A year after the first cancellation in the program’s history, the State Summer Games are set to return to Eastern Kentucky University on June 5.
SOKY Teams with Special Care for Planning Seminars
SOKY is teaming with Gordon Homes of the MassMutual Special Care program to provide a virtual education series about special needs financial planning.
New Louisville Restaurant Supports SOKY in February
The new Jaggers restaurant location in Louisville will donate $1 for every double cheeseburger meal sold in February to support Special Olympics athletes in Kentucky!
Papa John’s Lets You Save Dough and Support SOKY
Use Promo Code “SOKY20” when you order at papajohns.com or on the Papa John’s App to save 20% on a full menu price pizza and Papa John’s will donate 10% of your discounted purchase to Special Olympics Kentucky!
SOKY, Partners Combine for Unified Step Challenge
One of the challenges Special Olympics Kentucky has faced in 2020 is finding ways to keep our athletes involved and motivated when they can’t participate in competitions. We have held Fit Friday on-line workouts and Wellness Wednesday on-line health presentations. In late October we added the Unified Step Challenge. The Challenge paired a Special Olympics …
2021 Winter Sports Start to Take Shape
As we close out the 2020 Fall Sports season with the Virtual State Bowling Tournament, the upcoming Winter Sports season has started to take shape with guidance available for Winter Games events, basketball and cheerleading. Skiing/Snowshoeing Dry-land training is ok to begin for both skiing and snowshoeing according to standard SOKY COVID guidelines. Skiers will …
Help Special Olympics Athletes Get Ahead Again This Tax Season
Once again this year you can help Special Olympics athletes when you file your taxes, by adding any amount in box 38(g).
New Flag Football Event Set for Oct. 11
Run, Pass and Catch Event to be Held at St. Xavier High School Flag Football teams in Kentucky got the green light to start practicing according to SOKY safety guidelines on Sept. 1, and while social distancing won’t allow us to hold a State Flag Football Tournament this year, those athletes will have a chance …
State Bowling Goes Remote Again in 2021
State Tournament Returns to 2020 Remote Format Nov. 14-20 For the second year in a row, our State Bowling Tournament will be held in a remote format with athletes competing in their home bowling centers and submitting scores to compete with other bowlers from across the state. While we were able to limit crowd sizes …
Nickell to Compete at 2022 World Games
Morehead Skier Set to Compete in Kazan, Russia For most Special Olympics athletes named to a World or USA Games team, the wait until the Games finally come can seem like an eternity. And for Morehead skier and SOKY Athlete Ambassador DesaRae Nickell, the wait has been longer than most. But that wait will come …