ALEX KOTAS

I competed in the Special Olympics bowling tournament at Bowlero Naperville. This picture looks orange because all their lights are orange. I had to get there early on a Sunday morning. It was crowded. We bowled 3 games as opposed to the usual 2. There was trouble with the automatic scoring because of the lighting. I got 3rd place in my division. I would like to participate again, perhaps in a different location. #community #health #charity

Special Olympics has many fundraisers, and they had one at Buffalo Wild Wings in Aurora in association with the Aurora Police Department! The parents did not take pictures, because they were too lazy to bring out their cameras. So use your imagination! My job was to be in charge of the sales table: you could buy tshirts, hats and raffle tickets among other items. When they sell things, some of that money goes back to Special Olympics. First we ate dinner because it was a s

Exactly one week ago, Sheila, Randy and I went to Geneva to help at this golfing site. I was chosen for this event because I am a Special Olympics Global Messenger. It was a fundraiser for Special Olympics. We helped the players and guided them at Hole 5. We rode golf carts to get there. It was my first time riding in a golf cart - I was scared to death! I had to really hang on. Sheila didn't think she was going to make it either! I got to meet some interesting people like

I went to Casey's in Naperville for an event called Make Music Chicago. It started in France, and the idea is to make music all day! We were outside to encourage audience participation. We were singing songs, and people could sing along. We sang stuff like "Let It Go", "Shake It Off". Heather played the keyboard, Pearl played the ukulele, Forrest played the guitar, and we had some small percussion instruments like shakere and djembe drum. It was sort of fun, sort of not fu