Special Olympics Pennsylvania #50for50: Elizabeth Kraft

#50for50: Volume 17▪️ Elizabeth Kraft▪️ 37 years old▪️ Beaver County “My earliest memories are talking at Penn State, Villanova and Slippery Rock. I’m a Global Messenger. They gave me a paper and they let me emcee. It made me feel good. Especially at Penn State because they gave me the microphone and they just let […]

SOPA Unified Bocce athlete receives prestigious award

One of Special Olympics Pennsylvania‘s Unified Bocce athletes, Jack Sullivan, recently received the “Honor the Game” award from Mt. Lebanon. The award is decided upon when all sports teams in a given season nominate an athlete to receive it. One male and female athlete are selected from the nominations. This is the first time in […]

Allegheny County athlete bowls a turkey

This is Sammy, a Special Olympics athlete from Allegheny County. Sammy is an avid bowler and has long been in pursuit of the elusive turkey (bowling three strikes in a row). Every time Sammy has rolled two strikes in a row over the past few years his father, John, would record Sammy’s next attempt. Each […]