Herbert W Armstrong

A.L.C.F. has completed another "good works" project aimed at letting our Christian light shine. In response to a request from the Director of the 1979 International Summer Special Olympic Games last year, the Foundation lent its resources to helping make the games a success. The Special Olympics — held this year August 9 through 13 — are a series of athletic events (track and field, swimming, etc.) held specifically so that the mentally handicapped (retarded) can know the thrill of participation in a sports event and personal achievement. The Olympics are presided over by Mrs. Eunice Kennedy Shriver (Senator Ted Kennedy's sister) as a project of the well-known and respected Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation.

Specifically, the Ambassador Foundation was asked to sponsor 25 athletes with a modest donation, to run an article about the Olympics in Quest magazine (it appeared in the July/August, 1979 issue) and to produce their special 72-page souvenir program. Yr. Stanley Rader immediately saw the advantages of participation in the Olympics, from both humanitarian and spiritual points of view, and 2ave the go-ahead.

The Foundation fulfilled these commitments with warm appreciation and sincere thanks from the Special Olympics officials. Mss. Shriver herself specifically remarked that the program we produced was a "very nice gift" and "probably could not have been done" without the Ambassador Foundation (due to her very high standards for the program). Ambassador Foundation can count on having made good impressions and close friends high within the Kennedy Foundation as a result of this project. And certainly Christ must be well pleased that we were able to contribute our help to a meaningful event so important to many less fortunate young people and their families.