November 28, 2017 • Blog, Featured
SOWI volunteer Jahlieh Gardipee is a true Jill of all trades. She’s a special education teacher at Columbus High School, where she has turned the school into one of the model Unified Champion School (UCS) programs in Wisconsin as the...
May 30, 2017
Students from Unified Champion Schools (UCS) Columbus High, Madison East High and Mukwonago High came together last month for a public speaking workshop to become Global Messengers for SOWI and learn how to promote and speak on behalf of SOWI...
May 18, 2017
Milwaukee, WI – Markgraf Sports & Leadership Academy (MSLA) is joining forces with Special Olympics Wisconsin (SOWI) to bring campers of MSLA’s innovative soccer camp together with SOWI athletes for a fun day of Unified soccer and track events this...
March 16, 2017
BRILLION (WLUK) — A local high school club in Brillion is making a difference in their community as they “spread the word to end the word.” Project Unify is a section of the Special Olympics, with local chapters throughout the...
February 17, 2017
On Saturday, Feb. 11, Deerfield High School’s Club Unify participated in the 2017 Polar Plunge. Plungers and spectators alike gathered at Cravath Lakefront Park, in downtown Whitewater, around noon on Saturday. The excitement in the air was palpable as anticipation...
January 25, 2017
ASPEN, Colo. – This year’s first-time X Games Aspen co-host, pro snowboarder and former X Games competitor, Jack Mitrani, has also played a key role in the launch of ESPN and X Games’ bullying prevention program Shred Hate. Mitrani sat...
December 8, 2016
UW-Madison and Marquette University go head-to-head in the Unified Sports Rivalry Series As if this year’s UW-Madison and Marquette University basketball game didn’t have enough excitement behind it, both schools will go head-to-head for the second time in a...
November 14, 2016
Special Olympics Wisconsin athlete Alison Mushett, along with Unified Sports partner and Special Olympics coach Kacey Esser, participated in their first Golf Invitational earlier last month in Florida. At the noted PGA Golf Village in Port St. Lucie, they represented...
November 1, 2016
Green Bay, WI— On the sidelines of historic City Stadium on the morning of October 22nd, a group of Special Olympics athletes from Oshkosh huddled and began to stretch for their approaching game. That morning, their ragtag flag football team...