Special Olympics Vermont provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for 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 friendships with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

Special Olympics Project UNIFY is a U.S. national project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education with the goal to activate youth around the country in an effort to develop school communities where all young people are agents of change - fostering respect, dignity and advocacy for people with intellectual disabilities by utilizing the programs and initiatives of Special Olympics.  After a successful launch, Project UNIFY will begin its second year of activities in the fall of 2009.

Special Olympics Project UNIFY is a strategy for engaging schools to use the tools and sports programs of Special Olympics to create school climates of inclusion, acceptance, respect and human dignity for all students with and without intellectual disabilities.

Project UNIFY initiatives include a host of core activities, both on the national and the grass-roots level. In 2008 Special Olympics Vermont engaged schools though out the state, by increasing funding and support for Unified Sports.

There are now 25 schools participating in School Unified Sports in Vermont and in 2008/2009 participation increased 69%.  As we move into 2009/2010 school year we look forward to engaging more schools and more students in the life changing experience of Unified Sports.

Interests and hobbies:
Individual Sports Aquatics – Unified Relay Athletics – Unified Relay Bocce Bowling Golf Snowshoeing Team Sports Basketball Soccer (Football) Softball