Special Olympics Ireland are looking for your help. They need volunteers in the DCU area to join their team of 3,000 collectors on the streets in a nationwide campaign on Friday 23 April 2010.

The mission of Special Olympics Ireland is "to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with an intellectual disability, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendships with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community."

DCU and Special Olympics Ireland signed a unique Memorandum of Understanding which will see a close collaboration between the two organizations. This agreement will encourage and facilitate greater sporting opportunities for Special Olympics Ireland athletes through the use of DCU's state of the art sporting and educational facilities, whilst simultaneously providing a unique volunteering and educational opportunity for students and staff to work with and alongside the athletes at their weekly training sessions, events and games.

Text COLLECT followed by your NAME and COUNTY to 51444 or free phone 1800 200 311.

Visit www.specialolympics.ie for more information.