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Guest post: Athlete-leader Allison D’Agostino makes Team Missouri!

December 18, 2017 / Comments Off on Guest post: Athlete-leader Allison D’Agostino makes Team Missouri!

This guest blog post is from 2018 Team Missouri athlete-leader Allison D’Agostino (public relations assistant). It is posted here mostly as it was originally written on her personal blog and re-posted here…

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Guest post: Dec. 8-9 Team Missouri training

December 18, 2017 / Comments Off on Guest post: Dec. 8-9 Team Missouri training

This guest blog post is from 2018 Team Missouri athlete Lynna Hodgson (track and field). It is posted here exactly as it was originally written on her personal blog and…

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Tristan Holmes wins 2017 Drive it Home Raffle

December 1, 2017 / Comments Off on Tristan Holmes wins 2017 Drive it Home Raffle

Our sincere thanks to everyone who purchased a ticket for Special Olympics Drive it Home Raffle. Your support of this event directly benefits more than 15,300 athletes across the state.…

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‘I felt left in the dark and all alone’

November 13, 2017 / Comments Off on ‘I felt left in the dark and all alone’

This is a guest blog post from Special Olympics Missouri athlete Amanda Koch. She is a member of Team Missouri and will travel to compete in bocce at the 2018…

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Radio DJ Conquers Fear of Heights for SOMO

July 19, 2017 / Comments Off on Radio DJ Conquers Fear of Heights for SOMO

In 2011, Brad Hildebrand took his first journey rappelling down 20 stories in downtown St. Louis. Why? To go Over the Edge for Special Olympics Missouri. Over the Edge is…

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State Summer Games through the eyes of an intern

June 12, 2017 / Comments Off on State Summer Games through the eyes of an intern

Sarah Schroll is a communications intern in the KC Metro office. She is a senior at the University of Central Missouri majoring in Public Relations. When I first started my…

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Missouri Residents Honored at Annual Awards Banquet

May 12, 2017 / Comments Off on Missouri Residents Honored at Annual Awards Banquet

The Blattel family, Robb Eichelberger, Genice Fisher and Esther Pfeiff were all recognized for their outstanding contributions to Special Olympics Missouri at the SOMO Annual Awards Luncheon March 25 at…

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Special Olympics Missouri Breaks Ground on Training for Life Campus

May 8, 2017 / Comments Off on Special Olympics Missouri Breaks Ground on Training for Life Campus

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSfcxDds6MY?ecver=1] (JEFFERSON CITY, MO) – Special Olympics Missouri (SOMO) enjoyed a historic day for our program, Jefferson City and Missouri as a whole, as we officially broke ground on…

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Brandon Schatsiek’s World Games Blog: Part 2

April 30, 2017 /

Brandon Schatsiek is SOMO’s Multimedia & Athlete Leadership Manager. He is serving on Special Olympics USA‘s communications team at the 2017 World Winter Games in Austria. Read Part 1 of this blog series…

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Brandon Schatsiek’s World Games Blog: Part 1

March 22, 2017 /

Brandon Schatsiek is SOMO’s Multimedia & Athlete Leadership Manager. He is serving on Special Olympics USA‘s communications team at the 2017 World Winter Games in Austria.  I was able to…

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