Special Olympics Texas provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for more than 58,800 children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community. Special Olympics Texas offers 22 sports: Aquatics, Athletics, Basketball, Bocce, Bowling, Cycling, Equestrian, Figure Skating, Flag Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Kayaking, Powerlifting, Roller Skating, Sailing, Soccer, Softball, Speed Skating, Table Tennis, Tennis, Triathlon and Volleyball. Special Olympics Texas holds more than 300 competitions annually on area, regional and state levels. Event divisions are based on age, gender and ability level to give athletes an equal chance to win. Special Olympics Texas is divided into four regions with 19 area offices. Athletes may begin training as early as six years old, but must be eight years old to compete. Athletes must be 12 years old to attend statewide competitions. Thanks to the Young Athletes? Program (YAP), which launched in 2005, children ages two through seven can participate as an “Athlete in Training” in areas where the program is available. Volunteers are the lifeline of the Special Olympics Texas program. More than 36,3750 volunteers in Texas currently dedicate their time to Special Olympics. These volunteers serve as coaches, officials, committee members, competition assistants, speech coaches and much more. There are more than 3,900 volunteer coaches involved in the program. Special Olympics Texas is a registered 501(c)(3), non-profit organization supported by private donations from individuals, corporations and organizations throughout the state. Special Olympics is “the most credible charity in America” according to a survey in the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Special Olympics Texas的外部链接
4732 Whirlwind Dr
US，Texas，San Antonio，78217
The 2025 Special Olympics Texas Winter Games in Lakeway and Bee Cave from February 14-16, 2025 was an incredible success! Check out our Winter Games 2025 Recap and Photo Gallery at the link below! https://lnkd.in/gngstW3d
We hope everyone had an amazing day, just like we did at Winter Games 2025! We're wrapping up tomorrow with volleyball after an action-packed Saturday. Everyone has been doing SO awesome, and the team at SOTX is so proud of everything you've accomplished so far this weekend and will continue to accomplish in your competitions, friendships, and everything in between. #WGSOTX
Winter Games is THIS WEEKEND!! We are so excited and so thankful for the support of the City of Lakeway, the City of Bee Cave, Texas, Wellpoint - Presenting Sponsor of FUNdamental Sports, PCSI - Professional Contract Services, Inc (PCSI is presenting sponsor of Winter Games), Toyota North America, and Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers Read more about the 2025 Winter Games here: https://bit.ly/4jXCGQP Or see the official website here: https://lnkd.in/epacdjea
Today we are celebrating Wellpoint, the presenting sponsor of our FUNdamental Sports Program! FUNdamental Sports is a Traditional or Unified competition for athletes who cannot compete in Special Olympics sports without modifications. Find out more about FUNdamental Sports here: https://lnkd.in/gEt6WVv8
We want to send a special THANK YOU to our 2025 Winter Games Presenting Sponsor PCSI - Professional Contract Services, Inc ! This year's Winter Games is happening in just a week, and we're so excited to spend Valentine's Day weekend in Lakeway & Bee Cave with our athletes and our friends at PCSI! Check out all things Winter Games here: https://lnkd.in/epacdjea
Special Olympics Texas' Titus Tillman is bringing us a first-hand look at #SOHillDay Special Olympics athletes, organization leaders, Unified Sports? partners, and family members from across the United States are converging on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. from February 3-5, 2025 for the annual Special Olympics “Capitol Hill Day.” Special Olympics athletes are currently leading hundreds of face-to-face meetings with Members of Congress in both the House and Senate, urging their elected officials to partner with them to support Special Olympics!
Here we go! Our delegates are kicking off their day as they work to advocate to their representatives on behalf of Special Olympics. #SOHillDay #Unified
We are so grateful to Procter & Gamble for their incredible donation to advance inclusion with Special Olympics, which has been highlighted through a month-long cause promotion at over 200 military commissaries this January!
2025 Winter Games Press Conference BEE CAVE, TX (1/16/2025) – On Thursday, January 16th, 2025, Special Olympics Texas held a Press Conference at HCI Sports and Fitness in Bee Cave, Texas to announce their upcoming Winter Games. We want to thank photographer Jay Brittain for these fantastic photos! You can read more about today's Press conference at the link below! https://lnkd.in/gmmXSM4P
We want to take the time today to say a very special Thank You to the Judy and Palmer Moe Charitable Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation for their very generous donation. Athletes across not only San Antonio but across the entire state of Texas will benefit, and we are so appreciative of this incredible gift.