Special Olympics

Student With Down Syndrome

Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Down Syndrome, Special Olympics, Carolann Nunez Prom Queen, Americas High School, Prom Queen, Prom, Carolann Nunez, Michael Nunez, Good News News

Carolann Nunez, a Texas high school student with Down syndrome, was crowned prom queen on Saturday, KVIA-7's Jennifer Myers reports. After learning...

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The Scary Truth About Prescription Drugs

| Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Special Olympics, Hartland High School, Hartland High School Death Threat, Senior Pranks, Ipad in Classroom, Technology in Classroom, High-School-Patches, Teens-Prescription-Drugs, High School News, Prescription Drug Abuse, Teen News

Every week, HuffPost Teen rounds up the best local news stories about high school students from across the country through our friends at Patch.com. C...

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Charity Hoopla Challenge: Donate March Madness Winnings To Kids' Sports Charities!

Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Special Olympics, Kansas State, Charity, Ohio, Donating to Charity, Ncaa, Ohio State, Basketball, NCAA Brackets, University of Louisville, March Madness, Video, Ymca, Playground, Final Four, Kaboom, Impact News

Want to see a real game-changing play during March Madness? Pledge to donate your NCAA Championship winnings to kids in need! If your pool pred...

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Pledge To Ban The 'R-Word' For Good

Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Intellectual Disabilities, Special Olympics, Video, Stroke, Ellen Seidman, Activism, Love That Max, Cerebral Palsy, Brain Damage, Best Buddies, Max Seidman, R-Word, Impact News

Nine-year-old Max is bright, funny and motivated. He also has cerebral palsy, a condition his mom fears will lead people to insult him with insensitiv...

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Pa. Charities Get Big Donations In Joe Paterno's Memory

AP | GENARO C. ARMAS | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Penn State, Special Olympics, Video, Joe Paterno Memorial, Pennsylvania, Penn State Scandal, Joe Paterno Charity, Joe Paterno Death, Sue Paterno, Matt Aaron, Joe Paterno, Impact News

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Special Olympics of Pennsylvania has received about $80,000 in donations in memory of late Penn State football coach Joe Pa...

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Child Cancer Survivor Donates Birthday Money In Honor Of Joe Paterno

Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Special Olympics, Penn-State-Ifc-Panhellenic-Dance-Marathon, Charity, Natasha Mosser, Dylan Mosser, Child Cancer, Dance, Cancer, Joe Paterno, Acute-Lymphocytic-Leukemia, Video, Impact News

Right before his third birthday, Dylan Moser was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Now Moser, 12-years-old and in remission, is celebrat...

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VIDEO, PHOTOS: Thousands Take Polar Bear Plunge

AP | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Polar Bear Plunge, Special Olympics, Video, Sandy Point State Park, Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge, Chesapeake Bay, Annapolis, Maryland, DC News

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Thousands of people clad in bathing trunks, bikinis and even some woolly winter hats have taken the Polar Bear Plunge into the Chesa...

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Joe Paterno's Legacy Lives On Through Special Olympics

Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: Special Olympics, Penn State, Penn-State-Ifc-Panhellenic-Dance-Marathon, Video, Joe Paterno Death, Sue Paterno, Joe Paterno Penn State, Funeral-Donations, Joe Paterno, Funeral, Impact News

Three days of public memorial events for Joe Paterno will begin Tuesday afternoon, and mourners will have the chance to make sure the famed coach's mi...

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Ending the R-word

Ayo Adeyeye | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Down Syndrome, Peace Corps, Entertainment Tonight, Anthony Shriver, Lauren Potter, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Special Olympics, Fred Segal, Best Buddies, Maria Shriver, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Nancy O'Dell, Glee, project360, Impact News

I remember having a conversation with my elder sister, as a child, and mentioning something concerning "handicapped people." My sister, who has long h...

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Watching the Bowl Championship Series? Give Money to Your Favorite Charity at the Same Time!

Bill_Robinson | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Bowl Championship Series, Internet Giving, Charitable Giving, Micro-Donations, Snoball, Toys for Tots, Special Olympics, Communities in Schools, Boy's & Girl's Clubs, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Operation Gratitude, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Impact News

There's a new high-tech start-up in Austin, Texas, called that has a different twist: empowering 'micro-donations' over the Internet while also tying in those donations to a fan's sports, entertainment or even routine (think a Starbucks in the morning) passions.

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Who Is The Most Dominant Player In Professional Sports Today?

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Esther Vergeer, Special Olympics, Most Dominant Athlete, Disabled Athletes, Wheelchair-Sports, Wheelchair Tennis, U.S. Open Tennis, Tennis, Sports News

Any sport: golf, tennis, baseball, football, basketball, soccer, hockey, skiing, no matter. Unless you guessed Esther Vergeer you are wrong.

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Combine Service With Fun On Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day

Maria Shriver | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Sports, Special Olympics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day, Play, Service, Maria Shriver, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, EKS Day, Impact News

Get out and play tomorrow. Volunteer, coach someone, referee, cheer or do anything else that includes people with intellectual disabilities. My mother believed that, by doing so, our nation would be a better place and indeed the entire world would be a better place for everyone.

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Tim Shriver Talks Special Olympics, The Kennedy Legacy And Leading By Asking (The Inspirationals)

HuffingtonPost.com | Howard Fineman | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Tim Shriver, Special Olympics, Leadership, Video, The Inspirationals, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Standard & Poor’s didn't say it in so many words, but the message was clear. S&P downgraded the credit rating of the United States bec...

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A Different Kind of Revolution

Amb. Luis Gallegos | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Special Olympics, The Special Olympics, Impact News

In the spirit of epic heroes, the people of Greece are standing in solidarity with those experiencing some of today's most insurmountable challenges -- lack of healthcare, nutrition, education, and employment, along with social exclusion, and marginalization.

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Special Olympics 2011: Including the Most Excluded

Anthony Lake | Posted 08.25.2011

Read More: Olympic, Special Olympics, Unicef, Special Olympics 2011, United Nations, Impact News

There is nothing more disabling than the myth that children with disabilities are incapable of making a contribution -- just as there is nothing more empowering than giving children the confidence to do so.

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Doing Nothing Is Not an Option

Sheryl Young | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Best Buddies, Special Olympics, Special Needs Children, R-Word, Impact News

Continuing to raise the level of awareness for children and youth with disabilities is up to all of us. Will we change our behaviors or language and lead by example? No act is too small, too simple or can happen too soon.

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Remembering Sargent Shriver

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Special Olympics, Project, Kennedy, Children, Marian Wright Edelman, Child Watch, Shriver, Office of Economic Opportunity, War on Poverty, Sargent Shriver, Peace Corps, Child Watch Column, Job Corps, Head Start, Volunteers in Service to America, Oeo, Impact News

When Sargent Shriver passed away on January 18 at age 95, we lost a man whose life's work improved the lives of millions of people around the world.

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Sarge Changed Our World and Us

John Bridgeland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Special Olympics, Community Service, Job-Corps, Vista, Service, Volunteers for Prosperity, President Kennedy, USA Freedom Corps, Head Start, Americorps, War on Poverty, Sargent Shriver, Peace Corps, Community, Politics News

Most people do not get to meet their heroes. I became friends with mine. Sargent Shriver inspired people around the world to believe in themselves and their capacities to solve tough problems.

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Sargent Shriver Hospitalized

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sargent Shriver, Sargent Shriver Hospitalized, R. Sargent Shriver, Alzheimer's, Peace Corps, 1972 Election, Special Olympics, Maria Shriver, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Politics News

BETHESDA, Md. — A medical center spokeswoman says former Peace Corps director and vice-presidential nominee R. Sargent Shriver has been hospital...

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Kids today...are actually pretty cool. Exhibit A: Hundredsofhands.com

Harold Pollack | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Special Olympics, Video, Healthy Living News

Mike Sabath, the very talented son of an old high school acquantance made this video to raise money for Special Olympics and like charities through th...

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To The Unhappy Couple: A Toast

Joel Dovev | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Taylor, Special Olympics, Divorce, Nicky Hilton, Lederhosen, Champagne, Oktoberfest, Brunch, Speeches, Separation, Marriage, Rick James, P.F. Chang's, Munich, Wine, Richard Burton, Toast, Weddings, Divorce News

I have always wanted to hear the unhappy, separated couple toasted after all the communal property has been divided.

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Best I Can: The Special Olympics Benefit

Lonna Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Supreme Court, Eunice Shriver, Special Olympics, Anne Burke, Christopher Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Mayor Richard Daley, Chicago News

"Fear of the unknown is not in our vocabulary in Chicago," Mayor Richard M. Daley told a group of several hundred at the annual Special Olympics benefit

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Food Event at Malibu Ranch Was Different -- It Had Animals as Well as People!

Jay Weston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Special Olympics, Jane Goodall, Vineyard, Meals on Wheels, Restaurants, Food, Malibu, Cancer, Animals, LA Food Trucks, Food Trucks, Food Festivals, Los Angeles News

How many times will I ever see a camel, zebra, llama , buffalo and horses all eating side by side and enjoying their food?

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Using Ice Cream for Good: How Lovin' Scoopful is Working for the Special Olympics

Dan Samson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Maria Shriver, Special Olympics Shriver, Special Olympics, Tim Shriver, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Lovin' Scoopful Ice Cream, Impact News

Tim Shriver and I have partnered to donate 25% of the profits of Lovin' Scoopful ice cream to Special Olympics. Our mission is to run an effective for-profit business while promoting a great cause.

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Burglar Steals $1,000 From Special Olympics Fundraiser

NBC Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Special Olympics, Robbery, Illinois, Special Olympics Fundraiser, Special Olympics Theft, Chicago, Chicago News

A thief took off with over $1,000 worth of items that were to be raffled off at a local Special Olympics fundraiser, Streamwood police told the Daily ...

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