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Tennessee Senior Olympics, Inc.

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PO Box 681 Mount Juliet, TN 37121

EIN Number: 84-3080737

contact information

Phone: 615-200-8760

Hours: No Set Business Hours - Call to Inquire

Website: http://www.tnseniorolympics.com/

Email: info@tnseniorolympics.com

NTEE Code: N71: Olympics

MISSION - WHAT WE DO

The Tennessee Senior Olympics exists to promote healthy lifestyles for senior adults aged 50 and older through fitness, sports, and an active involvement in life. Modeled after the Olympics, we offer 19 different sports with 65 events between them. These sports keep these senior athletes moving by training year- round as they eagerly anticipate our district events and state finals. Our district events are held in ten different locations around the state each fall with all athletes advancing the next summer to a state finals. In 2016, we served 2,500 at our districts and 1,940 at our week-long state finals. We have countless stories of how our program has changed lives with health greatly enhanced. People undergoing chemotherapy have had a goal to keep going, high blood pressure and diabetic medicine has been discarded, hearts have been strengthened after heart attacks and so much more. Fellowship and friendship are also a huge component of our program.

SERVICES - HOW WE DO IT

Tennessee Senior Olympics State Finals The state finals occur every summer for those seniors who have participated in one of our district events. It is a large, multi-sport event with 19 sports offered. Hosted over a week-long period, usually between 1,500-2,000 senior athletes participate. It requires community partnerships with organizations within the host city, many volunteers, and a very devoted key staff on site.Every other year, athletes are eligible to qualify for the National Senior Games- the Senior Olympics. Tennessee consistently ranks near the top of all states in attendance and medal count at the Nationals. Tennessee Senior Olympics Districts Every fall, ten districts around the state of Tennessee host district competitions. These sites are the areas of Johnson City, Gatlinburg, Cleveland, Chattanooga, Crossville, Greater Nashville, Columbia, Jackson. Martin, and Memphis. These events are smaller in nature- from 100-500 athletes- but are another opportunity for athletes to get out and compete.Athletes who participate are then eligible to attend the state finals the next summer.These districts are hosted by park and recreation departments, area agencies on aging, senior centers, and other entities as part of their ongoing programming.