Posts Tagged ‘Unified Partners’
Mexico Schools Unified Sports Day
JEFFERSON CITY — Special Olympics Missouri (SOMO) held a Unified Sports Day along with a Healthy Athletes Medfest at the Special Olympics Missouri Training for Life Campus (TLC) on Wednesday,…
Read MoreSpecial 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…
Read MoreSOMO: It runs in the Lang family
Special Olympics runs in the family for the Langs of Dittmer, 30 miles southwest of St. Louis. Amanda, 21, plays as a Unified Partner with her brother Alex, 16. Amanda and Alex…
Read MoreSO Get Into It: Teaching Inclusion to Middle Schoolers
I grew up in a loving family with a Special Olympics athlete. My brother, a National Games gold medalist, has taught me many valuable life lessons even though he is…
Read MoreLaberer Family Reaps Rewards On and Off the Playing Field
The success of a program or organization can be defined in a multitude of ways. For the Laberer family of Union, you don’t have to look any further than their…
Read MoreSpecial Olympics National Invitational Golf Tournament 2012
Each year, Special Olympics North America hosts an invitational golf tournament. Missouri is awarded a number of slots, and some of our top golfers are selected to compete. Mike Burke,…
Read MoreThe Power of Friendship
This post was originally published on the Special Olympics Project UNIFY blog. William and Emily of Special Olympics Missouri know firsthand the true power of unified sports — friendship! …
Read MoreSusan Shaffer Honored by Women’s Intersport Network for Columbia
We don’t often toot our staff’s horn, but we would be remiss if we didn’t publicly congratulate Susan Shaffer for her recent honor. Susan is one of three nominees for…
Read MoreYouth Today are the Leaders Tomorrow
Trish Lutz is the Area Services Director for SOMO. You can reach her at lutz@somo.org. How many times have you heard the statement, “Youth today are the leaders tomorrow”? How…
Read MoreFriendly Competition
It’s the bottom of the 4th inning. The Vermont Bennington Catamounts have just cycled through their entire lineup and are ahead of the Missouri Jackson County Parks & Recreation Friends…
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