Special Olympics North Carolina

⚡️𝙱𝚁𝙴𝙰𝙺𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙽𝙴𝚆𝚂: Santiago, Chile will host the 2027 Special Olympics World Games! The Special Olympics Board of Directors announced that in less than four years the Chilean capital will welcome over 6k athletes from 170+ nations for our first-ever World Games in the Southern Hemisphere. The Federal Government of Chile and the City of Santiago have committed a budget of approximately US$134 million to plan and deliver the World Games, which contribute to several UN Sustainable Development Goals including No Poverty, Good Health & Well-Being, Quality Education, Gender Equality, Reduced Inequalities, and others. The legacy of the 2027 World Games in Chile includes developing Unified Schools programming in at least 200 municipalities and 1,000 schools; increasing training about people with intellectual disabilities (ID) for law enforcement; improving education of primary healthcare professionals treating people with ID; expansion of Special Olympics Chile into all 16 regions of the country; and a series of actions to mobilize awareness and political commitment throughout Latin America. "We are very happy that our country will be the new host of a top-level global sports event: the Special Olympics 2027 World Games,” said Gabriel Boric Font, President of the Republic of Chile. “We are proud to continue promoting inclusion through sports, a new national celebration that continues to pave the way for organizing events of this nature that generate so much unity and joy at the national level. To all the athletes of the Special Olympics World Games: we await you in Chile!” More on the announcement here ▶️ https://brnw.ch/21wJ8Qa #InclusionRevolution #SpecialOlympics Special Olympics Latin America

Great night at Bonefish Grill for the Tip-A-Cop! Thanks to all who came out to show support!

Get ready to V 🪩 L U N T E E R The 2024 Summer Games are back May 31-June 2! Will you join us for the best weekend of the year? Sign up ➡️ https://lnkd.in/g7TCzThG

Check out this very exciting partnership! “This partnership marks a significant step forward in fostering a more inclusive and equitable athletics community nationwide.” -Deran Coe, NIAAA member, Wake County District Athletic Director, SONC Board of Directors member

Join us on April 25, 4-8 p.m., at one of the North Carolina Bonefish Grill restaurants for a Tip-A-Cop! Local Law Enforcement will spend the day serving you to help raise money for Special Olympics NC! 100% of tips given to local law enforcement will be donated to Special Olympics NC.

It's a big week for Spring Games with 25 local programs hosting their competitions! Let's wish athletes in these communities a huge GOOD LUCK this week!

This week marks National Volunteer Week! We can't state enough how much volunteers mean to our organization. They are the heartbeat of our movement and make our mission possible ❤️ Thank you to the thousands of SONC volunteers! #NationalVolunteerWeek

Today we held our 2024 Plane Pull, which marked 25 years of the event for SONC! We had an absolute blast celebrating with some of our strongest fans. Thanks to all of the sponsors, participants and volunteers who made it a success! ✈️ #NCPlanePull

“Alastair and Pierson were a part of Hoggard’s inaugural Unified track and field team in 2023 and have made a significant impact in making the program what it is today." Meet twins, Alastair and Pierson Guerrant: https://lnkd.in/gvm3aKny

Disco dreams are made of this 🪩 Join us as a volunteer May 31-June 2 at the 2024 SONC Summer Games! Sign up: https://lnkd.in/g7TCzThG