Field Day for Exceptional Children

Fort Moore hosts the 9th Annual Field Day for Tri-Community Exceptional Children on April 11!

This great event provides an opportunity for the Fort Moore and surrounding community’s exceptional children to experience a day of fun, food and interactive sporting events and activities celebrating each child’s unique abilities while fostering the emotional and social growth of participants.

More than 1,400 students from across the Chattahoochee Valley will meet at York Field. Fort Moore schools and homeschoolers, students from Chattahoochee County, Phenix City, Russell County, Muscogee County and Harris County will participate in a variety of fun and challenging activities such as:

• 100/50/25 Meter Race
• Soccer Shoot
• Home Run Derby
• Football Quarterbacking
• Grenade Throw
• Carnival Throw
• Tug of War
• Parachute
• Dance Floor
• Paint Party
• Army Obstacle - tires, stakes with rope, tunnels & step over
• Basketball

Our wheelchair athletes will meet at Smith Fitness Center to participate in:

• 25-Meter Dash
• 25-Meter Kickball Carry
• Bowling
• Bean Bag Target Toss
• Frisbee Toss
• Paint party

The day begins at 9:15 a.m. when our exceptional athletes run through the start ribbon to open the games. The games will take place from 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., and lunch is provided to all athletes and volunteers starting at 10 a.m. The Silver Wings parachute exhibition team will jump the first medal in from the sky to award the first medal of the day around 11 a.m. Each student athlete will receive a medal to remember this great day.

Now, here’s where we need your help! Sign up to be a volunteer (link coming soon) and support those exceptional athletes! To see the children’s faces smile and laugh is priceless. 

For more information, contact Dorrie Wagner at dorrie.c.wagner.naf@army.mil. Volunteers should plan to be at York Field at 8 a.m. on April 11 for assignments and instructions. Additional information will be emailed to you prior to Field Day.  

Please Note: There will be limited parking in the areas surrounding buildings 4 and 6 on April 11. Be prepared to expect traffic delays, especially in the morning.