Miscellaneous

At the August 6 Outdoor Sports Tournament, hundreds of athletes will gather to go for the gold in bocce, tennis, softball and golf at Carroll University, Saratoga Baseball Complex and Moor Downs Golf Course. Golf athletes have the unique opportunity to compete individually...

Throughout the year, Special Olympics Wisconsin (SOWI) organizes training and competition for 18 different Olympic-type sports. One of our most popular sports is bocce – a game of skill and strategy that can be played by individuals of all ages and abilities....

Billy Noss, a Special Olympics Wisconsin athlete, was recently featured by WEAU News in Eau Claire. Check out the story about one of our amazing athletes: Eau Claire, Wis. (WEAU) — Friendships come in all variations, and there’s one right here...

Deerfield, WI – On Sunday, July 17, 2016, the annual Andrea Rose Garcia Memorial Pistol Shoot and annual Sergeant Tom Baitinger Memorial Motorcycle Ride will take place in Deerfield, Wisconsin. These events will be held in conjunction with each other...

The Healthy Athletes program had another successful year at the State Summer Games in Stevens Point! Special Olympics Wisconsin athletes were able to receive free health screenings through the Opening Eyes, Special Smiles, Health Promotions and Healthy Hearing disciplines. Athletes...

On May 4, 2016, the American Family Insurance Dreams Foundation awarded Special Olympics Wisconsin (SOWI) with a $30,000 grant to support three Healthy Athletes disciplines: FUNFitness, Health Promotions, and Medfest. Through the Healthy Athletes program, SOWI athletes receive free screenings...

Special Olympics Wisconsin’s Board of Directors has selected Kathleen Roach, MPH, MBA, to succeed Dennis (Denny) Alldridge, who is retiring July 1, 2016. Kathleen comes to Special Olympics Wisconsin (SOWI) with extensive experience in business management and nonprofit leadership. She will...

Via Milwaukee Bucks The Milwaukee Bucks teamed up with Special Olympics of Wisconsin to host a basketball clinic for 100 Special Olympic athletes and their coaches on Thursday, March 10, at Homestead High School. The annual clinic is part of...

DEERFIELD, Wis. — Students at Deerfield High School spend a day learning what it’s like to have a physical or mental disability as part of Ability Awareness Day. Deerfield senior Alexis Eilenfeldt was inspired to start a local chapter of...