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Rockit™ Apple Announces First Global Partnership with Special Olympics

Rockit Logo - with tagline Crisp, Sweet Miniature Apple
CHELAN, WA, USA, May 25, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Rockit™ Apple, the world's first perfectly snack-sized apple, is thrilled to announce its inaugural partnership with Special Olympics. With a shared vision of promoting inclusion, celebrating courage and resilience, and advocating for wellness and health access for all, this collaboration intends to help make a meaningful impact on the lives of Special Olympics athletes and all individuals with intellectual disabilities who face daily discrimination.
Athletes

Special Olympics Goes Beyond the Field of Play for Italy’s Aloisio and Enwereuzoh

By ND Prashant , May 30, 2023
Athlete, Grace Enwereuzoh, proudly holding a medal.
“I wish to see more young people make themselves available to support us. I would like to see students and teachers come out because they learn to understand us and know that being together helps us to live more peacefully.”
Athletes

‘Prejudiced’ Mindset A Major Worry, Feels Finnish Athlete Julia Fonsén

By ND Prashant , May 30, 2023
Female basketball player jumping and throwing a basketball
‘The most effective way to raise awareness is to let persons with intellectual disability speak for themselves’
Athletes

Special Olympics Athletes Model for VOGUE Germany

Heidi Kuder, Natascha Wermelskirchen and Tamara Röske sitting next to one another as they pose for photos.
This excerpt is from the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023’s article, “Our athletes model for VOGUE Germany.”
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The Flame is Lit for World Games Berlin 2023

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The moment has come: The Special Olympics Flame of Hope™ was lit by a high priestess in Athens, Greece, in a solemn ceremony at the historic temple Zappeion Megaron.
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EBU Members to Show Coverage of 2023 Special Olympics World Games

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Eurovision Sport has reached an agreement for selected EBU Members to show coverage of the 2023 Special Olympics World Games, to be held in Berlin, Germany from 17 to 25 June, 2023.
Press Releases

Henry Schein Donates Health Care Products to Support Special Olympics Healthy Athletes® Screenings

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With this donation, the Company promotes wellness and health education for athletes with intellectual disabilities around the world.
In the News

The Torch Run is on the Move

A man in a Final Leg blue t-shirt holds a lit torch with several other men lined up behind him.
On 7 June, the Special Olympics Flame of Hope was lit in Athens, Greece and then began making its way to the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023. This flame, carried by members of the 2023 LETR Final Leg, will light the cauldron during Opening Ceremonies to mark the official start to the Games.
Press Releases

Promoting Inclusive Health on the World Stage

Attendees of the 2023 Global Golisano Health Leadership Award pose for a photo
Special Olympics Celebrates the 2023 Global Golisano Health Leadership Award Recipients
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