News & Updates
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May 18, 2009
Message from Global Messenger Richard Mendola
and Amy Wooley (Speech Coach)
Global Messengers are Special Olympics athletes
who are formally trained in public speaking and
media interview techniques, in order to help spread
the word about Special Olympics, educate the
community, and recruit potential athletes,
volunteers, families, and sponsors. On April 17 -19,
Richard Mendola, a Seminole County Special
Olympics athlete, and Amy Wooley, his Speech
Coach, attended Global Messenger training at the
State Headquarters in Clermont with eight other
athlete/speech coach pairs from across the state.
As part of the training, the athletes toured WESH-TV
(NBC) in Orlando, watched a live broadcast, and
practiced in-studio interviews with anchor (and
SOFL Board Member) Jim Payne. Richard and Amy
enjoyed the training and are eager to spread the
word about Seminole County Special Olympics.
Amy says of her commitment as Richard’s speech
coach: “My inspiration…I’ve been involved in
Toastmasters for 12 years and my brother, Mike,
was a Special Olympics athlete when I was growing
up. Richard will make a great Global Messenger
because he loves Special Olympics, loves to talk,
and can be rather persuasive. For Richard,
participating in Global Messenger training and
becoming a Global Messenger was a dream come
true – something he has wanted to do for quite some
time”!
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