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Eunice Kennedy Shriver has been a leader in the worldwide struggle to improve and enhance the lives of individuals with intellectual disabilities.
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Eunice started her life's work in her own backyard, affectionally dubbed Camp Shriver, where the first of countless small miracles began to occur.
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Of the thousands of phrases and paragraphs that Eunice has said or written about people with intellectual disabilities, one resonates: "A salvaged life."
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In 1968, the first Special Olympics Games were held in Chicago, moving Mayor Richard Daley to predict, "The world will never be the same after this."
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Involving millions of athletes and hundreds of nations, Special Olympics has grown into the largest, most important sports movement in history.
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In 1984, President Reagan presented Eunice with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian award for public service.
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"If you get to the head, you get to the heart." Eunice recruited the support of the world's most influential leaders for the Special Olympics movement.
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Born into a family that has come to symbolize service, Eunice and her husband Sargent Shriver have instilled that commitment in their own children.
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Sargent Shriver helped build peace by developing and implementing programs and policies structured to promote long-term, cumulative, peaceable change.
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The first Very Special Christmas album was released in 1987, supporting the Special Olympics. Raising over $55 million, more than any other benefit series.
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Eunice has attracted the support of many athletes, entertainers, and celebrities who act as public ambassadors for the Special Olympics movement.
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One of Eunice's greatest priorities has been to create a place of welcome for the families of athletes, and to strengthen family life through Special Olympics.
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Every interaction between Eunice and a Special Olympics athlete is meaningful, "Everything she has said the athletes to be, she is herself."
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Coaching is provided, striving to improve is implicit, competing your guts out during meets is expected.
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Maria Shriver:
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NBC News Report:
Her efforts to help people with disabilities circles the globe. -
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Senator Ted Kennedy:
Recounts Eunice's very special connection with their sister Rosemary
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You have touched so many lives incuding me, i was born with mild cerbral palsy and to see how many lives you touched, you are an amazing woman and there is never going to be a another person like you. Amanda | Posted on July 24, 2010
dear mrs shriver, thanks for Making us part of your family & we are so proud of you & your family. tahnks agan. Team new mexico Lydia Jane | Posted on July 18, 2010
An amazing fearless woman, Mrs. Shriver...You had the vision and strength to bring awareness and leadership of a special needs population with no voice. I am proud to be a mother of a daughter who has intellectual disabilities. Christine McCarthy Myles | Posted on July 10, 2010
ITS ONCE IN A MILLION YEARS YOU FIND A PERSON OF THE CALIBER OF MRS.SHIVER I PEFER CALLING HER MOM "MOM WE MISS YOU ALL MAY YOUR SOUL REST IN PEACE "AMEN" RUBBANI NAQUSHBANDI SPECIAL OLYMPICS BHARAT J&K CHAPTER 09796123964 RUBBANI NAQUSHBANDI | Posted on June 25, 2010
MRS.SHRIVER WAS A REAL SWEET LADY SHE HAD A GOOD HEART FOR US SPECIAL OYLMPIANS AND SHE WAS A NICE LADY TOO AND SPOKE FROM HER HEART WHEN SHE WOULD MAKE A SPEECH OR SOMETHING. ANGELA BETH HARTMAN | Posted on June 13, 2010
Thanks for your persistence and determination. I'm so glad I found you. Thanks for doing so much for people you've never met. Special Olympics and help for the disabled is by so far the greatest help! May you rest in peace Eunice Kennedy Shrivers. Matthew | Posted on June 7, 2010
iloveeyouuur STORY,. (: jess b. | Posted on June 1, 2010
Mrs Shriver is the biggest inspiration for me and my girlfriend and my friends at Renew if it wasn't for Mrs Shriver we would not be were we are at now if she wouldn't of started the Special Olympics world wide Douglas Williams | Posted on May 30, 2010
Just want the Shriver family to know that Eunice remains such an inspiration to me. I have become very active in creating positive changes in 2 public service organizations. I often listen to her "You have earned it" speech for inspiration. Nancy Webster | Posted on May 10, 2010
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