Area Contact Information
3725 Gene Field Rd, Ste B, St Joseph, MO 64506
Phone: 816-233-6232 / Fax: 816-233-0130
Area Staff:
Melody Prawitz, Development Director
Mitch Curran, Program Director
Charlie Phillips, Office Assistant
Counties served:
Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clark, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Putnam, Ray, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, Sullivan and Worth
North Area Sponsors
North Area events
North Area Basketball
Team entries and physicals due Thursday, January 8th. Please email entries to curran@somo.org. This event will be held at Northwest Missouri State University at Bearcat Arena. Click here to volunteer:…
2026 Chillicothe Polar Plunge
This “unbearable” event is a unique opportunity to show your bravery as you support local Special Olympics Missouri athletes by walking, running or crawling into the frigid winter waters. In…
2026 Maryville Polar Plunge
This “unbearable” event is a unique opportunity to show your bravery as you support local Special Olympics Missouri athletes by walking, running or crawling into the frigid winter waters. This…
2026 Kirksville Polar Plunge
This “unbearable” event is a unique opportunity to show your bravery as you support local Special Olympics Missouri athletes by walking, running or crawling into the frigid winter waters. In…
North Area Spring Games (East Buchanan)
Team entries and physicals due Thursday, March 26th. Questions? Please contact Mitch Curran: curran@somo.org
SOMO Sum Ups - weekly recaps & headlines
SURPRISE VIDEO: Special Olympics Missouri athlete nominated to compete at 2023 Special Olympics World Games
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Special Olympics Missouri (SOMO) is very excited to announce longtime athlete Charlie Phillips has been nominated to represent Special Olympics Missouri and Special Olympics USA at the…
Special Olympics Missouri athletes compete at Chiefs Training Camp
ST. JOSEPH – The Kansas City Chiefs were not the only football team training at Missouri Western State University on Thursday. Special Olympics Missouri and Special Olympics Kansas faced off…
SOMO hosts successful State Summer Games in Columbia
COLUMBIA – Special Olympics Missouri hosted its State Summer Games May 20-22 in Columbia. It was SOMO’s first full three-day event since 2018. “SOMO has been through so much these…
Meet the Team: Team Missouri 3 on 3 basketball
Meet the team that will represent Missouri in 3 on 3 basketball at USA Games, this summer at Disneyland in Orlando, Florida, June 5-12. They are led by their coach…
Jared Niemeyer named SOMO Athlete of the Year, other athletes honored
All of the athletes below were recognized for their outstanding contributions to Special Olympics Missouri from their respective areas at the SOMO Annual Awards Luncheon Oct. 19 in Columbia. Each year,…
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