Are you enjoying watching the Paris Olympics and cheering on your country’s team? I sure am. 28 years ago, I wasn’t watching the Olympics on television. I was an Olympic volunteer.
During the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Henry, our daughter, and I were volunteers at the Olympic Yachting events in Savannah. For two weeks we got up at the crack of dawn to spend our days on the Day Marina, a floating barge system where the boats were launched and the athletes prepared for their events.
Our job was to help with launch and recovery of the boats. It was great meeting athletes, coaches and trainers from around the world and to see the boats up close.
It was exciting to see the athletes returning to the Day Marina after their events.
Being an Olympic volunteer was a once in a lifetime experience. The memories of those days will stay with me forever.
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Wow, Beth, this is so cool! How awesome to have been a volunteer for the Atlanta games. Your images of boats afloat are really spectacular. Thank you for sharing this memories!
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Terri, thank you so much! I can never watch a summer Olympics without thinking about my volunteer experience. I’m glad you like the boat images!
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What a great opportunity!!
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It was the opportunity of a lifetime. When a friend asked if I would like to volunteer I immediately said yes!
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Applause to you for taking advantage of such a once in a lifetime opportunity.
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Judy, a friend asked me if I would like to volunteer and I didn’t hesitate to say yes. Henry and I volunteered for some pre-Olympic regattas and loved it. There was an opening ceremony for the sailors in Savannah and they had medal ceremonies here, too.
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Wow! How fabulous to read this!
An opportunity of a lifetime!
I am so happy you shared this with us. Thank you!
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Nancy, I’m glad you enjoyed my post about my Olympic volunteer experience. It was a amazing two weeks that I will never forget.
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Sounds like such a fun experience! Perfect time to share 😊
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Ingrid, I was originally going to do a post with boats on the ocean and lakes but while I was watching the Olympics over the weekend I got the idea to use some of the Olympic sailboats. Yes, it was very fun experience.
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It had to be fun being an Olympic volunteer…that is definitely a once in a lifetime event.
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Karen, many thanks! Yes, it was fun being an Olympic volunteer. I have fond memories of those days. I’ll never be able to watch the Olympics without thinking about the volunteers who are there.
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