Special Olympics Pennsylvania: March Madness 2020, Round II
Can you believe we’ve already powered through EIGHT matchups in our OFFICIAL Special Olympics Pennsylvania March Madness Bracket! ๐ Check out the updated bracket below and check back frequently for updates on all the voting! Matchup 9: ๐๐จ. ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ v. ๐๐จ. ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ. ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ: The top seed in […]
Special Olympics Pennsylvania: March Madness 2020
Well, we know everyone was expecting a different type of bracket to be released this evening, but we’ve come up with the next best thing! Presenting… The OFFICIAL Special Olympics Pennsylvania March Madness Bracket! ๐ Which event will reign supreme?! That will be completely up to YOU!! We’ll be posting polls on our Facebook and […]
2020 Pittsburgh Polar Plunge Recap
It goes without saying that the 10th Anniversary of the Pittsburgh Polar Plunge was going to be special. But we had no idea just how special. Over the course of the weekend, we saw more than 2,000 people take the Plunge into the pools outside of Heinz Field and we absolutely crushed our fundraising goal, […]
Lehigh Valley Polar Plunge exceeds its fundraising goal
The Lehigh Valley Polar Plunge in Easton took place on Saturday and was a splashing success! More than 600 brave souls took the frigid dip into the Delaware to help raise more than $110,000 for Special Olympics Pennsylvania athletes! To see some videos describing the reasons why people Plunge, check out this thread. And for […]
York County athletes honored at Commissioners’ Meeting
This morning, athletes from York County as well as our Central Competition Director, Teresa Amaturo, were honored guests at the York County Government’s Commissioners’ Meeting to receive a proclamation ahead of Indoor Winter Games! In addition to the proclamation describing what Special Olympics Pennsylvania does as an organization, the final paragraph declared: “Therefore, be it […]
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 […]
SOPA partners with Eastern Lycoming YMCA
Special Olympics Pennsylvania and the Eastern Lycoming YMCA have joined together to increase fitness and training opportunities for athletes with intellectual disabilities. Both organizations share a similar mission that works to improve the quality of life and well-being for the community, and the partnership will serve athletes in Bradford/Sullivan, Clinton, Lycoming and Tioga Counties. The […]
Athletes attend pancake breakfast at Knights of Columbus
On Sunday, two of our Montgomery County athletes had the opportunity to attend the Knights of Columbus pancake breakfast at St. Thomas More Parish in Pottstown. Celine Heffron-Pero and Trevor Ciampoli joined Doreen Storey (Director of Development, East) to help spread the word about Special Olympics Pennsylvania programming. Keith Brown of the Knights of Columbus […]
Pittsburgh Sunday Morning interview for the #PGHPolarPlunge
Our very own Allegheny County athlete Chris Jagielski was joined by our Vice President of Development, Kraig Makohus as guests on Jonny Hartwell‘s radio show, Pittsburgh Sunday Morning — a public affairs show on the iHeart Radio Pittsburgh channels. The interview aired today on multiple Pittsburgh stations and we’re thrilled to be able to have […]
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 […]
