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To keep you up to date on the latest Special Olympics Virginia news, our most recent news stories and press releases are below. For media inquiries and questions about Special Olympics Virginia, e-mail Holly Claytor, Director of Public Relations, or call her at 804.726.3025 or 800.932.4653 x3025.You can also access our news archives section for additional stories and releases.
11/19/2011
Subaru "Share the Love" Campaign
We’re proud to be one of five charitable partners in the Subaru “Share the Love” event. More...
09/09/2011
AT&T Partners with Special Olympics
Through Feb. 29, 2012 AT&T will make a $40 donation to Special Olympics for each online purchase made on eligible AT&T products and services through www.att.com/specialolympics. Special Olympics supporters may also participate in a text-to-donate program by texting the word UNITY to 80888 to make a one-time donation of $5 to Special Olympics. More...
07/11/2011
ODAC Partners with Special Olympics Virginia
The Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) and Special Olympics Virginia (SOVA) entered into an official partnership following a meeting of the league’s Board of Directors in mid-June. The affiliation between the two organizations is part of a NCAA Division III initiative that was put into place by the Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee at the NCAA Convention in January. More...
06/28/2011
World Games Team Virginia: Athens Updates
The competitions have begun! We'll be following all 9 athletes as they go for gold at the largest international sporting event in 2011, the Special Olympics World Games. More...
06/24/2011
World Games Team Virginia in the News!
World Games Team Virginia has been featured by numerous media outlets throughout the state. Check out some of the great coverage: More...
05/20/2011
Customer Donations Add Up for Special Olympics
Wawa, a longtime corporate sponsor of Special Olympics Virginia, presented the charity with $72,364 dollars yesterday. The funds represent proceeds from two in-store fundraising campaigns conducted in the first quarter of this year. More...
03/29/2011
Special Olympics Virginia Joins Forces with the Old Dominion Athletic Conference
This past January, the NCAA’s Division III Student Athlete Advisory Committees announced an exciting new partnership with Special Olympics for the 2011-2012 academic/athletic year. More...
03/14/2011
Special Olympics Virginia's 2010 Award Winners
Special Olympics Virginia recognized several outstanding athletes, volunteers and families at the March Annual Awards Celebration, presented by Farm Bureau Insurance. More...
02/16/2011
Urgent Action Alert
In just 3 minutes you could make a huge difference by helping to protect our federal funding. There is a proposed House Appropriations Resolution Bill for FY 2011 that recommends dramatic cuts to a number of social programs, including Special Olympics. The bill would eliminate Special Olympics Education Funding (Project UNIFY) programs AND would eliminate and drastically cut many programs of the CDC that will impact Healthy Athletes funding. More...
01/18/2011
Special Olympics Mourns the Loss of Sargent Shriver
Special Olympics Virginia wishes to express its condolences to the family and all those who knew Robert Sargent “Sarge” Shriver Jr., 95, who passed away Tuesday, January 19. Sargent Shriver was an integral part of the Special Olympics movement. Today, Special Olympics is active in 170 countries - thanks, in large part, to the tireless efforts of Sargent Shriver, who believed the organization could be an agent of change, as well as an agent of peace.
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