Annual Report

In 2010, Special Olympics was all about unity. Never before have we seen our movement so focused on bringing unity to the world—on playing unified, on working unified, on living unified.

Click to download the report as a 4 MB PDF.

Across over 170 countries, our athletes challenged the world to listen to their revolutionary message: Break down barriers! Fight injustice and intolerance! Awaken to the gifts of the spirit in every human being! Play united so that the world might some day learn to live united. It was quite a year.
In 2010, over 3 million athletes brought this message to villages, schools, universities, religious organizations, corporations and governments hundreds of times each day worldwide. These athletes included 4-year-olds leaving the walls of orphanages in Athens to become Young Athletes, marathoners pushing their bodies to the extremes of human potential, unified peers braving doubt to fight the R-word and hate speech in Colorado -- and more. It included resolute medical volunteers determined to provide care in the war zone of Sierra Leone, parents opening Special Olympics Camp Shriver in traumatized Haiti to reacquaint children with fun and hope, and outspoken athletes in Shanghai challenging those with newfound wealth to give. It included massive National and Regional Games in San Juan, Nebraska, Warsaw, Fuzhou and Damascus, together with the equally inspiring Unity Cup in Cape Town and the reopening of Special Olympics Afghanistan in Asia Pacific.

Read more of the 2010 Special Olympics Annual Report (4 MB, PDF). You can also read the full-resolution version here, 15 MB, PDF