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Athletes

Happy Valentine’s Day from Matthew and Crystal

By Matthew Williams, February 14, 2019
Crystal and Matthew hugging one another for a wedding photo.
Valentine’s Day is a day meant to share with your significant other how much they mean to you, the difference it makes having them in your life, and most importantly how much you love each other.
Sports Essentials

Special Olympics and Paralympics

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Special Olympics, the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee are complementary organizations, each one a testimony to the power of sport.
Athletes

Meet the World Games Athletes: Clara Lehmkuhl

Clara on the court with a tennis racket swinging at the ball.
Clara is one of only three people with Down Syndrome in the world officially certified as a Zumba instructor.
Athletes

Sargent Shriver Global Messenger Emanuelle Heads to World Games

Emanuelle de Souza speaking to an interviewers. She is in a black Special Olympics polo that reads, The Revolution is Inclusion on the sleeve.
Emanuelle de Souza, SO Brazil, started her four-year term as a Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger in January 2019.
Press Releases

Lighting of Flame of Hope in Athens, Greece

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Flame is bound for Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019.
In the News

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Featured in New BBC Documentary

Eunice Kennedy Shriver looking at a young athlete.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver is the subject of a new BBC documentary entitled The Kennedy Who Changed the World.
Athletes

Meet the Determined: #MeetChutipa

Chutipa smiling and holding a table tennis paddle.
Watch the inspirational story of Chutipa reuniting with with the mother she never knew making it possible for Chutipa to go to Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019.
Press Releases

Bridging the gap: Special Olympics and Best Buddies create global movement to build inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities

Five young adults wearing Spread the Word Inclusion t-shirts.
Special Olympics, Best Buddies International and supporters from around the world will unite on Wednesday, March 6th for the annual Spread the Word Day.
Press Releases

Seven are Honored for Championing Global Health Work with Golisano Global Health Leadership Awards

Golisano Global Health Leadership Awards recipients seated on stage: Ms. Ann Costello, Executive Director, Golisano Foundation and Nyasha Derera and Ibtihaj Muhammad both Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger at the Global Health Forum.↵↵Recipients include: Professor Kamal Bani-Hani of Jordan, Dr. Luc Marks of Belgium, Ying Feng from Hua Dong Hospital in China, Dr. Ashok Dhoble of India, Dr. Manoj Shah from The Lions Sight First Eye Hospital in Kenya, Marco Villasboa, Chairmen of the board of Special Olympics Paraguay, is accepting the award on Dr. Ferreira’s behalf, Dr. Peter Seidenberg from the United States of America.
Seven healthcare organizations and professionals who are on the frontlines of bringing essential and often unprecedented health care services to those with intellectual disabilities (ID).
Community Impact

Kerry Group volunteers: Abu Dhabi will be the most joyous two weeks of my life!

A group of volunteers crouch on the grass in from of a building. They are smiling and holding a banner that reads 'Better Together' with decorations and two flags.
Just in time for the one year anniversary of our partnership, the Kerry Group is sending nine volunteers to the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi!
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