| Date: | March 01, 2026 |
| Time: | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Venue: | Cassell Coliseum |
| Organizations: | Special Olympics of the Southwest Region and New River Valley |
| Description: |
Special Olympics Virginia - Southwest Region presents their Annual Regional Basketball Tournament and Volunteer 2 Cheer opportunity on Sunday, March 1, 2026 with games at Cassell Coliseum. Be the reason our athletes feel the love! Join us at the Special Olympics Virginia Basketball Tournament and help create an electric atmosphere and cheer on our basketball athletes. Special Olympic athletes on Special Olympics teams from across Virginia will be competing for a chance to go to the State Championships. The teams play Unified basketball. Unified Sports joins people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team. It was inspired by a simple principle: training together and playing together is a quick path to friendship and understanding. Volunteer 2 Cheer for Southwest Virginia's most inspiring athletes at the Southwest Regional Basketball Tournament. Volunteer 2 Cheer pairs fans with each team competing in the tournaments. Individuals and groups (“clans of fans”) will form a home team crowd, with everyone assigned to a team to cheer and support. Individuals and groups are needed to host our teams and cheer them on. There is both a morning shift (9:00 am - 1:00 pm) and afternoon shift (12:00-5:00 pm). Volunteers will be assigned a team to cheer and support. Each team will play two games. The fans will form a "home team crowd" and help host the teams and cheer them on. This helps ensure that all athletes feel respected and celebrated! Free and open to the public and all cheers are welcome. Volunteers can sign up in advance or walk in the day of the event. To register in advance, visit: https://tinyurl.com/volunteer2cheerSWVA (scroll down to the bottom of the initial form and click on the "Next" button). For more information, visit: https://tinyurl.com/volunteer2cheerSWVA or https://www.facebook.com/SpecialOlympicsVASWRegion/ or https://www.instagram.com/specialolympicsva_sw/ or email southwest@specialolympicsva.org. |