KPMG x SOGA Basketball Skills Day, August 5th
Come join us on Tuesday, August 5th to show off your basketball skills, arts and crafts, and a to-go lunch. KPMG will volunteer for a fun day with the athletes!
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2025 State Fall Games – October 17 & 18 in Valdosta, Georgia!
2025 State Fall Games
Please come out and join the nearly 1,600 Athletes, Unified Partners, and Coaches participating in the 2025 State Fall Games on October 17th and 18th in Valdosta, GA! Athletes will participate in Bocce, Cycling, Golf, Softball Team Play and Softball Skills! Competitions will take place at VLPRA’s Freedom Park and Quiet Pines Golf Course. For more information, click here to view our Fact Sheet!
Click here to adopt your ducks and support Special Olympics Georgia Athletes today
Duck Pluck 2025
Wednesday, September 17
Make a splash for the 18,546 athletes of SOGA- Adopt your Duck and Support an Athlete. With your duck adoption, you will not only be entered to win some awesome prizes, but you will be sending athletes to Games! The Pluck will be on Wednesday, September 17th and you do not need to be present to win.
To adopt your ducks, click here!
Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Vision Statement
Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Vision Statement
Respecting each individual and recognizing the value that we each bring to the SOGA team is essential. SOGA champions a diverse and inclusive environment while celebrating all individuals through a love of sport.
We encourage and welcome diversity, recognizing it as a key advantage and value different backgrounds and perspectives. Some types of diversity are life experience, work experience, perspective, culture, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender identity and age. Diversity assists us in looking at situations from a variety of angles and encourages the development of ideas and solutions.
Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) will strive to be an organization that reflects all communities, and one in which everyone with a role in carrying out the Special Olympics mission feels empowered to be their full, authentic selves and do their best work, whether as Special Olympics athletes, volunteers, donors/sponsors, business partners, or employees.
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Vision Policy:
Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) will strive to be an organization that reflects all communities, and one in which everyone with a role in carrying out the Special Olympics mission feels empowered to be their full, authentic selves and do their best work, whether as Special Olympics athletes, volunteers, donors/sponsors, business partners, or employees.
2025 Shoot for Champions Sporting Clay’s Event
Please join us for our 11th Annual Shoot for Champions sporting clays tournament benefiting Special Olympics Georgia and the 18,546 athletes from across the State of Georgia. This event will take place on Friday, August 22nd and will be held at the beautiful Garland Mountain Sporting Clays, located atop Garland Mountain overlooking Waleska, Georgia. (Just 50 miles from Atlanta)
This event will feature a round of clays at 12 picturesque stations, breakfast, a lunch reception, the opportunity to participate in games, with prizes, and a silent auction featuring many unique items.
The money raised during this event will help send athletes to the State Games.
CLICK HERE FOR THE SPONSORSHIP AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION
For more information concerning registration and sponsorship & registration opportunities, please contact Hadley Shore at hadley.shore@specialolympicsga.org
The Mission of Special Olympics Georgia and Athlete Video
The mission of Special Olympics Georgia is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for all children and adults 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.
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Click here to get involved and volunteer!