News Archive
News Archive
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Team Nebraska Announced for 2018 USA Games!
Posted on 12/21/2017Check out the press release for the announcement of our very own Team Nebraska competing at the 2018 USA Games in Seattle July 1st-6th!
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Inspirations by Melissa
Posted on 12/07/2017Melissa Giersch describes this year's Champions Together Luncheon how important being Unified can be!
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Inspirations By Melissa: Police Ball Edition
Amanda Gilreath on 08/02/2017Athlete Melissa Giersch gives her recap of the Police Ball held earlier this year!
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Inspirations By Melissa
Posted on 07/27/2017Check out Hall of Famer, Melissa Giersch's recap of All Star Tennis Event last month!
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Chairman of Special Olympics, Dr. Tim Shriver Visits Special Olympics Nebraska!
Posted on 04/26/2017Read about the exciting events during his time in NE and how SONE is reaching new heights in health and inclusion.
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Inspirations by Melissa!
Posted on 12/22/2016Learn all about our 2016 Champions Together Luncheon in this recap by athlete Melissa Giersch!
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Big Red Raffle Results!
Posted on 11/08/2016Click here to learn all about this years Big Red Raffle Results! Special Olympics Nebraska held the Big Red Raffle Drawing Nov, 8th at 1pm. Congratulations to our winners and all our teams for such a successful year!
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Inspirations by Melissa!
Posted on 09/27/2016Read all about athlete Melissa Giersch's tribute to Eunice Kennedy Shriver in honor of Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day, Sept. 24th 2016.
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Inspirations by Melissa!
Posted on 09/02/20162016 Fall Games Recap by Melissa!
Read up on her experience at this year's Fall Games. From the weather scare to the competitions. Plus some motivational words to her fellow athletes!
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SONE Soccer Day @ UNL
Posted on 08/24/2016The UNL Women's Soccer Team has invited Special Olympics Nebraska to attend Sunday, September 4th game! Free admission for athletes and coaches, and also gets to create a tunnel on the field for UNL's Team to enter the game under! Special Olympics also gets to go on the field during half-time to be recognized and show a video to raise awareness and support. Sign-up today for this awesome opportunity!
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Congratulations to Dr. Kelly Pritchett on Winning the Golisano Health Leadership Award!
Kelli Bello on 08/04/2016Special Olympics Nebraska is honored to announce the selection of Kelly Pritchett, Au.D., CCC-A, of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, as its 2016 Golisano Health Leadership Award honoree.
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Help SONE earn a $1,000 donation!
Posted on 07/20/2016SONE needs you!! Vote for student Stephen Meuret on Facebook for the Family Fare Perfect Picnic Contest! Voting ends July 27th.
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Inspirations by Melissa: The Summer Games Heroes Reception
Melissa Giersch on 06/21/2016The Summer Heroes Reception was held at the Sokol arena from 5:30 - 6:45 pm May 19th 2016. The food was so good and everything was very elegant. The desserts were also very good--I loved them! I had a chance to meet Cassadee Pope and give her some advice for if she ever wanted to be a tennis player to never give up.
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Inspirations by Melissa: Policeman's Ball Recap
Melissa Giersch on 06/07/2016Saturday, April 16th the 3rd annual Policeman's Ball was held at the Hilton hotel in Omaha. The Special Olympic athletes who attended this elegant and fancy event this year were JD Mossberg, Michael Boehmer, Kristina Davey, Grace Greenwood, Cassie Lacey, Joey Drawl last but not least Melissa Giersch.
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Lincoln Shooting Stars Train for Strider Cup
Posted on 05/16/2016Special Olympic athletes in Lincoln are now training for the City’s first Strider Cup Race from
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SpartanNash Healthy Athlete of the Year is Jason Gieschen!
Kelli Bello on 04/22/2016SpartanNash’s 2016 Nebraska Healthy Athlete of the Year, Jason Gieschen, will be visiting SpartanNash stores to sign autographs, talk with media and meet customers.
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Special Olympics Nebraska Expands Health Programming
Posted on 04/07/2016Special Olympics Nebraska Awarded Three-Year, $60,000 Grant To Focus On Improved Health For Local Athletes. Expanding health programming for people with intellectual disabilities beings this month. As people across the globe recognize World Health Day today, Special Olympics Nebraska will begin expanded health programming for people with intellectual disabilities...
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Omaha Gives is May 25th!
Posted on 04/05/2016Special Olympics Nebraska is proud to once again be participating in Omaha Gives! - a 24 hour charitable challenge organized by the Omaha Community Foundation. The online giving holiday will take place May 25 from midnight to midnight.
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Spring Games in Lincoln this Weekend!
Posted on 03/28/2016For many Special Olympics Nebraska athletes, Spring Games represents the culmination of a year’s worth of training and regional competition to qualify for the opportunity compete at the state level.
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SONE Athlete to Make Case of Impact and Need for Funding on Capitol Hill
Posted on 02/01/2016Special Olympics athletes, leaders, and family members from 39 states will converge on Capitol Hill on February 10 for Special Olympics’ 14th annual “Capitol Hill Day.” Throughout the day, Special Olympics athletes from across the nation will hold more than 250 face-to-face meetings with their Congressional representatives to advocate for continued federal support for critical health and education services provided by Special Olympics.
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UnitedHealthcare Gives $10,000 to Support Health Athletes Program
Kelli Bello on 01/27/2016UnitedHealthcare will present Special Olympics Nebraska with $10,000 to support its “Healthy Athletes” program designed to help Special Olympics athletes improve their health and fitness.
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Inspirations by Melissa: Holiday Party Recap
Athlete Correspondent Melissa Giersch on 01/11/2016The holiday party was a lot of fun. There were a lot of people, and the food was really good. My favorite were the chocolate desserts. Carolyn Chamberlain, Special Olympics Nebraska CEO, opened up the holiday party by speaking about Special Olympics, the history of it, and expanding our program.
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Facing My Fears at Champions Together
by Athlete Correspondent Melissa Giersch on 12/09/2015The Champions Together Luncheon was held Wednesday October 21st, 2015 at Happy Hollow Country Club. The lunch was good, and everyone who spoke did such an amazing job. The stories were very inspirational.
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Project Unify Awarded $20K Grant in Honor of Officer Kerrie Orozco
Posted on 12/08/2015Special Olympics Nebraska is honored to accept a grant of $20,000 from the Omaha First Responders Foundation's "Kerrie On" fund in honor of fallen officer Kerrie Orozco.
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Big Red Raffle Winners Announced!
Posted on 11/11/2015And the winners of the 2016 Big Red Raffle are....
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West Point Coach Barb Rolf Nominated for North America Coach of the Year
Posted on 10/29/2015Special Olympics Nebraska is proud to nominate West Point coach Barb Rolf as the Special Olympics North America Coach of the Year.
Barb has been involved with Special Olympics Nebraska for 34 years! She has coached Athletics, Soccer, Flag Football, Softball, Basketball, Bowling, Unified Bowling...
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Celebrating Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day
Posted on 09/22/2015Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day (September 26) is an annual celebration of her life and a global call for people to live in a more unified society -- in sport, in the community and in the work place. By committing acts of inclusion, acceptance and unity for and with people with intellectual disabilities, we will continue to build on the legacy of Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
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Jason Gieschen's World Games Wrap-Up
Jason Gieschen on 08/31/2015This was the amazing summer to “Reach Up” for inclusion, acceptance, honor, courage, respect and joy at the 2015 Special Olympics Summer World Game in Los Angeles. Scot Caldwell from Gallup who is my International Global Messenger Mentor and I arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on July 23 and hit the ground running—literally.
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Dine at Granite City to Support SONE!
Posted on 08/26/2015Grab your family and friends and head down to Granite City in Omaha or Lincoln this Thursday, August 27! Our friends at Granite City are hosting a Dine 2 Donate day to benefit Special Olympics Nebraska!
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Update from the Road: Sgt. Kavan Shares His Final Leg Experience, Runner Day 7
Tony Kavan on 07/23/2015Want to know what growth looks like? Want to know why what we're doing is important here? Today, one of our athletes spoke at a ceremony at Toyota's campus in town. When he got to the stage, his speech wasn't there and he had to wing it.
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Update from the Road: Sgt. Kavan Shares His Final Leg Experience, Runner Day 8
Tony Kavan on 07/23/2015There are over 200 million people in the world with intellectual disabilities. They come from all walks of life, all races, all social classes. Regardless of which combination of those they come from, they all deserve love, inclusion, and acceptance.
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Update from the Road: Sgt. Kavan Shares his Final Leg Experience, Runner Day 4
Tony Kavan on 07/21/2015"As we were getting back on the bus, Sam said: "If I could just give them one day." There are times when just a few words hit with a weight like a hammer, and that's what Sam's did. I started to wonder the same thing, but then I realized that it wasn't that long ago that these children would have been cast aside rather than given an opportunity to learn and develop in a school..."
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Update from the Road: Sgt. Kavan Shares His Final Leg Experience, Runner Day 5
Tony Kavan on 07/21/2015"The group on our bus started the week as three different teams: 2, 8, and 10. That includes three athletes that I've mentioned before: Daniela, William, and Cody. Over the course of a few days, sharing the same bus has blurred the lines between teams and resulted in a family that we call Route 3..."
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Update from the Road: Sgt. Kavan Shares his Final Leg Experience, Runner Day 6
Tony Kavan on 07/21/2015"At every ceremony, one peace officer and one athlete speak about their experiences with the Torch Run and Special Olympics. Tonight in Palm Springs, Gumi told a story. My roommate Gumi, is a police officer from Iceland. He's an immensely kind-hearted, generous man who is so excited to be here, that his enthusiasm rubs off on everyone he meets..."
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Update from the Road: Sgt. Kavan Shares his Final Leg Experience, Runner Day 3
Tony Kavan on 07/16/2015Law Enforcement and Special Olympics have a long relationship, dating back to 1981. Since then, it's a movement that's exploded, growing roots that have entwined both athletes and peace officers together in what feels like an almost symbiotic relationship.
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Update from the Road: Sgt. Kavan Shares His Final Leg Experience, Runner Day 2
Tony Kavan on 07/15/2015Update: the torch is heavy. I couldn't give you the actual weight of it, but it doesn't take long for it to feel like it weighs fifty pounds! Here's the thing; I think it should be heavy.
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Nebraska Officer Runs Across America to the World Games in LA
Posted on 07/14/2015The 2015 Los Angeles Final Leg has begun in California! Nebraska is proud to be represented on this Final Leg by Sgt. Tony Kavan of the Nebraska State Patrol Academy.
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Update from the Road: Sgt. Kavan Shares His Final Leg Experience, Runner Day 1
Tony Kavan on 07/14/2015We received a fantastic update from Sgt. Kavan on the road with the Final Leg team delivering the Flame of Hope to the Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015 Opening Ceremonies. Sgt. Kaven and his team ran the torch through Northern California.
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2015 Fall Games
Stephanie on 07/07/2015We are busy in the state office preparing for 2015 Fall Games! The games will be held August 7th-9th in Lincoln Nebraska and will include Softball, Bocce, Tennis, Soccer and Golf.
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SONE's Own Jason Gieschen Selected as International Global Messenger
Posted on 06/15/2015As one of only 12 Special Olympics athletes around the world, Nebraska’s own Jason Gieschen has been selected to serve as a Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger (IGM) for the next four years. Special Olympics Sargent Shriver International Global Messengers are Special Olympics athletes appointed as spokespersons...
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2015 Rumble in the Rail Yard
Stephanie on 06/03/2015Join us for Rumble in the Railyard! This event is FREE to the public and will highlight Special Olympics Unified Soccer game from Noon-1:00pm.
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Volunteer at Berkshire Hathaway Invest in Yourself 5K!
Posted on 03/25/2015Special Olympics Nebraska is once again honored to be the charity partner of the Berkshire Hathaway Invest in Yourself 5k! The race is in its third year as a fun, healthy element to the annual shareholders meeting hosted in Omaha on May 3, 2015.
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Creighton Women's Basketball Pink Out Tickets!
Posted on 02/09/2015Gather your Special Olympics friends, coaches and family members for a night of free Women's Creighton Basketball! On Sunday, February 15 at 1:05pm, the Bluejays take on Providence at the DJ Sokol Arena in the Ryan Center.
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Unified Relay Across America Announced!
Posted on 01/27/2015ANYONE can be a torchbearer in the Special Olympics Unified Relay Across America presented by Bank of America. Over 20,000 participants expected to take part as torchbearers.
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Free Basketball Clinic for SONE Athletes
Posted on 01/06/2015Attention all Special Olympics Nebraska basketball players! Brush up on your basketball skills before the competition season officially kicks off at this FREE basketball clinic hosted by our friends at Nebraska Wesleyan University.
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Help Release our Officer at "Cage a Cop"
Posted on 12/16/2014On December 20th-21st the Special Olympics Nebraska Bellevue team will be holding a “Cage-A-Cop” fundraiser! Come out and support Officer Carl Grubb of the Bellevue Police Department as he is “caged” outdoors at Shadow Lake Towne Center weathering the elements…and the crowds.
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Cop-On-Top this Weekend in Kearney!
Posted on 12/15/2014The roof is not typically the first place you look when walking into a Walmart, but patrons visiting the Kearney Walmart this weekend might see something interesting going on up there this time around.
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Lincoln 2015 Volunteer Opportunities
Posted on 12/10/2014Special Olympics Nebraska impacts the lives of everybody it touches, and Lincoln plays an important role in changing these lives. Events and competitions are held throughout the year,
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Omaha 2015 Volunteer Opportunities
Posted on 12/10/2014Special Olympics Nebraska would not exist without the support of thousands of volunteers. Volunteer opportunities in the Omaha area for 2015 are listed below. To sign-up, click the "Volunteer" tab at the top of the SONE website.
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Nebraska Members of Team USA Announced!
Posted on 12/09/2014Special Olympics Nebraska is proud to announce 5 athletes, 6 coaches, and 2 officials from Nebraska have been named to Special Olympics Team USA. The 491 member delegation will represent the United States at the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games, being held July 25-August 2, 2015, in Los Angeles, California.