February 28, 2019 • Blog, Featured
With Wisconsin being Wisconsin and all, it’s been a little difficult for Special Olympics athlete Ryon Knodl and his unified golf partner, Ken Kuemmerlein, to get a lot of practice in lately for the 2019 World Games in Abu Dhabi...
February 27, 2019 • Blog
25 Special Olympic Wisconsin athletes paired with 25 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student athletes on January 16 for the very first Athlete Leadership Academy. The athletes of both organizations spent the day listening to guest speakers, participating in workshops and engaging...
February 8, 2019 • Blog, Featured
While most of the 140 athletes at this weekend’s State Winter Games in Wausau are seasoned vets in winter sports, there will be plenty of athletes experiencing the unique thrill of Winter Games competition for the first time this year....
January 30, 2019 • Blog, Featured
This March, Patricia Pipkorn and her daughter Joanna Stein of Green Bay will be taking a trip unlike one they’ve ever gone on. They’ll be flying to Abu Dhabi to participate in the 2019 Special Olympics World Games. The mother-daughter...
January 30, 2019 • Blog, Events
Monona Grove Special Olympics and a group of student leaders from Unified Champion School Monona Grove High squared off on Sunday, January 27, 2019 for their inaugural Special Olympics Showdown. After a hard-fought battle between the two teams, Monona Grove...
January 30, 2019 • Blog, Featured
This time of year is always a great reminder of just how lucky Special Olympics Wisconsin is to have the supporters it does. Not only do thousands of them do the unthinkable and throw themselves into icy water as a...
January 29, 2019 • Blog, Featured
Special Olympics Wisconsin athlete Micah Gumness of Pickett was among 12 Special Olympics athletes from around the world selected to compete in the 8th Annual NBA Cares Special Olympics Unified Sports® Game on Friday, February 15th, 2019 in Charlotte, North...
January 28, 2019 • Blog, Featured
At Special Olympics Wisconsin, we like to say that volunteers are the backbone of the organization. And it’s true: Special Olympics Wisconsin would not exist today without the time, energy, and dedication of thousands of volunteers. In 2017 alone, nearly...
January 9, 2019 • Blog, Events, Featured
When most people in Wisconsin start thinking about the Polar Plunge around this time of year, the last things that come to mind are hot sand and palm trees. But for one Wisconsin police officer, that’s exactly what a very unique...