Take the plunge to benefit Special Olympics Indiana for Area 5, which includes Kosciusko County, by taking part in the Polar Bear Plunge on Feb. 8, in Kokomo. The Polar Plunge is a fundraiser for the Area 5 Special Olympics. It’s scheduled to happen with registration and breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday, …read more.

Wawasee High School students involved with the Kosciusko Youth Leadership Academy are working with Special Olympics for their KYLA project. The Special Olympics basketball team known as the Panthers, will be playing a scrimmage game during halftime at tonight’s Wawasee basketball game. There will be a fundraising component to the event. Three members of the KYLA …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – In a historic move, the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) has further enhanced its ‘Champions Together’ partnership with Special Olympics Indiana (SOIN) in sanctioning a Unified Track and Field event set for 2014. This most recent collaborative effort allows IHSAA‐member schools to form teams composed equally of students with and without intellectual …read more.

On Monday, Sept. 16, Special Olympics Indiana Area 5 which includes eight counties held its annual kick-off meeting in Logansport, Ind., to review upcoming programs and events for the coming year and choose the area athlete, coach, volunteer and family of the year. This year’s Area 5 winners included athlete Kirk Conrad and coach John …read more.

Athletes from Kosciusko County participated in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Games in Flag Football, Corn Toss and Golf. The Kosciusko County Panthers football team competed on Sunday, September 15 in the Flag Football tournament held in Indianapolis. The team placed fourth in their division in close games. The team players included: Tony Thompson, Matt Bammel, …read more.

Almost 2,600 athletes participated in the Indiana Special Olympics Summer Games in Terre Haute recently. The annual State Games began Friday, June 7, and concluded Sunday, June 9. Track and field, volleyball, bocce, aquatics, horseshoes bowling, power lifting and cycling events took place on the campuses of Indiana State University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and …read more.

This Friday and Saturday, more than 100 local volunteers will be at Warsaw intersections and storefronts for the annual Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Drive. The goal is to support people with intellectual disabilities living in our community. Volunteers collect donations and give Tootsie Rolls in exchange, routinely collecting $15,000 to $20,000 over the course …read more.