Join our Law Enforcement Torch Run volunteers at the Jeffersontown Krispy Kreme on Saturday, Dec. 10, for the Cops on Doughnut Shops fundraiser.
Kentucky World Games Athletes Head to Camp in December
Special Olympics USA Team Training Camp One of Final Steps on Road to Austria The two Kentucky athletes who will compete as part of the Special Olympics USA team at the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria will spend part of their December taking part in the team training camp. Alpine skiers Kelly …
SOKY to Host Eastern Regional Youth Summit at EKU
Special Olympics Kentucky will host an Eastern Regional Youth Summit on Monday, Nov. 21, in the Perkins Center at Eastern Kentucky University.
2017 Winter Sports Season
With the calendar set to turn another year, Winter Sports Season is fast approaching. The Special Olympics Kentucky Winter Sports Season consists of basketball, cheerleading and the State Winter Games.
KHSAA Unified Sports Partnership Expands to Bowling
Addition Begins with 2016-17 Season The two-year old partnership between Special Olympics and the Kentucky High School Athletic Association to provide Unified Sports opportunities in Kentucky high schools is already expanding. Bowling will be added as the second official KHSAA Unified sport beginning with the 2016-17 bowling season. In a Sept. 22Â press release, the KHSAA …
Physicians Needed for Louisville MedFest Oct. 27
Eight volunteer physicians are still needed to assist at the Louisville MedFest, scheduled for Oct. 27 at the Brown and Williamson Club at Louisville’s Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium.
Fall Sports Season
Kentucky’s smallest and most unique events — the State Equestrian and Artistic Gymnastics Competitions — the program’s fastest-growing team sport — flag football — and our largest single sport event of the year — the State Bowling Tournament make up the busy 2016 Fall Sports season.
2016 Bowling Season
Area Tournaments Begin Oct. 15 The Special Olympics Kentucky Bowling season runs August through December. In August, more than 1,500 Special Olympics Bowlers and Unified partners begin their bowling season as they bowl weekly in order to improve their bowling skills and to obtain an accurate average. Any athlete who wishes to qualify for the …
Chew for a Cause
Tayshaun Prince to Headline Farm-to-Table Dinner Benefiting Special Olympics Former UK and current NBA star Tayshaun Prince will be in Lexington on Thursday, Sept. 22, to headline a Kentucky Proud farm-to-table dinner to help raise funds for Special Olympics Kentucky. The dinner will be held at Fasig-Tipton Dining Hall with the VIP cocktail reception beginning at 6:00 …
Last Night at the World Summer Games – Oct. 9
Basketball Takes Home the Gold! After struggling through the preliminary rounds at the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games, the Kentucky basketball team that is representing Team USA at the Games played well when it counted most. The team, made up of seven women from the Bowling Green area and two from Owensboro followed a …