Leicester hosts the oldest comedy festival in Europe and held the GB Special Olympics in 2009.
At the Special Olympics everyone counts, and everyone is a winner, just for trying.
Gareth Cowin, 25, died in PyeongChang whilst representing the island at the Special Olympics World Winter Games.
The search has begun for 500 volunteers to help the Special Olympics GB's ninth national games run smoothly.
Special Olympics Isle of Man Chairman George Campbell said he could not think of a more fitting tribute.
His sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics, died August 11.
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She founded the Special Olympics in 1968, in part because of her experience with her mentally handicapped sister, Rosemary.
The Special Olympics World Winter Games in South Korea have been renamed in honour of Manx Olympian Gareth Cowin.
Special Olympics is a worldwide organisation offering sports for people with learning disabilities.
On Sunday, the NBA Cares Special Olympics Unified Game was held on the center court of NBA Jam Session.
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Up until the turn of the millennium, he merely dabbled in philanthropic activities, from Covenant House to the Special Olympics.
Her vision expanded over the years, and in July 1968 the first International Special Olympics Games were held in Chicago.
Special Olympics programs serve more than 3.7 million people with intellectual disabilities.
The reorganization is also getting Carlson up to speed for the Beijing Olympics (and, on a smaller scale, for October's Special Olympics in Shanghai).
In short, Eunice came into her own with the Special Olympics.
The Special Olympics stand as a wonderful example of this inclusiveness.
"We decided, let's make a global sports marketplace, a one-stop resource, " says president ant co-founder Jill Osur, a former senior vice president with the Special Olympics.
Will it be possible to create a new Iraq where it is safe to be a Special Olympics athlete, where it is safe to be vulnerable?
Companies from Coca-Cola to Nike and Sprint to State Farm have hosted events ranging from Special Olympics basketball games to celebrity meet-and-greets for fans throughout the week.
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First of all, why was she so drawn to the Special Olympics, as opposed to any of the other vehicles for helping the mentally retarded that came along?
Dr. Paul Berman is being honored as a Champion of Change for founding the Special Olympics Lions Clubs International Opening Eyes, an initiative providing vision care for challenged individuals.
Then we started investing in kind of what we thought of as not startups but speed-ups, organizations like Habitat for Humanity and Special Olympics, trying to expand their efforts.
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And you are Dan Royce, a basketball player here who worked multiple jobs to pay for your education and still found time here and there to volunteer with the Special Olympics.
Not only did Paterno like children, Thornburgh wrote, but made sure to participate in a Penn State dance marathon charity for children with cancer and was a supporter of the Special Olympics.
Over the course of this week, the U.S. Presidential Delegation has experienced the lasting power of the Special Olympics movement to promote awareness and appreciation of the human rights of those with disabilities.
An Irish businessman sent his private jet to Baghdad where it picked up eight Iraqi mentally handicapped athletes who wanted to take part in the Special Olympics, which open this week in Ireland.
It was this quality of populism that led Eunice to the core of her vision of the Special Olympics-that through sports not only do we help the mentally retarded, but they also help us.
"We are tremendously grateful for the extreme outpouring of support and prayer from the public as we honor our beloved founder, " Brady Lum, Special Olympics president and chief operating officer, said in a statement Tuesday.
With the connections I made myself as an FFA member, I brought together businesses and civic organizations in my state, including the Coca Cola Bottlers Association, the Illinois Special Olympics, and numerous local groups and organizations.
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