St. Regis Hotel, Shanghai and Special Olympics International's Visit to the Pudong Special Needs School

St. Regis Hotel, Shanghai and Special Olympics International's Visit to the Pudong Special Needs School

April 17, 2007

World-Renowned Swimmers Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff Among
the Visitors
 

    SHANGHAI, China, April 17 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- In the
spirit of the "2007 Special Olympics World Summer
Games" and to promote social awareness, St. Regis
Hotel, Shanghai and Special Olympics International jointly
organized a visit to Pudong Special Needs School on April
13.  World-renowned swimmers Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff,
officials of Special Olympics International, as well as Mr.
Charles Abbott, General Manager of St. Regis Hotel,
Shanghai, were among the visitors.
 
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    At the event, students of Pudong Special Needs School
and Charles Abbott, General Manager of St. Regis Hotel,
Shanghai presented special gifts to Michael and Katie. 
Five Judo athletes representing China for the 2007 Special
Olympics World Summer Games demonstrated Judo to the
audience.  The visit ended with a friendly basketball game
between Michael, Katie and students from the school.
 
    Mr. Charles Abbott said, "We are very pleased to
be a sponsor and organizer for this meaningful event.  And
more importantly, we are proud to have Michael and Katie to
visit the children in Pudong Special Needs School and
interact with them.  To further extend our support to 2007
Special Olympics World Summer Games, we will continue to
work with Pudong Special Needs School.  Another event,
`Unified Sports Day', is already scheduled for April
24." 
 
    Image 1 Caption
    Mr. Charles Abbott, General Manager of St. Regis Hotel,
Shanghai (first right) presented the gifts to Michael
(fourth right), Katie (third right) and Peter Wheeler
(second right), Executive Vice President of Special
Olympics International.
 
    Image 2 Caption
    Michael, Katie, Mr. Charles Abbott and volunteers of
St. Regis Hotel, Shanghai with the intellectual disabled
students.
 
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