November 3, 2017 • Blog
Now through November 15, you can help support SOWI athletes just by visiting your local Walgreens Pharmacy during the 2017 Special Olympics Wisconsin icon sale campaign. More than 160 stores across the state will be offering the opportunity to purchase...
November 3, 2017 • Blog, Events
This year’s Northwestern State Bowling Tournament on Saturday, November 11 in Weston will feature more than 400 skilled SOWI bowlers tossing strikes throughout Dale’s Weston Lanes. But the display of skill, technique and power down the lanes won’t be the...
October 19, 2017 • Featured, Press
MILWAUKEE — Michael Poll is well-known around Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus. He spends hours on the court, field and sidelines, his cognitive disabilities unmatched by his love of life, sport and people.
October 3, 2017 • Blog, Events, Featured
On Friday, September 29 and Saturday, September 30, 2017 three of the eight members of Team Wisconsin’s swim team for the 2018 USA Games attended a screening of the film Swim Team at the Milwaukee Film Festival. SOWI was a...
October 2, 2017 • Blog, Events, Featured
If you ask SOWI athlete Cole Cleworth what he is most excited about for this Thursday’s Run With The Cops in Wisconsin Rapids, he’ll tell you the glow in the dark element of the night run. “The glo-sticks are cool...
September 28, 2017 • Blog, Events, Featured
The Truck Convoy means so much to so many people. It means a great deal to the 10,000+ athletes who benefit from the money raised – a record-shattering amount raised in the 2017 Truck Convoy held on September 16 that is...
September 28, 2017 • Blog, Events
Last week, following a very successful USA Games Selection Camp, selected athletes and Unified partners received the news that they were chosen to represent Team Wisconsin at the 2018 USA Games in Seattle, Washington. The USA Games will take place...
September 28, 2017 • Blog, Events
On September 28th, folks in Menomonie kicked off the fall season of Run With The Cops in style. Now that the season is officially under way, it’s a good time to remember that law enforcement isn’t always serious business. Here are 8 funny cop...
September 28, 2017 • Blog, Events
This weekend, Special Olympics Wisconsin is a community partner for the critically-acclaimed documentary Swim Team in the Milwaukee Film Festival. The film follows a thrilling season of Special Olympics New Jersey’s Hammerheads, a competitive team composed of athletes with autism....