Special Olympics Kentucky

2025 Cover the Cruiser - Pikeville
2025-04-21 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Walmart – Pikeville, 254 Cassidy Blv.d, Pikeville, KY, 41501, United States
Help Kentucky State Police Post 9 Cover the Cruiser for Special Olympics! Visit Walmart on Cassady Blvd. from 10 am-1 pm, make a donation and put your name on an icon that will go on the KSP cruiser.

2025 Cover the Cruiser - Bowling Green
2025-04-17 09:00 - 14:00 | Five Star – Louisville Rd.; Bowling Green, 7288 Louisville Rd., Bowling Green, KY, 42101, United States
Help Kentucky State Police Post 3 Cover the Cruiser for Special Olympics! Visit FiveStar on Louisville Road from 9am-2pm, make a donation and put your name on an icon that will go on the KSP cruiser.

2025 Cover the Cruiser Week
2025-04-17 08:00 - 2025-04-26 17:00 | KY
KSP Posts across the state will roll out their award-winning cruisers at locations across the state to help raise money to support Special Olympics Kentucky.
2025 Cover the Cruiser Schedule
April 17
Bowling Green/Post 3 – FiveStar; 7288 Louisville Rd. – 9 am-2 pm

April 21
Pikeville/Post 9 – Walmart; 254 Cassady Blvd. – 10 am-1 pm
Hazard/Post 13 – Walmart; 120 Daniel Boone Plaza – 10 am-2 pm
April 22
Murray/Post 1 – Pocket’s Shell Station; 1102 Octane Dr. – 10 am-1 pm
Barbourville/Post 10 – Walmart; 301 Parkway Plaza – 10 am-1 pm
London/Post 11 – Walmart; 1851 KY-192 W. – 9 am-2 pm
Georgetown/Post 12 – Kroger; 106 Marketplace Cir. – 10 am-2 pm
Ashland/Post 14 – Walmart; 351 Riverhill Dr. – 10 am-1 pm
April 23
LaGrange/Post 5 – Kroger; 2835 KY-393 – 9 am-3 pm

April 24
Central City/Post 2 – Casey’s General Store; 645 S. 2nd St. – 10 am-1 pm
Elizabethtown/Post 4 – FiveStar; 501 Ring Rd. – 10 am-2 pm
Morehead/Post 8 – Walmart; 200 Walmart Way – 10 am-2 pm
Cambellsville/Post 15 – FiveStar; 1995 New Columbia Rd. – 10 am-1 pm
Owensboro/Post 16 – Audubon Federal Credit Union, 1429 Breckenridge St. – 10 am-1 pm
April 25
Williamstown/Post 6 – Ark Encounters; 1 Ark Dr. – 9 am-1 pm
Richmond/Post 7 – Walmart; 820 Eastern Bypass – 10 am-1 pm
Frankfort/State Headquarters – Kroger; 300 Brighton Park Blvd. – 10 am-2 pm

2025 Area 3&9 Track & Field Meet
2025-04-12 09:00 - 13:00 | Johnson Central High School, 257 N Mayo Trail, Paintsville, KY, 41240, United States
Athletes from throughout Eastern Kentucky will compete in an effort to advance to the State Summer Games.

Area 8 Track and Field Meet
2025-04-12 08:30 - 12:30 | Great Crossing High School, 120 Betsy Way, Georgetown, KY, 40324, United States
Athletes from throughout Central Kentucky will compete in an effort to advance to the State Summer Games.

2025 Louisville Regional Soccer Tournament
2025-04-06 08:00 - 15:00 | Lynn Family Sports Vision & Training Center, 801 Edith Rd, Louisville, KY, 40206, United States
Teams from the area surrounding Louisville and the western part of the state compete to advance to the State Summer Games.

2025 Jersey Mike's Day of Giving
2025-03-26 10:00 - 22:00 | Statewide, KY, United States
All day long our friends at select Jersey Mike’s locations will donate 100% of SALES to support Special Olympics Kentucky athletes. Includes dine in, carry-out and online orders (when made through the Jersey Mike’s app or website).
Make plans to stop by, enjoy a sub above and help Jersey Mike’s as they help our athletes!
Locations will be announced soon.

2025 Western Kentucky Swim Meet
2025-03-22 08:00 - 12:00 | Owensboro Health Healthpark, 1006 Ford Ave., Owensboro, KY, 42301, United States
Athletes from the western half of Kentucky will meet in Owensboro to try to swim their way into the Brad Harkleroad Memorial State Swim Meet.

2025 State Basketball Tournament and Team Skills Competition
2025-03-08 09:00 - 2025-03-09 15:00 | Mid-America Sports Center, 1906 Watterson Trail, Louisville, KY, 40299, United States
Teams from around the state will gather in Louisville to create some “March Magic” at the 2025 State Basketball Tournament and Team Skills Competition.
Teams that have qualified through Regional Tournaments will compete in the bracket State Tournament divisions, while teams that didn’t qualify for the Tournament but still wanted to experience State Tournament Weekend will have the opportunity to participate in the Team Skills Competition which measures athletes’ abilities in a series of common basketball skills drill.
The weekend also includes a Victory Dance on Saturday night.
State Basketball Tournament Brackets

2025 Lake Cumberland Polar Plunge
2025-03-08 09:00 - 12:00 | Lee’s Ford Resort Marina, 451 Lee's Ford Dock Rd, Nancy, 42544, United States
People will take a chilly dip into Lake Cumberland at Lee’s Ford Marina to support Special Olympics athletes.
For information follow lakecumberlandplunge.com.
See pictures from the 2024 Lake Cumberland Polar Plunge.

2025 Jersey Mike's Month of Giving
2025-03-01 10:00 - 2025-03-31 22:00 | Statewide, KY, United States
Our friends at select Jersey Mike’s Subs locations in Kentucky will be raising money to support our athletes all month long. Follow us on social media for special offers throughout the month and make plans to join us for the Day of Giving on March 26.
Participating locations will be announced soon.

2025 State Cheerleading Competition
2025-03-01 08:00 - 16:00 | Mercy Academy, 5801 Fegenbush Ln, Louisville, KY, 40228, United States
Cheerleading squads from across the state will take part in the Special Olympics division at the Mercy Academy Cheerleading Compeittion.

2025 Western Kentucky Polar Plunge and Polar 5k
2025-03-01 07:00 - 15:00 | Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park, 113 Administration Drive, Gilbertsville, KY, 42044, United States
There are so many ways to support Special Olympics athletes at the Western Kentucky Polar Plunge & Polar 5k. You can run or walk one of the most beautiful 5k courses in Kentucky, you can jump off the dock into the lake, you can run into the lake off the beach OR you can do all three and be declared a Polar Plunge Triple Crown winner!
For more information follow westernkyplunge.com.
See photos from last year’s event.

2025 Region 2 Basketball Tournament
2025-02-22 08:00 - 17:00 | Sports of all Sorts, 10094 Investment Way, Florence, KY, 41042, United States
Teams from throughout the eastern half of the state compete to advance to the State Basketball Tournament.

2025 Louisville Polar Plunge
2025-02-22 08:00 - 14:00 | Main Event, 12500 Sycamore Station Pl, Louisville, 40299, United States
Participants will take a chilly dip in a pool set up in the Main Event parking lot to support Special Olympics Kentucky athletes.
Follow louisvilleplunge.com for details.
See photos from the 2024 Louisville Plunge.

2025 Lexington Polar Plunge
2025-02-08 09:00 - 13:00 | Texas Roadhouse – Beaumont Centre, 3030 Lakecrest Cir., Lexington, KY, 40513, United States
Hundreds of BRRRRRave participants will be Freezin for a Reason when they take a chilly dip into a pool set up in the parking lot of the Texas Roadhouse in Beaumont Centre. Participants must raise a minimum of $100 to participate, but can raise more to earn great prizes.

2025 Unified Robotics Competition
2025-02-06 09:00 - 14:00 | UofL Founders Union, 450 N Whittington Pkwy, Louisville, KY, 40222, United States
Unified teams from middle schools in and around Jefferson County compete for robot supremacy in events like Clear the Field and Battlebots.

2025 Region 3 Basketball Tournament
2025-02-01 08:00 - 2025-02-02 15:00 | Blugrass Sportsplex, 208 Peterson Dr, Elizabethtown, KY, 42701, United States
Teams from Louisville and surrounding communities will compete to advance to the State Basketball Tournament in Louisville in March.

2025 Region 1 Basketball Tournament
2025-02-01 08:00 - 2025-02-02 15:00 | Kummer-Little Recreation Center/Moxley Community Center, Bowling Green, KY, 42101, United States
Teams from across Western Kentucky compete to advance to the State Basketball Tournament in Louisville.
Games will be held at both Kummer-Little Recreation Center and Moxley Community Center in Bowling Green.

2025 State Winter Games
2025-01-26 14:00 - 2025-01-28 14:00 | Perfect North Slopes, 19074 Perfect Place Ln, Lawrenceburg, IN, 47025, United States
Athletes from around the state gather for the year’s first championship!
We will hit the snow at Perfect North Slopes in Lawrenceburg, Ind., to compete in alpine skiing and snowshoeing.
Dinner and a dance on Monday night round out the festivities.

2024 Gift Card Raffle Drawing
2024-12-13 14:00 - 14:15 | SOKY Frankfort Office, 105 Lakeview Ct., Frankfort, KY, 40601, United States
We draw the winning ticket in the 2024 Holiday Gift Card Raffle. The winner will receive almost $5,000 in gift cards just in time for the Holidays!
Tickets will be available for purchase online on our Holiday Raffle Page starting Oct. 1.
You can watch the drawing live on our Facebook Page.

2024 State Bowling Tournament
2024-12-07 08:00 - 2024-12-08 15:00 | KY
Athletes from across the state will hit the lanes in Louisville to go for the gold in Special Olympics Kentucky’s most popular sport. Sessions will one again be held at Kingpin Lanes and Ten Pin Strike & Spare.
On Saturday all athletes who qualify will compete in the Singles Event. On Sunday, we’ll hold the Doubles and Unified Doubles events.

2024 State Artistic Gymnastics Competition
2024-11-24 08:00 - 13:00 | Legacy All Sports, 261 Ruccio Way, Lexington, KY, 40503, United States
Gymnasts from across Kentucky will be showing off their skills at Legacy All Sports in Lexington.

2024 State Flag Football Tournament
2024-11-03 09:00 - 15:00 | George Rogers Clark High School, 2745 Boonesboro Rd, Winchester, KY, 40391, United States
Flag Football teams from across the state will Go for the Gold on the gridiron at a brand new venue.

2024 Area 2 Bowling Tournament
2024-10-26 13:00 - 17:00 | Diamond Lanes South, 410 Carlton Dr, Owensboro, KY, 42303, United States
Athletes from the area surrounding Owensboro and Henderson compete for the opportunity to advance to the State Bowling Tournament.

2024 Area 7 Bowling Tournament
2024-10-26 10:00 - 15:00 | Walt’s Center Lanes, 1809 Monmouth St, Newport, KY, 41071, United States
Athletes from throughout Northern Kentucky will compete to advance to the State Bowling Tournament.

2024 Area 5 Bowling Tournament
2024-10-26 08:00 - 15:00 | Southern Lanes, 2710 Scottsville Rd, Bowling Green, KY, 42104, United States
Athletes from the area around Bowling Green, from Christian County to Wayne County compete to advance to the State Bowling Tournament.

2024 Area 8 Bowling Tournament
2024-10-25 12:00 - 2024-10-27 16:00 | Southland Lanes, 205 Southland Dr., Lexington, KY, 40503, United States
Athletes from around Central Kentucky will compete to qualify for the State Bowling Tournament.
Friday, Oct. 25
Noon – Singles Event
Sunday, Oct. 27
1 pm – Unified/Ramp Events

2025 MedFest
2024-10-23 08:00 - 15:00 | Southland Christian Church – Richmond Rd., 2349 Richmond Rd, Lexington, KY, 40502, United States
Held in cooperation with Fayette County Public Schools, MedFest gives students with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to receive sports physicals and dental, vision and hear screenings free of charge. All services are preformed by trained medical personnel who volunteer their time to support the event.
Non-students who qualify are also encouraged to attend the event.
Anyone wishing to attend must register in advance.

2024 Area 6 Bowling Tournament
2024-10-19 10:00 - 15:00 | Galaxy Bowl, 1025 Amberly Way, Richmond, 40475, United States
Athletes from Southeastern Kentucky compete for the opportunity to advance to the State Bowling Tournament.
