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Tue, 03/16/2021 - 12:31pm tim Vermont Business Magazine Special Olympics Vermont (SOVT) has partnered with the University of Vermont’s Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Program to create a mutually impactful health program involving SOVT athletes and UVM DPT students. The Triple Combine Fitness Challenge is a 10-week at-home fitness competition for Special Olympics athletes across the state of Vermont. As part of SOVT’s Healthy Athletes initiative, athletes were given the option to work with a UVM DPT student throughout the challenge via Zoom. Over 100 athletes are participating in the Triple Combine Fitness Challenge, and 40 are paired with UVM DPT students. The partnership allows Special Olympics athletes to stay active and compete, while receiving virtual health assessments from physical therapy students. UVM students in turn practice telemedicine skills and gain an increased understanding of people with intellectual disabilities. ....
This year’s Penguin Run was a slushy social event where people intentionally immersed themselves in a blizzard. Hundreds of people came together in 20-degree weather at Williston Central School for a Vermont Special Olympics fundraising event. “I will tell you, it’s been a really weird year in high schools. It’s been quiet, the energy has been off. Today… was the most fun day of the year,” said Champlain Valley Union High School Principle, Adam Bunting. Bunting also participated in the run. “We wanted the group to be together,” said CVU Match Teacher Peter Booth. “Kids have not really had a chance to be together in a safe way. Other than in the classroom. They’ll just go classroom to classroom with no social time.” Booth is also a parent of a child who has disabilities, which is how he knows first-hand what keeping the event going in nontraditional times meant for students. Traditionally, the event is a water plunge at Lake Champlain, but, because of th ....