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- EIN 51-0176029
- (515) 986-5520
- Po Box 620 Grimes IA 50111 USA
- www.soiowa.org
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Causes: Special Olympics, Sports
Mission: Provide physical fitness, teach importance of good health, sports training and athletic competition of persons with intellectual disabilities.
Programs: Summer games held for the benefit of 2,427 children and adults with disabilities including seven sports: aquatics, athletics, soccer, tennis, cycling, bocce ball and developmental sports.
unified sports pairing athletes with intellectual disabilities with athletes without disabilities.
winter games held for the benefit of 256 children and adults with intellectual disabilities including five sports: alpine skiing, speed skating, figure skating, snowshoe, & cross country skiing.
challenge days is a one day event designed for the severe and profoundly handicapped population of iowa, pairing them with non-handicapped partners. Seven challenge day events were held during 2017. Expenses: 32,921 revenue: 25 mid-winter games held for the benefit of 961 children and adults with intellectual disabilities including five sports: team basketball, basketball skills, cheerleading, gymnastics & weightlifting. Expenses: 216,773 revenue: 7,540 equestrian for athletes with intellectual disabilities. Expenses: 7,851 revenue: 350 volleyball for athletes with disabiliites. Expenses: 15,585 revenue: 0 bowling for athletes with disabiliites. Expenses: 39,259 revenue: 0 young athletes is an introductory program offering play day activities to children with intellectual disabilties between the ages of 2 and 7. Expenses: 78,460 revenue: 0 healthy athletes - the organization provides a screening program that is designed to help increase a healthy lifestyle for individuals with intellectual disabiliites. Free screenings are offered in seven disciplines - funfitness (general fitness), fit feet (podiatry), health promotion (healthy lifestlye choices), healthy hearing (hearing), medfest (sports physicals), opening eyes (vision) and special smiles (dental). Expenses: 21,544 revenue: 0