Special Olympics Wisconsin provides sports training and competition for nearly 10,000 athletes with cognitive disabilities in 18 different sports year-round.
Athletes competed in bowling and volleyball at the State Fall Sports Tournament December 6, 2008 in Waukesha and Wauwautosa.
Shop for P&G items and benefit Special Olympics Check your December 28th Sunday newspaper for the Special Olympics P&G brandSaver - for each participating product you buy from December 28 to January 31, 2009, P&G donates 10¢ to Special Olympics, up to $500,000 total. You'll save on your favorite brands, and you'll help dedicated athletes experience their moment of triumph.
Have you seen the Bucky Bike?Pick up a $5 ticket to enter to win the Bucky Bike, a custom-built chopper with Wisconsin flair, at any Special Olympics Wisconsin office. This Kwik Trip sponsored raffle will benefit Special Olympics Wisconsin athletes. Click here for more information.
Free: Click here to enter to win a trip to Hawaii to watch Badger Sports
Don't just catch any cold this winter ... Catch This Cold by taking the Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Wisconsin in 11 Plunge locations statewide February and March 2009!
Each Plunger must raise $75 to receive the official "Freezin' for a Reason" long sleeved T-shirt and can earn other cool prizes for larger fund raising amounts. All proceeds benefit local Special Olympics athletes.
Click here for more information or to register online for the Plunge
Sports Illustrated honors Eunice Kennedy Shriver with the first Sportsman of the Year Legacy AwardIn December, Sports Illustrated honored Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver with the first Sportsman of the Year Legacy Award at the 2008 Sportsman of the Year celebration in New York City. The Sportsman of the Year Legacy Award was created to recognize those who have, over the course of their lifetime, demonstrated the ideals of sportsmanship. Click here to read more.
Special Olympics Team USA athletes, coaches and support members attended a Training Camp Dec. 3-7, 2008, at Copper Mountain, Colorado. Training camp is an integral part of the World Games experience; it is a time that allows athletes from across the country to meet and form a team identity before attending World Games.
Click here for photos or see the Team USA Web site for additional photos
“Letters to Brett Favre” book sales to benefit Special Olympics Looking for a “Favre” better holiday gift for your loved one this year? For $14.95, purchase the BRAND NEW “Letters to Brett Favre” book, as 10% of all proceeds go back to Special Olympics Wisconsin, Mississippi and New York.
Visit www.letterstobrettfavre.com to place an order.
World's Largest Truck Convoy for Special OlympicsTruckers from all over the US joined the World's Largest Truck Convoy for Special Olympics. In Wisconsin, the convoy was escorted by law enforcement from Richfield to the EAA Grounds in Oshkosh for a celebration recognizing trucker's support for Special Olympics. More information.
More than 900 athletes competed in bocce, softball, tennis and golf at the State Outdoor Sports Tournament in Eau Claire on Aug. 1-3.
Take the pledge to ban the R-word Special Olympics invites you to be a fan of dignity and join in a campaign to stop the use of the “R-word.” We're asking every young person to help eliminate the demeaning use of the r-word (retard) – a common taunt used to make fun of others. Often unwittingly, the word is used to denote behavior that is clumsy, hapless, and even hopeless. But whether intentional or not, the word conjures up a painful stereotype of people with cognitive disabilities. Even if people don't mean it, it can be very mean. Click here to sign the pledge online and for more information
Anyone who has direct contact with athletes or is in a position of authority, supervision or trust of athletes or handles substantial amounts of cash or other assets for Special Olympics needs to be a registered Class A volunteer. Click here for more information on Class A Volunteers.
Duties may include: Coaching, committee work, agency management
Submit a Class A Registration Form to the program office (requires background check)
Request to have a Class A form mailed to you
View the General Orientation video at a training or view it online and take the General Orientation Test
Click here to learn more about volunteering with Special Olympics Wisconsin
Next year, Boise, Idaho will play host to the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games. From February 6-13, nearly 3,000 athletes from 85 countries will compete in seven Olympic-type sports: alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating, floor hockey, snowboarding, snowshoeing and speed skating. The 2009 World Winter Games is expected to be the largest World Winter Games in the history of the movement. Read Full Story.
2009 World Games athletes from Wisconsin
- Mike Tyler, Granton, WI - snowshoe racing
- Edward Smith, Neillsville, WI - snowboarding
- Melanie Olivo, Ashland, WI - snowshoe racing
- Rebecca Henline, Union Grove, WI - cross country skiing
- Adam Benner, Tomahawk, WI - cross country skiing
- Mark Vroman, Madison, WI - speed skating
New Features Online for Special Olympics WisconsinCheck out these new ways to stay in touch with Special Olympics Wisconsin.
