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Community Impact

Choosing a Fit Life: Every Day Counts

By Stephanie Corkett, September 19, 2018
Chicago Cubs Pitcher, Kyle Hendricks, stands with athletes and two Celebrity Sweat celebrities after participating in Yoga. Athletes are in shorts and a red shirt that reads Keep Calm and Live Unified and some of the athletes have medals around their necks. Kyle in all blue and white tights has a medal around his neck.
SO athlete Daniel Smrokowski, Chicago Cubs Kyle Hendricks and his wife Emma Hendricks shared their motivations and daily routines.
Community Impact

Max Visits Special Olympics Southern California

Max Cerver and Greg Kozlowski in an office. Greg is pointing at something off camera.
Teen Wolf star Max Carver visits Special Olympics athletes and employees in Southern California headquarters Long Beach, California.
European Union Funded Projects

Welcome Ukraine

A logo consisting of a heart, with a football inside, with hands shaking inside the football. Logo reads: Welcome Ukraine
Welcome Ukraine is a European Union-funded initiative supporting Ukrainian refugees through the medium of sport. The project brings together professional football club foundations and grassroots clubs, organisations such as Show Racism the Red Card Netherlands and Special Olympics Europe Eurasia, and local communities to create safe, inclusive environments for children, young people and women to play and thrive. Through sport, the project supports wellbeing, integration and long-term community resilience.

Welcome Ukraine

Athletes

Dream Coffee, Dream Job

Yin playing ping pong on the left and Yin making a coffee on the right.
Like many people with intellectual disabilities, Yin Hao dreams of having a good job. But jobs can be hard to find—and job training can also be tough to find. Luckily, there is a visionary special coffee shop, located near Yin's school in Shanghai. It's called The Dream Workshop.
Health Disciplines

Fit Feet (Podiatry) 

Adult male receiving a foot examination from a female volunteer; another volunteer takes notes and observes.
A discipline of Healthy Athletes, Fit Feet is a podiatric screening for Special Olympics athletes and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) that focuses on athletes’ ankle & foot health, lower extremity biomechanics, as well as footwear fit and condition. Many Special Olympics athletes are wearing the wrong size or type of shoes while competing, which can contribute to or worsen the presence of foot and ankle pain and dysfunction. Together, these issues can negatively impact an athletes’ navigation of everyday life and sport performance. During Fit Feet screenings, volunteer foot care specialists & students work with athletes to identify areas of concern. Using the results of the screening, volunteers provide athletes, coaches, families, and caregivers education on proper foot care and health to maximize the athlete’s ability to step lively onto the playing field of everyday life.

For further information or general inquiries related to this discipline, please contact us at fitfeet@specialolympics.org. SO Program staff and established Clinical Directors are encouraged to submit their questions through our online form available here.
Videos

Yorktown High School Celebrates Inclusion

Yorktown High School Celebrates Inclusion
Students from the Best Buddies and Unified Clubs at Yorktown shared how they promote inclusion at their school and invited student organizations focusing on inclusion in other communities to join them.

Strategic Gifts

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Sports Essentials

Advanced Sports Skills

Advanced Sports Skills
Video of activities that introduce children to basketball, football (soccer) and softball skills. Download: Booklet (PDF) | Card (PDF)Gifs demonstrating Advanced Sports Skills (ZIP):Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
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