In Schuykill County, a special basketball scrimmage
The Shenandoah Sentinel provided awesome coverage of a recent basketball scrimmage between Schuykill County‘s team, the “Hoopsters” and the “Court Rats” Of Ehrlich Pest Control, Pottsville. To read more about it and see more fantastic photos, follow this link.
Defending Unified Bocce state champs featured in CDT
Defending PIAA Unified Bocce state champions, Bald Eagle Area High School, recently advanced to the state championships for the second consecutive season and was featured in a piece in the Centre Daily Times. From the piece: The Eagles’ Blue Team, which is comprised of four students with [intellectual disabilities] and four without, beat State College’s […]
Winter Games Press Recap
We were so lucky to have a huge media presence at the 2020 Winter Games at Seven Springs! We gathered all the links, stories and moments from the interwebs and collected them all here so you can see what the Games looked like through the media’s eyes. From WTAJ: 43rd annual Special Olympics Winter Games […]
PSU basketball player pens children’s book with SOPA athletes
On Saturday, Penn State’s Men’s Basketball team will celebrate “Everyone is Awesome Day,” which will welcome individuals from all walks of life. As part of the celebration a children’s book created by star forward Lamar Stevens, in conjunction with LifeLinkPSU and Special Olympics Pennsylvania athletes, will be given to the first 2,000 fans! The book […]
Penn State Abington hosts SOPA athletes
During the first weekend of February, Special Olympics Pennsylvania – Bucks County athletes spent time at Penn State Abington, where athletes from a number of sports participated in a series of activities and events sponsored by Abington’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), in the Athletic Building. To read the full story, follow this link from […]
SOPA News Roundup
It’s been a fantastic week for Special Olympics Pennsylvania competition and events throughout the state… Here’s a look at what we’ve been up to! From 6-WJAC: Special Olympics athletes prepare for Winter Games; invitational held this weekend From The Tribune-Democrat: ‘Inspirational’ athletes compete at Special Olympics invitational From Fox 43: Hundreds brave the freezing water […]
SOPA hosts Multi-Chamber Networking Reception at 7 Springs
We were honored that Special Olympics Pennsylvania – Somerset was designated as the host charity of the 2020 Winter Kickoff & Multi-Chamber Networking Reception at Seven Springs Resort last Friday. During the program, SOPA Board of Directors member and Law Enforcement Torch Run Director, Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert spoke to all in attendance to […]
Special Olympics Pennsylvania’s Top 10 Moments of 2019 (Part II)
The things that Special Olympics Pennsylvania athletes, coaches and volunteers have accomplished in 2019 are nothing short of sensational. And so as we take time to savor these final few hours of the year and look ahead to 2020, we want to share our list of Special Olympics Pennsylvania’s Top 10 Moments of 2019. Today, […]
Special Olympics Pennsylvania’s Top 10 Moments of 2019
The things that Special Olympics Pennsylvania athletes, coaches and volunteers have accomplished in 2019 are nothing short of sensational. And so as we take time to savor these final few hours of the year and look ahead to 2020, we want to share our list of Special Olympics Pennsylvania’s Top 10 Moments of 2019. We’re […]
Special Olympics PA athletes spend time with Rodney McLeod
Last Friday, a group of Special Olympics Pennsylvania athletes got to spend time with Philadelphia Eagles safety Rodney McLeod at the team’s training complex in South Philadelphia as part of an event with the Hometown Foundation/Dream Ride. In addition to eating lunch and chatting with Rodney, the athletes went on a tour of the locker […]
