Staff, local programs and volunteers work together to provide year-round sports training and competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports, free health screenings, unified experiences and community events to support child and adults with intellectual disabilities (ID).
Region 8 offers access to all of Special Olympics Wisconsin’s sports offering, including:
July 29, 2021 • Unified Champion Schools
We are excited to announce that we are partnering with Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) in the Special Olympics North America Unified Champion City Schools (UCCS) initiative this fall. UCCS is a focused approach to amplify the essential elements of Unified...
July 9, 2021 • Awareness, Featured Athletes, Healthy Athletes
All people have a right to healthy and safe relationships. That’s the fundamental concept of the Healthy Relationships Pilot Project that members of the Special Olympics Wisconsin community recently participated in. Special Olympics Wisconsin was one of just four states...
June 4, 2021 • Awareness, Featured Athletes, Featured Fans
On the morning of May 22, dozens of SOWI athletes, coaches, volunteers, board members and staff came together (via Zoom) in the first-ever virtual Unified Leadership Conference to show that “no matter the distance,” Unified Leadership is as strong as...
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| December 2, 2021 7:00pm - 8:00pm |
Region 8 Quarterly Meeting | ||
| February 19, 2022 9:00am - 9:00am |
R4 & R8 District Individual Basketball Skills - Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School | ||
| March 6, 2022 8:00am - 8:00pm |
R8 Regional Basketball Tournament | ||
| April 30, 2022 10:00am - 4:00pm |
R8 District Swim Meet - Oconomowoc |
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Amber Weinfurter Athletic Director |
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Tyler Pouros Director of Development - Special Events (R8) |
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| 2310 Crossroads Drive, Suite 1000 | |
| Madison, WI 53718 | |
| (608) 222-1324 | |
