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Holiday Gift Card Raffle Returns for Another Year Once again, SOKY wants to help boost your buying power just in time for the Holidays. This year we are giving away $4,990 in gift cards to some of the season's most popular restaurants, retailers and more. And we draw the winning ticket on Dec. 11! READ MORE Kentucky Nominates Six to Special Olympics USA for 2027 World Summer Games SOKY has nominated three athletes, one coach and one management team member to the Special Olympics USA team that will compete at the 2027 World Summer Games in Santiago, Chile. READ MORE One Truck Pull Left in 2026 READ MORE You can still Pull for a Purpose to support Special Olympics Kentucky athletes at the Louisville Truck Pull presented by ResCare on Oct. 17. Get Ready Now for Fall Sports Season READ MORE Fall is our busiest season of the year and includes our most popular individual sport - bowling - as well as flag football, equestrian amd artistic gymnastics. Don't miss your chance to get in the game. Sign up now! Flag football player with the ball running from defenders. Santiago, Chile, landmarks with Special Olympics World Games and Special Olympics Kentucky logos
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Richmond Police Chief Rodney Richardson carries the Special Olympics Flame of Hope with a Special Olympics athlete.

Richmond Police Chief Shares Final Leg Experience

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Youth Leadership Participants Excel at USA Games

Youth Leadership Participants Excel at USA Games

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Fall Sports Takes Center Stage

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One of the most unique events on the SOKY calendar, the annual State Equestrian Competition returns to Lakeside Arena in Frankfort for the second year in a row on Sunday, August 30.

State Equestrian Competition

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2026 State Flag Football Tournament
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