September 27, 2017 • Blog, Events
Get ready to lace up your cleats and stretch out your hamstrings! This Saturday, September 30th is the 2nd Annual Titletown Showdown! But even if you won’t be a gridiron hero for this epic 6-on-6 flag football tournament that includes many former...
September 26, 2017 • Blog, Featured
Have you ever wished you were someone else? That’s the thought-provoking question posed in the title of the new book by SOWI athlete Marquis Garner of Team Milwaukee. The title was taken from the first line of the book, where...
September 22, 2017 • Featured, Press
OSHKOSH, Wis. – For most high school students, seeing a police officer come into your classroom is scary. But for one Oshkosh North junior Thursday, it was actually the opposite.
September 8, 2017 • Events, Press
MADISON, Wis. (PRESS RELEASE) – On September 16, dozens of law enforcement officials will escort hundreds of trucks along Interstate 41 from Richfield (Exit #60) to Oshkosh (Exit #113) to raise funds for Special Olympics Wisconsin (SOWI) athletes as part of...
September 2, 2017 • Events, Press
Saturday was the 35th anniversary of the Buckshot Run in Carson park. More than 400 athletes came out to compete in the race this year, which raises money for Special Olympics Wisconsin.The donations are used to provide year-round training in...
August 31, 2017 • Blog, Featured
Special Olympics has touched the lives of millions of people across the world since those first fateful Games organized by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in Chicago in 1968 – an historic moment that will be commemorated next year as the movement...
August 31, 2017 • Blog
With over 10,000 athletes across Wisconsin and thousands of volunteers, SOWI folks have lots of stories to tell – and we want to help you tell them! To that end, we are pleased to announce a fun new way to...
August 31, 2017 • Blog, Featured
SOWI athlete Heather Binkowski of Schofield is a bubbly, fun-loving people person who adores everybody. But, as is unfortunately still the case with far too many SOWI athletes, she was bullied in school as a child. And, as is unfortunately...
August 30, 2017 • Blog, Events
Special Olympics Wisconsin is excited to share that we will be serving as a community partner for the critically-acclaimed film Swim Team during the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival that will run September 28 to October 12. The documentary, directed and...