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Mark Shriver, Special Olympics Board of Directors
President, Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School & Corporate Work Study Program
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Cole Sibus Stars in Another Hit TV Series

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Special Olympics Southern California athlete Cole Sibus stars in the hit Netflix show A Thousand Tomorrows.
European Union Funded Projects

Young Integrity Ambassadors Programme

Young Integrity Ambassadors Programme (YIAP) and is funded by the Erasmus+. The project lead is EUROPEAN NON-GOVERNMENTAL SPORTS ORGANISATION (ENGSO). SO Europe Eurasia Foundation are a partner in this project to ensure that youth with an intellectual disability (ID) are represented in the project. The other partners in the project are: Riksidrottsförbundet, European Lotteries, EUSA, Smaland, A Confederação do Desporto, Opes Italia, Union of Lithuanian Sports Federation, Lithuania Olympic Committee. For more information on the project please see - https://www.engso-education.eu/youth-integrity-ambassadors-programme/
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Taste of Victory: China’s Top Scorer Leads his Team to Success

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Although the city of Turin offered sites, history, and iconic Italian cuisine, the only thing on this floorball player’s mind was victory.
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Improving Vision and Quality of Life of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities

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The 2022 Partnership Report highlights how Cooper Vision, Optometry Giving Sight and Special Olympics continue improving sight and quality of life of individuals with Intellectual Disabilities through Eye Care Practitioner training and screening events in the US and Kenya.
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Special Olympics Poland Support Ukraine Refugees with Intellectual Disabilities

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World Refugee Day is celebrated on 20 June to recognize individuals and families who have had to flee their homes in seek of safety.

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Our work aims to empower young people, educators, coaches, and families as leaders for inclusion, starting in their local schools and communities around the world.

Kisha Morgan

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Mississippi, USA
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North Carolina

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Special Olympics is a global organization that serves athletes with intellectual disabilities working with hundreds of thousands of volunteers and coaches each year. Since the establishment of Special Olympics in 1968, the number of people with and without intellectual disabilities who are involved with the organization has been growing, but the unmet need to reach more people with intellectual disabilities is staggering.

It’s at the local level—right here—where interested volunteers meet the athletes. That’s where the perceptions start to change and where the miracle of transformation takes place.

Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Those activities give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.

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