Category: Summer Games
The Spirit of Summer Games & Spring Season Champions
The 2025 Summer Games Championship in Long Beach June 6-8 was a celebration to remember—three days filled with powerful performances, personal bests, and meaningful moments that brought athletes, families, coaches, ...
Brushstrokes of Bravery: Meet Jonny Pierce, the 2025 Summer Games Featured Artist
Summer Games isn’t just about athletic achievement—it’s also a celebration of creativity, inclusion, and the incredible talents of our athletes. Among the contributors to this year’s event is Jonny Pierce, ...
2024 Spring Coaches of the Season Announced at Summer Games
On June 8, 2024, at the Summer Games Opening Ceremony held on the Cal State Long Beach track, the Coaches of the Season for the 2024 Spring season were announced, ...
2024 Summer Games Featured Artist Max Grasso
Special Olympics Southern California (SOSC) is set to host the Summer Games on June 8 and 9, 2024, at California State University Long Beach (CSULB). Each year, this inspiring event ...
Special Olympics Summer Games: Will you play a part?
Zaragoza (far right) coaches a Special Olympics team that her son Christopher (far left) is on. Her daughter and husband (middle) are team volunteers. Kaiser Permanente employee Carrie Zaragoza volunteers ...
Celebrating Athletic Excellence: A Recap of the 2023 Summer Games Championship at Cal State Long Beach
by Leslie Sundal The city of Long Beach was alive with excitement as the 2023 Summer Games Championship unfolded on June 10 and 11 at Cal State Long Beach. This ...
Congratulations 2023 Floorball and Spring Coaches of the Season!
by Leslie Sundal We would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the Coaches of the Season for the Special Olympics Southern California 2023 Floorball and Spring seasons who were ...
Christine McConnell Is Passionate About Inclusion
By Melanie Barrios Christine McConnell knows all too well the importance of acceptance for all. Growing up with a family member with intellectual disabilities, Christine witnessed firsthand that sports were ...
INSIDE SOSC: Spring Gets Going
Editor’s note: This post has been updated as of April 3 amid growing concern of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Dream House Raffle The first early-bird deadline for the annual Dream ...
INSIDE SOSC: Looking Back on the First Half of 2019
Six months sure did fly by, didn’t it? Special Olympics Southern California, its athletes and supporters have celebrated the organization’s 50th anniversary in grand fashion, to this point. Here’s a ...