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Special Olympics
The California Moving
& Storage Association, through support from its members, is proud to
support the Northern and Southern California chapters of the Special
Olympics.
Click
HERE to view the Special
Olympics
Public Service Announcement (PSA)! |
Dignity, acceptance,
and a chance to reach one's potential - these are human rights worth
promoting for everyone. Since 1968, Special Olympics has been bringing one message to the world: people with intellectual
disabilities can and will succeed if given the opportunity.
Special Olympics is a
program of which we should all be proud - of both the program and
the participants. If you haven't witnessed a Special Olympics
charity event, you really should attend one as the participants just
shine with joy at even the smallest accomplishment. Truly a great
program and quite heartwarming to witness. If you can't attend an
event, the next best thing is to lend your support to your local
Special Olympics.
Through year-round
sports training and competition, Special Olympics empowers
individuals with intellectual disabilities in more than 180
countries. Special Olympics often is the only place where they have
an opportunity to participate in their communities and develop
belief in themselves. Many live lives of neglect and isolation,
hidden away or socially excluded from full participation in schools
or society. Transforming the athlete, Special Olympics sports are a
gateway to empowerment, competence, acceptance and joy.
Special Olympics
transforms communities. When people see Special Olympics athletes
in action, they see their humanity, their joy in competition, their
pride and their potential, and they begin to believe in a different
kind of world - a world in which everyone is respected and included.
Special Olympics is a
catalyst for societal change, fostering community enrichment around
the globe. Special Olympics is a leader in diversity and tolerance
education, bringing young people with and without intellectual
disabilities together.
Special Olympics is a
research leader, partnering with governments, non-governmental
organizations and the private sector to develop new ways to include
people with intellectual disabilities in all aspects of society.
Special Olympics is also the world's largest public health
organization serving people with intellectual disabilities, offering
free health screenings to the world's most neglected populations,
and is the fastest-growing grass-roots volunteer movement on the
planet, with the potential to improve the quality of life for 200
million people with intellectual disabilities - 3 percent of the
global population.
What You Can Do
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Get in touch with Special Olympics
near you to see what you can do to help.
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Be a fan in the stands at a Special
Olympics event near you.
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Follow Special Olympics online
through Twitter, Facebook and our own Fan Community
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Donate money to keep Special
Olympics programs going
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Find out ways you and your church,
club or friends can get involved near home. Find the Special
Olympics nearest you and invite a speaker to your next
get-together
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If you're a college student, check
out SO College to get active at your school
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Get in the game by joining Special
Olympics Unified Sports, - where people with and without
intellectual disabilities train and compete together on the same
team
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Know someone with an intellectual
disability? Refer them to a Special Olympics program nearby.
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Updated: May 2019
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