! We hope everyone has a safe and fun day! #happyhalloween🎃 #halloween #spookyszn
Special Pops Tennis is looking to fill a few open board positions! If you or someone you know would be a good fit please pass this information on! We are looking for someone to fill the positions of secretary, legal and risk management, and sponsors/major donors/ giving campaigns. See the link below for more information about each position. Applications will be accepted until November 14th.
www.specialpopstennis.org/resources/boardpositions/
What have you done to make someone happy today? #wordwednesday
Made a Halloween cake for my work people! 🙂 Cake makes everyone happy
In honor of October being #DownSyndromeAwarenessMonth Special Pops Tennis would like to introduce you to one of our athletes, @specialpopsathens coaches, and a big voice in advocating for people with Down Syndrome, Doug Penning. Doug feels that it is his calling to advocate for people with Down Syndrome. He has worked at Chick-fil-A for 13 years where he enjoys working with the great staff and providing amazing customer service to every person who enters the store. He recently started working at Publix as well so he could work more hours and continue to prepare for his future.
He wants others to know that people with Down Syndrome are really good at setting their minds to something they’re passionate about and when they do that then they can accomplish anything. He also wants people to know that people with Down Syndrome are smart, kind, and unique and should not be limited because people with Down Syndrome can accomplish great things!
“We exist in this world and we deserve to have a voice!” -Doug Penning
Be sure to check out @whatsupwithdougandmary for more information about his advocating. Also, if you’re a Georgia Bulldog fan check out @dougdawgreport for weekly Bulldog sports updates.
When you meet Doug you’ve got to love him. His attitude is so infectious. He’s a Dawg and I’m a Gator And we have fun going back at each other. With the big game this weekend we should definitely have fun.
I am so proud of Doug. He is amazing tennis player and boyfriend.
Doug is a blessing to all those he comes in contact with ❤ I am so thankful for the opportunity to have gotten to know Doug and be his friend. Thank you for touching so many lives, Doug. ❤
Doug is the best. He's such an advocate for the population. A great tennis player, awesome as Doug Dawg, but more importantly a wonderful friend and human!
Doug has been a blessing to so many people. His heart for giving his best efforts and seeing the best in others inspires me to be a better person! He loves his DAWGS, his family, tennis, friends, etc. --- but most importantly he LOVES his life!!! We can all learn from his selfless lifestyle!!!
Doug is such a special person. There is no way that I can put in words what a wonderful person he is!! God Bless you Doug. I miss seeing you as often as we did. Keep up the good work!!! With lots of love.
And what a great advocate he is!!
Good young man
Way to go Douger!
