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Press Releases and Media Alerts
Media Advisory for September 29, 2021
DeSales University to Host Annual Special Olympics PA Eastern Fall Sectional
Media Advisory for September 23, 2021
Slippery Rock University to Host Annual Special Olympics PA Western Fall Sectional
Juniata College to Host Annual Special Olympics PA Central Fall Sectional
Media Advisory for September 15, 2021
Special Olympics Pennsylvania to Host Pittsburgh's 5th Annual UNcathlon
Press Release for September 2, 2021
Special Olympics Pennsylvania to Host Pittsburgh's 5th Annual UNcathlon
Press Release for August 31, 2021
Media Advisory for August 19, 2021
Over 60 Special Olympics Pennsylvania Athletes to Compete in 2021 Eastern Bowling Qualifier
Over 70 Special Olympics Pennsylvania Athletes to Compete in 2021 Central Bowling Qualifier
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Athletes to Compete in 2021 Western Bowling Qualifier
Media Advisory for July 26, 2021
Press Release for July 19, 2021
Press Release for June 22, 2021
Press Release for June 21, 2021
Pittsburgh High Schools Place 1st and 4th in Unified Fitness Heptathlon Championship Divisions
Press Release for June 2, 2021
The 11th Annual Special Olympics PA Be a Fan Torch Run to Kick-Off the 2021 Virtual Summer Games
Press Release for May 27, 2021
Press Release for April 27, 2021
Press Release for April 21, 2021
Press Release for March 30, 2021
Special Olympics PA Adds "Fun" to this Year's 12th Annual Paterno Family Virtual Beaver Stadium Run
Press Release for March 4, 2021
Special Olympics PA Combines Winter Games and Indoor Winter Games into a Series of Virtual Events
Press Release for February 17, 2021
Special Olympics PA Kicks-Off Pop-A-Palooza: The March to 3,000 Burrr-tual Polar Pop Participants
Press Release for February 16, 2021
Sue Paterno Takes Special Olympics PA's "Burrr-tual" Polar Pop
Press Release for January 27, 2021
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Names New Chairman of the Board
Press Release for Janaury 20, 2021
Special Olympics PA Announces Statewide Burrr-tual Polar Pop
Press Releases for September 22, 2020
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Honors Adams County Athlete for Female Athlete of Year
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Honors Allegheny County Athlete for Male Athlete of the Year
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Honors Area M Family with Family of the Year Award
Area M Program Volunteer Honored by Special Olympics Pennsylvania as Volunteer of the Year
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Honors Chester County Athlete for Unified Athlete of the Year
Northampton County Program Manager Honored by Special Olympics Pennsylvania as Manager of the Year
Washington/Greene County Program Coach Honored by Special Olympics Pennsylvania as Coach of the Year
Press Release for September 16, 2020
Eight Special Olympics Pennsylvania Athlete Leaders Earn Degrees from Athlete Leadership University
Press Release for September 3, 2020
Press Release for August 3, 2020
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Announces Virtual Sports Camp
Press Releases August 12, 2020
Sharon Resident Announced as One of Nine Special Olympics Pennsylvania Virtual UNcathlon Captains
Bethlehem Resident Announced as One of Nine Special Olympics Pennsylvania Virtual UNcathlon Captains
Hawley Resident Announced as One of Nine Special Olympics Pennsylvania Virtual UNcathlon Captains
Bedford Resident Announced as One of Nine Special OlympicsPennsylvania Virtual UNcathlon Captains
Sayre Resident Announced as One of Nine Special Olympics Pennsylvania Virtual UNcathlon Captains
Press Release for July 24, 2020
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Announces 2020 UNcathlon Virtual AMRAP Challenge
Press Release for June 18, 2020
PSECU Continues Multi-Year Special Olympics Pennsylvania Support, Contributes $25K to the Cause
Press Release for June 10, 2020
Press Release for April 28, 2020
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Launches New Innovation Lab
Press Release for April 16, 2020
Press Release for April 15, 2020
Lebanon Student-Athlete Awards Special Olympics PA - Allgheny County Gatorade Play It Forward Grant
Press Release for March 25, 2020
Press Release for March 18, 2020
Press Releases for March 13, 2020
- Special Olympics Pennsylvania's 11th Annual Paterno Family Beaver Stadium Run Suspended
- Special Olympics Pennsylvsania's 4th Annual Pittsburgh UNcathlon Postponed
- Special Olympics PA's 51st Area M Games Cancelled Due to Modifications in Schedule
Press Release for March 12, 2020
Press Release for March 10, 2020
Press Release for March 9, 2020
Press Release for March 6, 2020
Press Releases for March 5, 2020
- 35th Annual Leprechaun Run Presented by TMNA Services to Benefit Special Olympics PA
- Wilkes-Barre YMCA Partners with Special Olympics Pennsylvania
Press Releases for March 3, 2020
- Special Olympics Pennsylvania's 2020 MedFest to Provide Free Sports Medical Screenings to Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
- Greater Pittston YMCA Partners with Special Olympics Pennsylvania
- Greater Scranton YMCA Partners with Special Olympics Pennsylvania
- Greater Carbondale YMCA Partners with Special Olympics Pennsylvania
Press Releases for March 2, 2020
- Special Olympics PA to Host the Allegheny and Westmoreland Interscholastic Unified Sports Indoor Bocce Regional Championships
- Special Olympics PA to Host the Blair Interscholastic Unified Sports Indoor Bocce Regional Championships
- Special Olympics PA to Host the Delaware County Interscholastic Unified Sports Indoor Bocce Regional Championships
- Special Olympics PA to Host the Somerset, Bedford and Cambria Interscholastic Unified Sports Indoor Bocce Regional Championships
Press Releases for Febaury 27, 2020
- River Valley YMCA Partners with Special Olympics Pennsylvania
- Greater Valley YMCA Partners with Special Olympics Pennsylvania
- Lancaster Family YMCA Partners with Special Olympics Pennsylvania
Press Release for February 25, 2020
Press Release for February 20, 2020
Press Release for February 19, 2020
Press Release for February 13, 2020
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Second Annual Special Olympics Pennsylvania Indoor Winter Games Comes to York County
- Special Olympics PA Announce 8th Annual Lehigh Valley Polar Plunge
Press Release for February 5, 2020
Press Release for January 31, 2020
Press Releases for January 30, 2020
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Special Olympics PA to Hold 43rd Annual Winter Games at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Feb. 9-11
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Special Olympics PA Announces 9th Annual Winter Games Polar Plunge
Press Releases for January 16, 2020
- Special Olympics Pennsylvania's 2020 Central Bowling Sectional Has Been Cancelled Due to Inclement Weather
- Special Olympics Pennsylvania – Lehigh County to Host 44th Annual Track & Field Experience at Parkland High School on Friday May 1, 2020
- Special Olympics Pennsylvania's 2020 Western Bowling Sectional Has Been Cancelled Due to Impending Inclement Weather
Press Release for January 15, 2020
Press Releases for January 8, 2020
- Special Olympics PA to Hold Western Bowling Sectional at Eastway, Greengarden, and Westway lanes in Erie and Girard, PA, January 18th
- Special Olympics PA to Hold Central Bowling Sectional at ABC North, ABC East & ABC West Lanes in Harrisburg & Mechanicsburg, PA, Jan. 19th
- Special Olympics PA to Hold Eastern Bowling Sectional in Four Local Bowling Alleys on Jan. 26th
Press Release for January 6, 2020
Press Release for December 21, 2019
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Announces New Regional Executive Director
Press Release for December 17, 2019
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Recognizes Houston Resident for Nearly 26 Yearsof Volunteer Service
Media Alert for December 6, 2019
Press Release for November 21, 2019
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Names New Members to Board of Directors
Press Release for November 19, 2019
Media Alert for November 8, 2019
Press Release for November 7, 2019
Press Release for November 5, 2019
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Launches New Center for Unified Leadership
Press Release for November 4, 2019
Media Alert for November 4, 2019
Media Alert for October 30, 2019
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Teams Up With Local Law Enforcement For 9th Annual Torch Run
Media Alert for October 29, 2019
Villanova University To Host Special Olympics Pennsylvania's 31st Annual Fall Festival, Nov. 1 - 3
Press Release for October 23, 2019
Villanova University to Host Special Olympics Pennsylvania’s 31st Annual Fall Festival, Nov. 1 – 3
Press Release for October 3, 2019
DeSales University To Host Annual Special Olympics Pennsylvania Eastern Fall Sectional
Press Releases for August 29, 2019
- Allegheny County Athlete Honored by Special Olympics Pennsylvania as Female Athlete of the Year
- Fifteen Special Olympics Pennsylvania Athlete Leaders Earn Degrees from Athlete Leadership University
- Northumberland/Snyder Athletes Honored by Special Olympics Pennsylvania at Leadership Conference
- Washington County Honored by Special Olympics Pennsylvania as Program of the Year
- Area M Volunteer Herbert H. Packer III Inducted into Special Olympics Pennsylvania Hall of Fame
- Centre County Volunteer Bellamarie Bregar Inducted into Special Olympics Pennsylvania Hall of Fame
- Columbia/Montour Athlete Nina Kaneriya Inducted into Special Olympics Pennsylvania Hall of Fame
- York County Athlete Corey Markle Inducted into Special Olympics Pennsylvania Hall of Fame; Debra Gable Named Coach of the Year
- Philadelphia Athletes, Volunteer Honored by Special Olympics Pennsylvania at Annual Leadership Conference
Media Alert for June 4, 2019
9th Annual Special Olympics Pennsylvania Torch Run from Pittsburgh to State College
Media Alert for May 22, 2019
Press Release for May 17, 2019
Special Olympics PA to Celebrate its 50th Annual Summer Games at Penn State University , June 6 - 8
Press Release for May 9, 2019
Energy Transfer To Serve As Premier Special Olympics PA "Guardians Of The Flame" Torch Run Partner
Media Alert for April 25, 2019
3rd Annual Unified Bocce Government Challenge to Be Held in East Rotunda of the State Capitol
Press Release for April 19, 2019
Special Olympics Pennsylvania to Host Pittsburgh's Third Annual UNcathlon
Press Releases for April 18, 2019
- Saint Francis University to Host Special Olympics PA Central Spring Sectional
- County, City Officials Partner with Special Olympics PA to Host Pittsburgh "Cities of Inclusion" Summit
Press Releases for April 17, 2019
- Special Olympics Pennsylvania to Hold Annual Western Spring Sectional at Carnegie Mellon University
- Special Olympics Pennsylvania to Hold Largest Statewide Sectional at Kutztown University
Media Alert for April 10, 2019
Press Release for Friday, March 22, 2019
Press Release for Thursday, March 14, 2019
Press Release for Friday, February 22, 2019
Press Release for Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Media Alerts for Wednesday, February 20, 2019
- 2019 Pittsburgh Polar Plunge Weekend, February 22 & 23
- Northern High School To Host Special Olympics PA's Greater Harrisburg Unified Bocce Championship, February 26th
Press Releases for February 13, 2019
- Special Olympics PA to Hold Pittsburgh Polar Plunge & Festival, February 22 & 23
- First Annual Special Olympics Pennsylvania Indoor Winter Games Comes To York County
Press Release for February 6, 2019
Lehigh Valley to Host Seventh Annual Special Olympics PA Polar Plunge, Feb. 15-16
Media Alert for Monday, February 4, 2019
Press Release for January 29, 2019
Special Olympics PA to Hold 42nd Annual Winter Games at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Feb. 10-12
Press Release for January 25, 2019
Special Olympics PA Announces 8th Annual Winter Games Polar Plunge
Media Alert for January 25, 2019
Special Olympics PA's 11th Annual Eastern Polar Plunge
Media Alerts for January 17, 2019
- Special Olympics Pennsylvania’s 2019 Western Bowling Sectional Has Been Cancelled Due To Impending Inclement Weather
- Special Olympics Pennsylvania’s 2019 Central Bowling Sectional Has Been Cancelled Due To Impending Inclement Weather
- Special Olympics Pennsylvania’s 2019 Eastern Bowling Sectional Has Been Cancelled Due To Impending Inclement Weather
Press Release for January 10, 2019
Special Olympics Pennsylvania's Eastern Polar Plunge Celebrates 11 Years!
Press Release for January 7, 2019
Special Olympics PA's 7th Annual Beaver County Polar Plunge
Press Release for December 5, 2018
City Officials Partner with Special Olympics PA to Host Philadelphia “Cities of Inclusion” Summit
If you are with a media outlet and would like to speak with someone regarding a specific media request, please contact:
Hailey Euston
Director, Marketing & Public Relations
heuston@specialolympicspa.org
610-630-9450, ext. 219
Larkin Richards
Manager, Marketing & Public Relations
lrichards@specialolympicspa.org