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Jan 28 - South Central Area Basketball Skills
Jan 28 - West Central Area Basketball Skills
Jan 31 - Coaches Training Clinic - Cedar Falls
Feb 2 - Central Area Basketball Skills
Feb 4 - East Central Area Basketball Skills
Feb 4 - East Area Basketball & Basketball Skills
Feb 4 - North Area Basketball Skills
Feb 4 - Northeast Area Basketball Skills
Feb 5 - Grinnell Unified Sports Day
Feb 8 - Southwest Area Basketball Skills
Feb 9 - North Central Area Basketball Skills (tentative)
Feb 9 - Young Athlete Play Day, Oskaloosa
Feb 11 - Wartburg Unified Sports Day
Feb 25 - Cedar Falls Challenge Day
Feb 25 - East Area Aquatics
Feb 25 - Indianola Polar Plunge
Indianola Polar Plunge February 25 benefits Special Olympics Iowa
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Incentives offered to plungers and chickens who raise a minimum of $250
Jan. 27 Project UNIFY adds schools, students and excitement to national program in Cedar Rapids
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Nearly 400 students participate
MEDIA ALERT
Monday, January 23, 2012
Siouxland area Taco John's present gift to Special Olympics Iowa athletes from Northwest Iowa on Jan. 27
Special Olympics & Big 12 Partner For Global Awareness Campaign
Friday, January 20, 2012
Jan. 22 and Jan. 28 ISU Basketball games feature Spread the Word to End the Word™ campaign
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There are several job openings at Special Olympics Iowa.
Please click here for more information.
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This year's P&GbrandSAVER promotion will run from January 1 - January 31, 2012.  Over $109 in savings (coupons) will be offered.  It will become available on Sunday, January 1st.  Special Olympics receives 3 cents for every coupon used.  Thank you in advance for supporting Special Olympics through this great fundraiser!

 


 

Alliant Energy employees log 1.4 million minutes of exercise for charity 

Special Olympics Iowa and YMCA of Cedar Rapids Metro Area to receive $2,500 grants 

Click here to read more.

 


  

 AT&T will donate $60 to Special Olympics for select purchases made via this link:

If you wish to make your purchase in the store, we can mail you the card you need to present to the cashier in order for a donation to be made.  Contact Jennifer Allamby at 515-986-5520.

 


 

 See what Project UNIFY is all about!!  Hear directly from Iowa students, teachers, and administrators about the impact Project UNIFY has had on their entire student body.  Click here to view the video (the video on the bottom is the final version).

 


     

 

  *** To read about mini-javelin, a new event coming in 2012, visit the Summer Games page (and scroll to the bottom).


About Special Olympics Iowa

Special Olympics Iowa (SOIA) is a nonprofit organization that serves athletes with intellectual disabilities in all 99 counties of the state. Iowa has 11 areas throughout the state that serves nearly 11,000 athletes, participants and Unified Sports Partners annually.

Since 1968, Special Olympics Iowa has been serving the needs of children and adults with intellectual disabilities by providing sports training and competition in 23 Olympic-type sports. These programs would not be possible without the generous support of more than 15,000 volunteers. 

If you are a fan of sports that create unity, athletes who inspire, and connections that foster acceptance, then you are already are a fan of Special Olympics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

            

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JoAnn Johnson of Marshalltown has competed in Special Olympics for seven years. She participates in aquatics (swimming), bowling, cheerleading, golfing and skiing. She competed in the 2010 National Games and won gold and silver medals in swimming. Her favorite things about Special Olympics include meeting new people and making new friends.


 

 
 
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