Jackie high fives students at the Bemidji vs Menagha basketball game / Lainie Hiller Photography Unified Champion Schools aims to make schools more inclusive for students with intellectual disabilities. The […] |
Stories of Champions – Celebrating Special Olympics Minnesota’s 50th Anniversary Amber and Tasha Feigh started competing with Special Olympics Minnesota when they were around 8 years old. Today, the Feigh […] |
Featured photo: At 2023 Capitol Hill Day, Thomas and Rylynn spoke in the rotunda and engaged with families and lawmakers to promote Unified programming. Thomas Blair and Rylynn Zannon, seniors […] |
Stories of Champions – Celebrating Special Olympics Minnesota’s 50th Anniversary If you’ve been to a Polar Plunge or a Special Olympics Minnesota competition, there’s a pretty good chance that you’ve […] |
Michael “Red” Glenna first took the Polar Plunge in Maple Grove in February 2008. That initial Plunge with The Lookout Bar and Grill team sparked years full of friendship, adventure […] |
Featured photo: Sobottka photographing the first Polar Plunge of the 2023 season in White Bear Lake While some Minnesotans dream of flying south for the winter, photographer Fred Sobottka can’t […] |
Austin is a Special Olympics Minnesota athlete from Springfield, MN. He joined a Special Olympics Minnesota powerlifting team 6 years ago as a shy and soft-spoken 22-year-old. Since then, he […] |
By Dave Dorn, President and CEO of Special Olympics Minnesota In 2023, we’re celebrating Special Olympics Minnesota’s 50th anniversary! It’s hard to believe that we’re honoring five decades of spreading […] |
South View Middle School is a Special Olympics Unified Champion School in Edina, Minnesota. When Unified programs first arrived at South View, first-year teacher Jenni Schaefer was initially overwhelmed. But […] |