BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College Student Athlete Advisory Committee will host a month of clinics for Special Olympics Maine athletes in February, culminating in a campus campaign to “Spread the Word to End the Word.”

Bowdoin athletes will host three events that will include an opportunity for Special Olympic athletes to learn more about each sport and enjoy unified play with the Polar Bears. The schedule of events includes a volleyball clinic and games at Morrell Gymnasium on Feb. 12 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Basketball clinic and games at Morrell Gymnasium on Feb. 22 from 3-5 p.m.; Bowling fun at Yankee Lanes in Brunswick on Feb. 27 from 3:30-5:30 p.m.

At the conclusion of these February events, the Bowdoin SAAC will engage in a campus campaign to “Spread the Word to End the Word” and pledge to eliminate the use of the Rword. The national Special Olympics, Inc. annual day of awareness for this campaign is March 4th.

Finally, Bowdoin will host its fourth annual Spring Track and Field Clinic at the Farley Field house on April 11 from 10 a.m.-noon.

For more information about Special Olympics Maine, visit www.specialolympicsmaine.org.