Special Olympics

Here's the scoop on ... the Special Olympics!

The Special Olympics is a non-profit athletic organization for people with intellectual disabilities.

The Special Olympics uses sports to help "people with intellectual disabilities discover new strengths and abilities, skills and success" (1).

For those of you wondering, yes, they do have a big, Olympic-like event: the Special Olympics World Games, held every two years (on odd-numbered years, it seems, as opposed to the main Olympics, which seem to now be held on even-numbered years).

Weekly Charity is not officially working with the Special Olympics, but does encourage helping them out in whatever way you can.

Now, stats (or, in this case, one stat):

Charity Navigator gives Special Olympics: 3 out of 4 stars

Thank you for your time! Here's the Special Olympics website:
http://www.specialolympics.org

SOURCES

(1) The website, www.specialolympics.org, on the page "What We Do", retrieved from the url, "http://www.specialolympics.org/S…/What_We_Do/What_We_Do.aspx", on Friday, June 24, 2016.