Nonprofit

Special Olympics Florida, Inc. - Pinellas County Program


  • Mission

    SPECIAL OLYMPICS MISSION STATEMENT (Official Special Olympics Sports Rules - Section A) The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for persons eight years of age and older with intellectual disabilities, who wish to participate, 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.

    About Us

    GOAL OF SPECIAL OLYMPICS

    (Official Special Olympics Sports Rules - Section B)

    The ultimate goal of Special Olympics is to help persons with intellectual disabilities participate as productive and respected members of society at large, by offering them a fair opportunity to develop and demonstrate their skills and talents through sports training and competition, and by increasing the public's awareness of their capabilities and needs.

    Cause Areas Include

    • Community Development
    • Disability
    • Human Rights & Civil Liberties
    • Sports & Recreation
    • Volunteering

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