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The Amy Roloff Charity Foundation Awards $10,000 To Special Olympics Oregon

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(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Amy Roloff, star of TLC`s hit show "Little People Big World" and celebrated author, and the Amy Roloff Charity Foundation proudly awarded Special Olympics Oregon $10,000.00 (US) as a beneficiary of their 2nd annual dinner and celebrity charity golf tournament, "Starry Night, Summer`s Day "A little help for a BIG WORLD". More information can be found at www.amyroloffcharityfoundation.org/golfbenefit

Attendees and participants at the event were able to hob knob with local and national celebrities while raising needed funds for Special Olympics Oregon and Portland`s Shriners Hospital for Children.

"Special Olympics Oregon is a truly wonderful organization that has done so much for individuals in the Oregon community with intellectual disabilities", states celebrity charity founder Amy Roloff, "I am thrilled and proud to be able to help Special Olympics Oregon continue their efforts."

"We are extremely grateful to Amy and her entire team at the Amy Roloff Charity Foundation for this wonderful donation" said Margaret Hunt, CEO of Special Olympics Oregon. "This donation will help us continue to provide opportunities of joy, compassion, inclusion and encouragement through sport for those with intellectual disability in our state."

About Amy Roloff Charity Foundation
Founded in "009, by reality television celebrity and celebrated author AmyRoloff (TLC`s "Little People Big World"), the Amy Roloff Charity Foundation serves children, at risk youth, single parents, families and disability groups via fund raising and partnering with other charities in which new opportunities are created through financial assistance, sports activities and education. Fund raising events include Amy Roloff Charity Foundation Celebrity Tee Off Dinner, the Amy Roloff Charity Foundation Celebrity Golf Tournament and Amy Roloff Charity Foundation Royal Caribbean Celebrity Cruise. More information can be found at www.amyroloffcharityfoundation.org

About Special Olympics Oregon
Every Day. Every Month. Every Year. Special Olympics Oregon is serving more than 8,000 participants with intellectual disabilities through participation in Olympic-style sports. Through our signature sports programs, athletes gain self-confidence, social competency and other enhanced skills giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community. To volunteer, coach, donate or become an athlete visit www.soor.org




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