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Real Hope for Syria 7 Jun 2013 | 07:56 pm
If you Google “Syria” you won’t find a lot of good news or happy words returned to your screen. “Civil War” “Refugees” “Human tragedy” “Unrest” Just today the United Nations presented the biggest fina...
A Powerful Message of Courage and Hope 31 May 2013 | 08:48 pm
I’d like to briefly share a powerful email I received from Special Olympics Alaska CEO Jim Balamaci. Perhaps we all might send our thanks in a special way to Gilleon and his mom —for their enormous gr...
Armed with Better Sight, Yao Armand Looks Ahead to Future Competitions 31 May 2013 | 03:46 pm
Special Olympics athlete Yao Armand and the national Unified Football Team from Côte d’Ivoire had a successful campaign in South Africa in October by finishing third with a bronze medal and qualifying...
Special Olympics & UNIQLO: Changing Lives, Changing the World! 31 May 2013 | 08:15 am
20 year old Supakorn Gesmankit from Special Olympics Thailand is the first Special Olympics athlete to be employed at UNIQLO, following UNIQLO Asia Pacific’s CSR partnership with the Special Olympics ...
Brina Maxino goes Full Speed on her Special Olympics Journey 28 May 2013 | 02:27 am
After her debut in January’s Global Youth Activation Summit (GYAS) for the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter games, 16-year old Brina Kei Maxino has gone from strength to strength, taking an active i...
Inclusion for All Program Achieves Two New Milestones 22 May 2013 | 09:07 pm
Editor’s Note: The following is a guest blog post from Martha Jo Braycich, Director, Organizational Development, Foundations and Public Institutions, Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia. In 2012, USAID a...
The Power of Empathy 14 May 2013 | 09:30 am
The following post is from Special Olympics Australia athlete Ben Haack, a long-time athlete advocate and public voice of the movement. Hi, my name is Ben Haack. I’m an Athlete Leader from Australia....
11 Months and 12 Teeth Extractions Later, Athlete Shines on the Court 10 May 2013 | 07:39 pm
Kenny Canon, 34, was smiling ear to ear when he found out his basketball team had no losses that season and had qualified for the Special Olympics Wisconsin State Indoor Sports Tournament in April. Ju...
Family Health Forums Bring Communities Together 25 Apr 2013 | 09:20 pm
Organized as part of the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes program and often funded by grants from global partner Lions Clubs International, Family Health Forums are held to provide family members cru...
Defying Expectations 23 Apr 2013 | 09:24 pm
Editor’s Note: I’d like to share an email I received from Katie Seigenthaler, mom to George. In corresponding with Katie after this email, she shared the impact that Special Olympics has had in Georg...
