The Mission of Special Olympics 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 a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community.
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WEATHER CANCELLATIONS WILL APPEAR HERE: Not weather related, but WALKING CLUB for Sept. 19 will be at Utz Terrace in Hanover! This is the last walking club for the season.
WINTER SPORTS SIGNUP LINK!
Adams only offers BOWLING for winter season, but you may be interested in signing up for other sports that are located in surrounding areas. Just be sure that you are willing to drive to those locations before signing up.
Alpine Skiing (Area M and York)
Bowling (Adams, Area M, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin/Juniata and York)
Floorball (Area M and Lebanon)
Figure Skating (York)
Snowshoe (Lancaster)
Speed Skating (Area M)
Walking Club
A.B.A.T.E. Donation
A HUGE THANK YOU to the MASON DIXON CHAPTER of A.B.A.T.E for donating $10,000 for the second year in a row to us! It really was Christmas in July for us! This "Alliance of Bikers Aimed Toward Education" has a heart of gold, donating all their profits each year to many organizations just like us and we are super appreciative to be one of the organizations that they choose to support.
Donations such as this help fund our program by allowing us to purchase sports equipment and uniforms as well as provide transportation, housing, and meals while traveling to competitions. We serve over 100 athletes with intellectual disabilities in our local community and every single one of them will be positively impacted by the generosity of A.B.A.T.E. We'll say it again, THANK YOU!
NEW REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR ATHLETES
Athletes must be registered on the new athlete portal by August 23 in order to remain eligible for a Fall sport. This is a hard deadline. If you don't have this done by August 23, you will not be able to participate this Fall.
CLICK HERE to begin. This is a new step and must be completed annually, starting with the Fall 2025 season. This will probably take about 20 minutes. You may do this on your phone, but it is MUCH EASIER on a computer! Each athlete only needs to do this new registration ONCE each year from now on. You do not need to do it for every sport that you play!
To ensure a smooth registration process, please have the following information ready:
Personal and emergency contact information
Information about medical conditions, history, and current medications
An email address that you will be using for registration
When you enter your phone number, do NOT type any dashes.
If you have any questions or need any help, please contact Susan Redding, Darlene Stone, Jill Stoner, or Joy Weikert.
Our 2025 Golf Challenge fundraiser, although wet, was a success! We are grateful to have had wonderful sponsors. And it's not the first year for some of these sponsors! Support such as this is so vital to keeping our program up and running. We send a big heartfelt THANK YOU to the following major sponsors:
$2,000
$1,500
$1,000
2025 Training Schedule
2025 Training Schedule
Our 2025 Team Adams Training Schedule can be found by clicking on "Files and Forms" at the top of this page!
Attention All Team Adams Class A Volunteers!
We are offering you the opportunity to become First Aid Certified through the American Red Cross via an ONLINE COURSE!
Go to: https://www.redcrosslearningcenter.org/s/
Create a login, take the course, pay the $37.00 fee ($39.22 will hit your credit card), complete the course and upon completion of the course, send a photo of your certificate to Dorothy Bollinger at mrsdcb@gmail.com and Team Adams will reimburse you for the course!!
With this course, you can Save and Exit and return to the course at your convenience. So, please take advantage of this wonderful opportunity!
Contact Linda Long at volunteersoac@gmail.com with any questions about volunteering for Special Olympics Team Adams.
NEW ATHLETE/COACH/VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION
Interested in becoming an ATHLETE, COACH, or VOLUNTEER?
This LINK will take you to the SOPA Capital Area Region website where you can scroll to the bottom and click on "Become an Athlete", "Become a Volunteer", or "Become a Coach" to get the registration process started! Be sure to select ADAMS COUNTY and CLASS A if you wish to work with athletes.
If you have any difficulty completing the registration process, please email our Capital Area Regional Administrative Manager Jill Stoner at jstoner@specialolympicspa.org.
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Mailing Address: PO Box 3188, Gettysburg, PA 17325
Email: soacinformation@gmail.com 717-334-2729
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