Sponsorship Opportunities: Special Program Sponsors

$10,000 annual support

Special Program sponsors provide funding for one or more of the Special Olympics Iowa Special Programs.

Special Programs include:

• Challenge Days- Challenge Day programs offer events that are specifically designed for individuals with severe and profound intellectual and physical disabilities. More than 800 individuals participate in eight Special Olympics Iowa Challenge Days each year throughout the state. To learn more about Challenge Days, please click here.
• Unified Sports- Unified Sports is an initiative that combines approximately equal numbers of Special Olympics athletes and athletes without intellectual disabilities (called partners) on sports teams for training and competition. To learn more about Unified Sports, please click here.
• Under 8 Stars of the Future- this program is designed to provide play activities and socialization opportunities for children between the ages of three and seven, who have intellectual disabilities. This program was created to serve the children too young to participate in other Special Olympics Iowa competitions and events (minimum entry age being 8). To learn more about the Under 8 program, please click here.
• The Athlete Leadership Program (ALPs)- ALPs is designed to educate and train individuals with intellectual disabilities in literacy, leadership and speaking skills. More than 60 Special Olympics Iowa athletes have participated in ALPs, and the demand for more sessions is great. To learn more about ALPs, please click here.
• Healthy Athletes- Healthy Athletes is a screening program offered during the State Summer Games and the Mid-Winter Tournament to improve the greater overall health and fitness of athletes. Special Olympics Iowa coordinates the generous efforts of numerous medical professionals across the state donating medical screening services. To learn more about Healthy Athletes, please click here.

Benefits of becoming a Special Program Sponsor:

• Recognized on the Special Olympics Iowa Web site in both the sponsor tab and on the page(s) devoted to the Special Program.
• Prominently acknowledged in all press releases, banners, newsletters and award ceremonies held in conjunction with the Special Program. * Many Special Programs are held numerous times throughout the year in various Iowa communities.
• The Special Program Sponsor organization name and logo are featured on volunteer shirts and/or bandanas, handbooks, programs, and banners distributed at the pertinent Special Olympics Iowa Special Program.

Thank you to our Special Program Sponsors!

Variety - The Children's Charity of Iowa

Principal Financial Group

Delta Dental of Iowa

Please contact  Mark Reed at 515-986-5520 if you have any questions or wish to receive more information about becoming a Special Program Sponsor.