Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Summer Olympics Coming To Penn State This Weekend

This weekend 2,000 athletes will meet for the 2008 Special Olympics Pennsylvania Summer Games at Penn State.

"Special Olympics began in the 1960s by the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation, which states its partial mission as “to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.’’"

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