Tag: Summer Games
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 ...
Special Olympics CA Not Included in Initial State Budget; California Voters Push for Inclusion
California voters are urging their elected officials to include Special Olympics California in the revised state budget during the COVID-19 crisis. Special Olympics California was notably missing from the initial ...
SOSC Creates Virtual Season: Healthy Lifestyle Challenge for Athletes Amid COVID-19 Health Crisis
Special Olympics Southern California launched a Healthy Lifestyle Challenge in lieu of the canceled Spring Sports Season affected by the COVID-19 health crisis. The challenge, which launched April 6 and ...
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: Western Regional Special Olympics Set Foundation
It was on this day 50 years ago the vision reached the west. The event was the first Western Regional Special Olympics, which included 900 athletes from Arizona, California, Colorado, ...
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 ...
2019 Summer Games: The Results Are In!
By the time Day 2 of the 2019 Summer Games started to wind down Sunday at Cal State Long Beach, a sweet, familiar sound could be heard by anyone within ...
Athletes Close Out 2019 Summer Games
Fifty years of progress can be difficult to sum up succinctly. The athletes of Special Olympics Southern California instead showed what that progress looks like over the weekend at Cal State ...
What They’re Saying at 2019 Summer Games – Day 2
Special Olympics Southern California's athletes, coaches and volunteers brought the same enthusiasm to Day 2 of the 50th annual Summer Games on Sunday at Cal State Long Beach. Medals were ...
Stars Come Out for Day 1 of 2019 Summer Games
More than 1,100 Special Olympics Southern California athletes came prepared to put their best effort forward in five sports Saturday at the annual Summer Games competition at Cal State Long ...