2009 World Winter Games Athletes Announced

Pasquale, Theron, McNeeley to represent Delaware

The 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games will be held at the Bogus Basin Ski Resort in Boise, Idaho, on February 6 - 13th.

Over 3,000 athletes from 85 countries will travel to Boise to attend the games.

Delaware will be represented by three athletes participating on Team USA..
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The Training Center Wins 2008 Plane Pull Open Division

McKean wins high school division

On Sunday, May 4th, thirty-four teams came out to test their strength against an Air Force C-130 at the 2008 Delaware National Guard Plane Pull to benefit Special Olympics Delaware.

The event raised over $20,000, bringing the ten-year total to over $170,000.

In the.
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Colonel Mac Leish Named Torch Runner-of-the-Year

State Police Superintendent receives top honor

Delaware State Police Superintendent Tom Mac Leish’s volunteer efforts with Special Olympics Delaware started over twenty years ago, long before his rise to one of the state’s top Law Enforcement positions.

Those past efforts, coupled with his ongoing commitment to the. Read more

Dr. Iva Obrusnikova to Present at SODE

Seminar to focus on autism and Down syndrome

On Monday, May 12th, Dr. Iva Obrusnikova, an assistant professor in the College of Health Sciences' Department of Health, Nutrition and Exercise, will present a seminar on working with people with autism and Down syndrome.

The presentation will focus on learning the learning traits of. Read more