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Special Olympics Connecticut held their 2021 Unified Sports Fall Festival September 11-12. Over 800 athletes with intellectual disabilities and their peers and coaches without disabilities took part in the games which are held annually to inspire inclusion and acceptance for all through sports.

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This year’s event will be a modified version of Special Olympics Summer Games. Competition will take place both virtually and in-person.

Special Events Coordinator at Special Olympics Connecticut, Taryn Barrett, talks about this year’s champions challenge 5k.

Special Olympics Connecticut wrapped up its winter games this weekend. Athletes participated in the virtual event, submitting videos of activities including dancing, alpine skiing and “Beau on the Go,” which allowed athletes to take a cut out of Special Olympics of Connecticut president Beau Doherty to different locations. The winter games has helped athletes and volunteers feel less isolated during…

Special Olympics Connecticut will be holding their annual Winter Games Celebration virtually on Friday, March 26, and Saturday, March 27, 2021.

Find out how you can take part in the virtual #AngelsForAthletes challenge for a great cause!

Find out how you can take part in the virtual #AngelsForAthletes challenge to support Special Olympics Connecticut athletes.

Local nonprofits are working hard to support those who need it the most during the pandemic.

Food insecurity, job loss, virtual learning: it’s been a brutal couple of months in Connecticut and beyond. The coronavirus crisis is also taking a toll on nonprofits around our state. In June and July, 258 Connecticut nonprofits took a survey focusing on the challenges they face during the pandemic. The results were concerning. The Alliance, a group that represents nonprofits…

Special Olympics Connecticut, like so many nonprofits dedicated to helping people socialize and come together, has found new challenges during the pandemic.

Twenty years later, the annual Dream Ride is still focused on giving back to Connecticut’s Special Olympics and the Hometown Foundation.

Twenty years later, the annual Dream Ride is still focused on giving back to Connecticut’s Special Olympics and the Hometown Foundation. The Dream Ride is an opportunity for bikers and their clubs to drive 40 miles across the state. It’s an effort that dates back two decades with a goal of fundraising and supporting CT Special Olympics. Melissa Fortin...

The Special Olympics Connecticut Summer Games will take place virtually on June 12 and June 13, 2020.

For the first time ever, Special Olympics Connecticut’s annual Summer Games will be held virtually.

Athletes from across the state have participated in the 2020 Special Olympics Summer Games, which will take place virtually!

Nine police officers across Connecticut are back on the job after conquering Africa’s tallest mountain. “I cannot think of a word to describe it,” said Putnam Detective Donna Brown. “It was just unbelievable.” Brown was one of 12 people on the Conquering Kilimanjaro team, nine of whom were police officers from Connecticut. Two police officers from New Jersey were also…

Police officers from multiple departments are gathered at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro, prepared to climb Africa’s tallest mountain for a cause.