Special Olympics Special Olympics Special Olympics is an annual event that the Naval Academy participates in. Along with the Annapolis Jaycees, we help to host this event on the Naval Academy complex.
Midshipmen help out with a number of individual tasks over the two days of competition.
Some of these tasks include setting up and taking down all of the registration tables and equipment used for the individual events, midshipmen act as athlete escorts, and coordinate individual needs. This is a big event and takes as many as 120 volunteers from the brigade to help the two days run smooth. The Polar Bear Plunge is an annual event held in January to support the Special Olympics. Midshipmen volunteer to register and plunge in the river in support of this cause.