Bowling Blitz

When we decided to move to Minnesota a few years ago, I wasn't sure if the career choice I was making was going to be one I would be happy with in the days, months or even the years to come. I was taking a leap of faith and trying something new. I had taken a position with a non- profit agency that worked with people with disabilities. Lucky for me LEEP (Leisure Education for Exceptional People) was the perfect fit. I have learned so many things about myself as a person and can honestly say that I love my job!

LEEP is a recreation center that has many programming opportunities for people with disabilities. Last year our agency served 770+ people in the Mankato area. We are not only a Rec Center, we are also the LARGEST Special Olympics team in the state of Minnesota!! We currently have 248 athletes that compete on LEEP's team during the various sports seasons. I have coached volleyball and softball teams in the past 2 years and it has been an awesome opportunity. For an athlete to take part in our sports each participant does have a fee that they are asked to cover. The fee is typically $30 for the season however, this does not include the cost of the tournaments they compete in. Typically a state tournament costs our participants roughly $100......



Part of my job is planning the majority of the programs we offer at LEEP. Every month we create a newsletter with our current events and our participants register for these activities. We try to keep everything at a minimal cost but would love to be offer many more opportunities which is why we need your help!


On Sunday, April 18th LEEP will be hosting it's first ever Bowl-a-thon in an effort to raise funds to offset our participant fees and keep programming affordable. This year I, along with Justin, my sister April, her friend Anna (still looking for our 5th member!!) are raising funds to take part in the event. To take part each participant is asked to raise a minimum of $100 per person. We would love any help that you are willing to offer.

Donating is really easy! You can click here and this will take to you to the MNgive.org site designated to the LEEP Bowl-a-thon where you can help support using a credit card. Choose an amount on the right hand side and click on the green donate button. It will take you to the next screen where you will fill in your information. There is a box that we would love for you to check that says delegation. Please select this and put my name, Justin's, or April's name (depending on who you would like to sponsor). This is how LEEP will know who to credit the money too.

If you have any suggestions for a team name, we are open to hear them! We need something F-L-A-S-H-Y!

You can also contact me directly at mandyhunecke@yahoo.com for more information if you would like to give in a different way. We are also looking for more teams to join in on the cause so if you are interested in putting together a team I would be more than happy to pass along more information. It would be lots of fun if our families and friends would get involved! Maybe we could have a friendly competition for bragging rights?!?

Thank you so much in advance for your help! Anything you can do to support us would be amazing. Even if you are just able to spread the word, we would love that. Please let me know if you have any questions, thank you again!