special olympics connecticut

Special Olympics Connecticut has teamed up with Special Olympics Slovakia to help Ukrainian children. A student fundraiser at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville helped make it possible for a new daycare center to open in Bratislava, Slovakia, this week. The daycare center is for Ukrainian refugee families who have kids with intellectual disabilities. The Special Olympics Slovakia National Director and…

Athletes of all abilities from across the state came together to compete in bocce, croquet, golf, sailing and softball.

NBC Connecticut’s Matt Finkel rappelled down Mohegan Sun’s Sky Tower Friday as part of a fundraiser for Special Olympics Connecticut.

Beau Doherty, president of Special Olympics Connecticut, is retiring at the end of August, leaving behind a legacy felt across the globe.

Special Olympics Connecticut president Beau Doherty was honored before the Yard Goats game at Dunkin’ Donuts Park Sunday....

Beau is retiring after 40 years of creating opportunity, equality and inclusion for athletes of all abilities in Connecticut and around the world....

Beau founded the Special Olympics Unified Sports program which brings teammates of all abilities together on the same team. Today, Unified...

Track & Field athlete Brandon Knight and Cara Manforte, Head of Delegation for Team Connecticut, talk about their experience at the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games,

Members of Special Olympics Connecticut’s Team Connecticut, including 50 athletes, coaches and staff, who participated in the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games in Orlando June 5th – 12th were welcomed home on Sunday.

Residents were excited as the 36th Annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Connecticut arrived in Blue Black Square in West Hartford. The event first started on June 1, and will end on Friday, June 3 at Fairfield University. NBC Connecticut was told about 1,500 active and retired officers from more than 90 departments are participating in this statewide…

1,300 athletes and Unified partners from across the state will participate in the annual games.

Every purchase made at Jersey Mike’s Wednesday will go to Special Olympics Connecticut.

Assistant Director of Public Safety at Fairfield University Lt. Rob Didato joins NBC Connecticut to discuss the 2022 Special Olympics CT Penguin Plunge events that are happening in-person and virtually this year.

The Special Olympics Connecticut Winter Games kicked off for approximately 75 athletes in Windsor, marking the first in-person event since the start of the pandemic.

Special Olympics Connecticut will hold its 2022 Winter Games on Saturday, February 26th and Sunday, February 27th. Athletes of all abilities from across the state will compete in cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, alpine skiing and snowboarding.

NBC Connecticut Sports Reporter Matt Finkel speaks with local athletes who are training for this year’s annual winter competition in Connecticut.

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.