Our largest annual event is coming to the University of Richmond June 9-10.
Registration for the 2023 Dulles Day Plane Pull is officially open. Grab your colleagues, friends, or family and pull together for our athletes.
It is with the confidence that communities thrive when they include disability that we embark on a mission to transform fitness culture in Virginia. Learn more about our how we're reshaping our vision.
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Stay in TouchGet the latest updates from Special Olympics Virginia sent right to your inbox!About UsSpecial Olympics is a movement built on inclusion, where every person is accepted and welcomed, regardless of ability or disability. We are helping make the world a better, healthier and more joyful place through the power of sport.
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Our Mission
Special Olympics Virginia’s mission is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for persons with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community. -
Meet Our Team
Our Richmond headquarters houses the majority of our staff, as well as our administrative functions. Seven regional offices located across the state are dedicated to supporting Special Olympics Virginia programs and volunteers within their community: Richmond, Lynchburg, Northern Virginia, Harrisonburg, Virginia Beach, Fredericksburg, Newport News, and Blacksburg. -
Our Partners
Active across the state, reaching more than 30,000 athletes and volunteers, Special Olympics is a movement that changes lives. The secret that many community leaders, CEOs and local celebrities who lend their support to Special Olympics know is that by helping to raise awareness and funds for the movement, they benefit, too.
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Law Enforcement Torch Run
The Law Enforcement Torch Run® for Special Olympics Virginia unites officers from law enforcement agencies and corrections departments across the state to raise more than a million dollars annually. Each summer, law enforcement officials carry the Flame of Hope across the state culminating with the Torch Run Final Leg and the lighting of the cauldron to officially open our Summer Games in Richmond.
Special Olympics Virginia organizes and runs year-round athletic training and nearly 2,000 competitions each year for athletes of all ages at no cost to our participants. Whether your interest is competitive or social in nature, we want you on our team.
Volunteers are the backbone of the Special Olympics movement. They bring out the champion in every Special Olympics athlete.
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Our Mission
Special Olympics Virginia is made up of 32 Area programs, organized into nine regions. Connect with your local program to get involved.
Make a Difference
Please donate and help us get one more athlete onto the playing field.
In the News
In every corner of the state, Special Olympics Virginia is changing lives.
Special Olympics Virginia received a $50,000 grant in 2023 from the Sentara Health, a not-for-profit health system headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia. Sentara Health focuses on advancing health equity and ensuring all members of our communities have access to the resources they need to live their healthiest and most fulfilling lives.
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Long-time Special Olympics Virginia athlete Alex Burns has officially been hired
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Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Virginia
The Law Enforcement Torch Run® for Special Olympics Virginia unites officers from law enforcement agencies and corrections departments across the state to raise more than a million dollars annually. Each summer, law enforcement officials carry the Flame of Hope across the state culminating with the Torch Run Final Leg and the lighting of the cauldron to officially open our Summer Games in Richmond. - Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
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