Special Olympics News
Columbia Missourian
2012-05-31T23:56:30Z
Neihouse s daughter competes in the Special Olympics on a different team than Neilhouse ... this time volunteering at the bowling competition. A special education teacher for Skyline High School in Urbana, Childress participates in Missouri's ...
msnbc.com
2012-05-31T21:11:52Z
The Newport Beach Police Department has always been a supporter of the Special Olympics, Johnson said. "Though many of us in law enforcement sometimes come across with a 'tough exterior,' I think we all have a soft spot in our hearts for the Special ...
Seattle Times
2012-06-01T03:45:34Z
When Eric McCurdy was first presented with a potential partnership between Special Olympics Washington and the school ... They, in turn, teamed up with their schools' special-education departments to form teams. Wojick calls McCurdy "a champion ...
Times Herald-Record
2012-06-01T13:39:42Z
a special education teacher at Delaware Valley, lit the Olympic flame of hope. The Special Olympics featured a wide range of sanctioned athletic events, including weightlifting, swimming, relays, track and field, walking, shot put, high jump ...
Yahoo Finance
2012-05-30T14:03:33Z
is a new sports assessment and nutrition education program developed by Special Olympics as one response to the fact that individuals with intellectual disabilities are more likely to develop a sedentary lifestyle, yet have the same fitness ...
WTVC
2012-05-30T13:06:17Z
Fifteen runners from the Whitfield County Sheriff s Department, Dalton Police Department, and ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) participated May 16 in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Georgia Special Olympics. This is the 26th year ...
Vallejo Times-Herald
2012-05-18T07:58:24Z
The ability to compete and do activities on the field is what makes the Special Olympics so, well, special, said Beth Majchrzak, director of special education for the Vallejo City Unified School District. "Everybody wins. Everybody gets a ribbon ...
BYU Newsnet
2012-05-15T19:36:18Z
Janae Barnes, from Spokane Wash., studying special education, is also a special olympics program director in Y-Serve and enjoys simply being around the athletes. Our athletes are the most incredible people you will ever meet, she said.
Union-News & Sunday Republican
2012-05-28T05:23:22Z
TD Bank Be a Fan helps Special Olympics SPRINGFIELD TD Bank is in the midst ... From there, the contractor will build a new bridge superstructure. The design calls for a 40-foot roadway and 5-foot, 6-inch sidewalks on each side of ...
Sunderland Echo
2012-05-23T07:09:31Z
A TRIO of badminton stars have returned home with a clutch of medals. Members of the Special Olympics Sunderland team competed in the Four Nations Para-badminton English Championship 2012, at Nottingham University, and won seven medals between them.
Chicago Sun-Times
2012-05-23T23:30:12Z
On April 30, Waubonsie Valley High School Special Olympic athletes competed in the ... Tae Kwon Do Seven boys sparring to Junior Olympics Seven boys from the Elite Martial Arts Sparring Team have qualified to compete at the Junior Olympics from June ...
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Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and competitions to more than 3.1 million athletes in 175 countries. Alternating between summer and winter, the Special Olympics World Games are held every two years. Often the Games are the largest sporting event to take place in the World that year. There are also local, national and regional competitions in over 175 countries worldwide.
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