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Community Impact

Mom of Special Olympics Germany Athlete Inspires 45+ People to Volunteer and Work at Special Olympics World Games in Berlin

Schwarz family standing together side-by-side for a family photo.
Few people can say they are single-handedly responsible for more than 45 people volunteering and working at Special Olympics World Games in Berlin.
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Building Capacity for Motor Activity Training Program (MATP)

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Every athlete deserves the opportunity to participate in sport and physical activities in ways that are meaningful and appropriate to their abilities.
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Discovering the Joy of Sound

Two young women standing in front of an Athletes Chillout Area sign at the 2019 World Games giving a peace sign and a thumbs up.
Rincy Biju and Jyothi A. participated for the first time at the Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019, the world's largest sports event for athletes with intellectual disabilities.
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Teams Announced for Sixth Annual NBA Cares Special Olympics Unified® Basketball Game

Buddy Hield, Brandon Ingram, Frank Kaminsky, Marquese Chriss, and Dario Saric named honorary coaches for Unified Basketball Game. Stephen Curry to tip Off Game at 9:30 a.m. CT on Saturday, Feb. 18.
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“Young Athletes in Motion” Music Video

Young Athletes in Motion Music Video
“Young Athletes in Motion” Music Video
Special Olympics and Hip Hop Public Health have created a new song and music video to encourage Young Athletes families to stay physically active and healthy through dance.
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Special Olympics Europe Eurasia Wins Prestigious 2021 Content Marketing Award

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Special Olympics Europe Eurasia wins the prestigious 2021 Content Marketing Award.
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Mission

The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
Athletes

Thea Weinert Forms Bond with UNC Gymnastics Team, Gains a Newfound Level of Confidence

By RJ Nealon, March 21, 2022
A group of 5 women stand together outside. They are holding hands and wearing gymnastics leotards.
Thea Weinert loves to do backflips. The 12-year-old especially loves it when her teammates at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill help her. “I love to hang out with the girls,” Weinert says. “Gymnastics is one of my favorite sports because of the girls—and it just makes me happy seeing them.”
Community Impact

Youth Leaders from Egypt Strengthen Bond Through Unified Fitness Challenge

By Cat Lanigan, May 03, 2021
Two Youth Leaders face each other, one sitting on the ground in sit-up position and one standing up. The youth on the ground is handing a medicine ball to his partner as a part of a workout.
In February 2021, Youth Leaders in Egypt planned and participated in the country's first ever Unified Fitness Challenge.
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