[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1551980384756{margin-right: 50px !important;margin-left: 50px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1551979318227{margin-bottom: 50px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”132px”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][denorious_heading denorious_heading=”Mission Statement” denorious_subheading=”About” denorious_icon_img_url=”https://sooh-mc.org/wp-content/uploads/SOOH_MC_Favicon.png”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1551980241440{margin-right: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;margin-left: 50px !important;}”][vc_column][denorious_featured_slider number_of_col=”1″ denorious_featured_image_url1=”https://sooh-mc.org/wp-content/uploads/SOOH_MC_1040_Girls.png”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1551979096905{margin-right: 50px !important;margin-left: 50px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Our Mission” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1728571580155{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”]The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Our Programs” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1728571615775{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”]
We offer programs year-round. We have indoor and outdoor programs. So whatever your age or skill level, Special Olympics Ohio – Medina County has something for you. Many athletes start in one sport and then go on to try others.
Through sports, our athletes see themselves for their abilities, not their disabilities. Their world is opened with acceptance and understanding. They become confident and empowered by their accomplishments. They also make new friends, as part of the most inclusive community on the planet—a global community growing daily.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1728578581232{padding-bottom: 100px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”]Download Yearly Sport Schedule Here[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
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Process for Partnership to sign up with our delegation
- View yearly sports schedule to see what sports you are interested in volunteering with. You must be 12 years of age or older.
- Complete, sign, and turn in Volunteer Form along with Unified Partner Application
- Mail or email completed Volunteer Form and Unified Partners Application to local coordinator. SpecialOlympicsInfo@mcbdd.org or mail to Special Olympics Ohio Medina County 4691 Windfall Rd. Medina, OH 44256
- You will be contacted by the coordinator around a month before the sport begins.
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Download and Print Volunteer Form
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Download and Print Unified Partner Application
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Learn more about Special Olympic Ohio
Looking for ways to donate, check out our S.O. Sports Booster page.
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