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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Announces Exclusive Global Hotel Partnership with Special Olympics 14 December 2006

Special Olympics Founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver to Receive the New Freedom Award from the Department of Health and Human Services 6 December 2006

Special Olympics partners with Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) Foundation to offer people with intellectual disabilities primary dental care 17 November 2006

FIBA Europe Endorses Third Annual Special Olympics European Basketball Week 15 November 2006

China Construction Bank and Bank of America Announce Joint Donation to 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games 17 October 2006

Special Olympics Taps International Film Stars Colin Farrell, Eva Mendes and Bruce Willis to Join Global Movement as 2007 World Summer Games Spokespeople 14 October 2006

2006 Special Olympics European Youth Games Opens Tomorrow 29 September 2006

World's Largest Truck Convoy Set to Take Place in 40 Cities Across the United States and Canada 15 September 2006

Special Olympics Romania Director Testifies to Congress on Behalf of Children and Adults with Disabilities 15 September 2006

Special Olympics Chairman Speaks at Opening of Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education 13 September 2006

Top European Sports Governing Body Partners with Special Olympics 4 September 2006

ESPN STAR Sports to Broadcast Special Olympics Games and Programs 29 August 2006

Special Olympics Germany National Summer Games Announced 24 August 2006

Flame of Hope will be lit in Patras, Greece, as prelude to the Special Olympics European Youth Games 11 August 2006

Fifth Special Olympics Middle East/North Africa Games Officially Announced 27 July 2006

Bank of America Donates $500,000 to Support Special Olympics Team USA for Upcoming 2007 World Summer Games 7 July 2006

United States Surgeon General Bestows Highest Award on Special Olympics Chairman Timothy Shriver 1 July 2006

Organizers Announce Milestones to Support the Upcoming, First-Ever Special Olympics USA National Games 1 June 2006

Idaho (USA) to Host 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games 17 May 2006

India Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs Officially Recognizes Special Olympics as Sports Federation 12 May 2006

May Day Open Figure Skating Event Invites Special Olympics Athletes 26 April 2006

Congressman Curt Weldon (R-PA) Authors “Dear Colleague” Letter in Support of Appropriations for Special Olympics 25 April 2006

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Special Olympics Founder, to Receive Sixth Annual William E. Simon Prize in Social Entrepreneurship 19 April 2006

Don Mischer Productions to Produce Opening Ceremonies of the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games 10 April 2006

Sixth annual Special Olympics European Football Week expects record number of participants 3 April 2006

Johan Cruyff Foundation continues its support of Special Olympics European Football Week 3 April 2006

NCAA Teams Up with Special Olympics at Final Four Championships 29 March 2006

Finalists to Host 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games Named 23 March 2006

Special Olympics Announces New Managing Director for North America 6 March 2006

Special Olympics athletes to meet with U.S. Representatives and Senators on Capitol Hill 3 March 2006

NBA Players to hold Clinic for Special Olympics Athletes as part of 2006 NBA All-Star Events 17 February 2006

Yao Ming to Kick Off Opening Ceremonies at Special Olympics Texas Winter Games in Houston 27 January 2006