Competitions
- Aquatics
- August 20, 2016 - October 14, 2016
- Bowling Competitions
- Statewide
- October 7, 2016 - December 3, 2016
- Chapter Sailing & Kayaking
- Dallas, TX
- October 8, 2016 - October 9, 2016
- Fall Classic
- Bryan/College Station, TX
- October 13, 2016 - October 15, 2016
- Chapter Flag Football Competition
- San Antonio, TX
- December 2, 2016 - December 3, 2016
Fundraising Events
- Tip A Cop at Mi Casa Mexican Restaurant
- Mi Casa
- September 30, 2016
- 2016 Fire Truck Pull | San Antonio
- October 1, 2016
- Fire Truck Pull | Plano
- October 8, 2016
- 2016 Corpus Christi | Fire Truck Pull
- October 8, 2016
- Joe Avezzano Memorial Golf Tournament
- October 12, 2016
Beyond the Finish Line
- Levelland Swimmer to Compete for First Time as Area 17 Hosts First Aquatics Competition in Nearly 10 Years
- For the first time in nearly 10 years, Special Olympics Texas (SOTX) athletes in the South Plains Area will have the chance to swim for a gold medal in an area-wide Aquatics competition on Saturday, Sept. 10. The competition is being hosted by Southwest Aqua Sports (3909 N Frankford Ave), Lubbock’s largest swimming and scuba diving facility, which recently opened in July. Events will run from 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- September 7, 2016
- Father-Son Duo Featured in "Best Unified Photo"
- Robin Reeves¸ who is a member of SOTX’s Family Support Network and serves as the Area 14 Family committee chair, was selected as the winner of last week’s Best Shot photo contest for the image (pictured right) submitted for “Best Unified” photo.
- August 29, 2016
- The Story Behind "The Best Smile"
- Gary Schottle, father of SOTX athlete and Global Messenger Derek “Tank” Schottle, was selected as the winner of this week’s Best Shot photo contest for this image submitted for “Best Smile”. As you can imagine, the buzz has been all about that smile! Thanks to Gary and the Arc of Fort Bend County, we have been able to learn more about athlete Chance Geary, who is the featured athlete showing us those pearly whites.
- August 5, 2016
- Participating Locations - 2016 Tip A Cop Night at Texas Roadhouse
- On Thursday, July 21, Texas Roadhouse restaurants across the Lone Star state are participating in Tip A Cop Night, a Law Enforcement Torch Run fundraising event for Special Olympics Texas. During the dinner shift (5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at most locations), local officers from all across the state will exchange uniforms for aprons and will serve tables for tips, which all will be donated to SOTX at the end of the dinner shift. See the list of participating locations
- July 15, 2016
- SOTX FC Dallas Defeats Sporting KC, 3-0, in Season-Opener
- The 2016 FC Dallas/Special Olympics Texas Unified Soccer team opened its season on Sunday afternoon with a 3-0 win over Sporting Kansas City/Special Olympics Kansas & Missouri at Children’s Mercy Park. A pair of goals from Doug Sullivan and one from Alyssa D’Aloise led the squad to an impressive victory.
- June 20, 2016
