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Check out this great segment about Special Olympics in an ABC Volunteer Special! http://community.specialolympics.org/_Sp
Special Olympics Hurry! Just 2 days left to help Special Olympics earn $50,000 in America's Giving Challenge! THANK YOU to all who have generously donated so far. Spread the word thru email and Facebook status updates to keep the donations coming! http://causes.com/SpecialOlympics
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See a gymnast from Special Olympics Uzbekistan compete in the second Central Asian Special Olympics International Gymnastics Competition in Tashkent, plus many other photos from Special Olympics activities Around the World! http://www.specialolympics.org/slideshow
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See what Special Olympics is doing to help tens of thousands of people with intellectual disabilities worldwide who suffer needlessly from chronic pain and disease, blindness and hearing loss. http://specialolympics.org/healthcare_fo
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Just Announced! "A Very Special Christmas 7" will be released Nov 24. Pre-order yours today and help support Special Olympics!
Artists include Miley Cyrus, Sean Kingston, Carrie Underwood, Ashely Tisdale, the Carter Twins and more!
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The torch has been passed to a new generation of superstar talent for A Very Special Christmas Volume 7, the latest edition of the acclaimed album series which benefits Special Olympics. From its start ...
Special Olympics Hurry! Last Day to Vote for Special Olympics coach LaToya Marsh as Glamour Magazine's 2009 Woman of Your Year! Share with your friends! Vote Now!
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"A rewarding life is filled with challenge, so do not pity me. Give me a chance!" Thomas Gatu, Special Olympics Athlete http://www.specialolympics.org/athletes.
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See 10 things YOU can do to Get Involved in Special Olympics. http://www.specialolympics.org/Get_Invol
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THANK YOU to everyone who voted and helped the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games WIN Sports Travel Magazine's Best Sporting Event of 2009!!!!! http://www.specialolympics.org/content.a
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Special Olympics Vote for Special Olympics coach LaToya Marsh as Glamour Magazine's 2009 Woman of Your Year!
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Nominated by her mother, Barbara Marsh, 61, Bear Creek, N.C.
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See how our Global Football Initiative is providing new opportunities for over 300,000 athletes around the world. http://www.specialolympics.org/global_fo
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Watch a video about Special Olympics' Global Football Initiative http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJyLm43eY
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In 2008, Special Olympics launched a Global Football initiative to integrate the world's most popular sport with the world's largest organization promoting acceptance and social inclusion to people with intellectual disabilities. Get involved at www.specialolympics.org
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As founder and honorary chairperson of Special Olympics and executive vice president of the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation, Eunice Kennedy Shriver has been a leader in the worldwide struggle to improve and enhance the lives of individuals with intellectual disabilities for more than three decades. Born in Brookline..., Massachusetts, the fifth of nine children of Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy received a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Following graduation, she worked for the U.S. State Department in the Special War Problems Division. In 1950, she became a social worker at the Penitentiary for Women in Alderson, West Virginia, and the following year she moved to Chicago to work with the House of the Good Shepherd and the Chicago Juvenile Court. In 1957, Shriver took over the direction of the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation. The Foundation, established in 1946 as a memorial to Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.--the family's eldest son, who was killed in World War II--has two major objectives: to seek the prevention of intellectual disabilities by identifying its causes, and to improve the means by which society deals with citizens who have intellectual disabilities. Under Shriver's leadership, the Foundation has helped achieve many significant advances, including the establishment by President Kennedy of The President's Committee on Mental Retardation in 1961, development of the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development in 1962, the establishment of a network of university-affiliated facilities and mental retardation research centers at major medical schools across the United States in 1967, the establishment of Special Olympics in 1968, the creation of major centers for the study of medical ethics at Harvard and Georgetown Universities in 1971, the creation of the "Community of Caring" concept for the reduction of intellectual disabilities among babies of teenagers in 1981, the institution of 16 "Community of Caring" Model Centers in 1982, and the establishment of "Community of Caring" programs in 1200 public and private schools from 1990-2006. Recognized throughout the world for her efforts on behalf of persons with intellectual disabilities, Shriver has received many honors and awards, including: the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Legion of Honor, the Priz de la Couronne Francaise, the Mary Lasker Award, the Philip Murray-William Green Award (presented to Eunice and Sargent Shriver by the AFLCIO), the AAMD Humanitarian Award, the NRPAS National Volunteer Service Award, the Laetare Medal of the University of Notre Dame, the Order of the Smile of Polish Children, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Freedom from Want Award, The National Women's Hall of Fame, the Laureus Sports Award, the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Theodore Roosevelt Award, and the International Olympic Committee Award. Her honorary degrees include: Yale University, the College of the Holy Cross, Princeton University, Regis College, Manhattanville College, Newton College, Brescia College, Central Michigan University, Loyola College, University of Vermont, Albertus Magnus College, Cardinal Strich University, Georgetown University and Marymount University. On 24 March 1984, U.S. President Reagan awarded Shriver the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, for her work on behalf of persons with intellectual disabilities, and in, 2005 she was honored for her work with Special Olympics as one of the first recipients of a sidewalk medallion on The Extra Mile Point of Light Pathway in Washington D.C. Eunice Kennedy Shriver is married to Sargent Shriver. The Shrivers have five children: Robert Sargent Shriver III, Maria Owings Shriver Schwarzenegger, Timothy Perry Shriver, Mark Kennedy Shriver and Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver.Read More
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