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In the News

Special Olympics Continues to get Active in Winter Sports

person with ski gear on in the snow
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) shared the following excerpt about Special Olympics’ involvement in World Snow Day and the Special Olympics Great Britain Winter Games in Italy.
In the News

Recent Tornado Devastates Special Olympics Training Center

Photo of the training for life campus for the Special Olympics.
A little after midnight on Thursday, May 23, my wife, our dogs, our hedgehog and I were all hunkered down in our basement in Jefferson City, Missouri, watching the news as a storm moved across the state.

Beth Donahue

Massachusetts, USA
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ELHS Best Buddies Spirit Week

ELHS Best Buddies Spirit Week
Join students in the ELHS Best Buddies program in ending the R-word!
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Best Buddies Pike End the R-word

Best Buddies Pike End the R-word
Great video from Best Buddies Pike!
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Dedicated to Kevin

Dedicated to Kevin
One family's story about why they want you to end the R-word and pledge respect!
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Develop Your Strength With Help From Special Olympics and WWE

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The mere mention of the word “bootcamp” can strike fear in the hearts of many. Yet for others, it conjures up the idea of strength, which is exactly what inclusive bootcamp instructor Beth Donahue wants her class to develop.
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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.

Download the Special Olympics Sweden Fact Sheet.
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Gifts of Stock

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Make a greater impact by gifting stock and donating long-term appreciated securities—such as stock, bonds, and mutual funds—directly to Special Olympics. Compared with donating cash or selling your appreciated securities and contributing the after-tax proceeds, you may potentially increase your gift and tax donation.
In the News

Guatemala and Jamaica take home Special Olympics Unified Cup 2022 Trophies

Unified Cup 2022 Highlights
A celebrity 7-aside match and live streaming by ESPN all added to the excitement leading up the women’s and men’s Division 1 final matches.
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