SOAR Special Recreation

09/13/2025

We are so proud of our Area 8 golfers! They showed up today ready to play at the Fall games. All your hard work and dedication paid off. Look at all the smiles and medals won! Congratulations to the athletes, coaches and families!🎉

09/13/2025

Have a great day Area 8!

09/13/2025

Let's cheer on our Special Olympics Area 8. They are in Myrtle Beach for the state fall games. We are cheering on our Golf, Bocce,U21 soccer and U21 bowling. Let's bring home the Gold!🎉

09/09/2025

🚗💦 Get Your Car Washed for a Cause! 💦🚗
Join us Friday, September 19th, at Tidal Wave Auto Spa on 9 Sam's Point Road in Beaufort for a special fundraiser benefiting Special Olympics Area 8!
🕗 Time: 8 AM – 8 PM
📍 Location: Tidal Wave Auto Spa, 9 Sam’s Point Rd, Beaufort
🎯 Cause: Area 8 Special Olympics
If your car’s looking a little dirty, now’s the perfect time to shine it up and support an amazing cause.
Tell your friends, share the post, and let’s make a splash for Area 8!

09/01/2025

🎉 Meet our Charity Day partner: SC Special Olympics - Area 8! 🎉

They're doing incredible work in our community by providing Special Olympic activities for adults and schools in Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper counties.

Stop by on September 19 and show your support! 50% of proceeds from every car wash sold at our location will support their mission. The other 50% goes to Annandale Village, our corporate partner which serves adults with development disabilities.

Find out more about South Carolina Special Olympics - Area 8 and our other partners here: https://bit.ly/4fHKfcG

08/30/2025

2025 State Special Olympic Kayaking on James Island SC. A year of training paid off! Thank you Coaches.

08/30/2025

💙 It’s Time to Nominate! 💙

FWDG’s Season of Giving 2025 nominations are officially OPEN now through Monday, September 1st!
Here’s how you can help a local charity receive up to $10,000:

✅ Step 1: Nominate your favorite charity by coming into FWDG to fill out the nomination form or you can comment their official name & tag them below!
✅ Step 2: Spread the word! Share this post! Tell your friends!
✅ Step 3: Vote! Starting Wednesday, September 3rd, the community will decide the winners. We will post an update with voting information after nominations close!

🏆 The charity with the most overall votes will win $10,000.
🏅 The next 9 most-voted charities will each receive $5,000.

✨ Pro tip: In-store nominations and votes count the most — each in-store vote is worth 5x more than an online vote.

📅 Nominations close Monday, September 1st. Don’t miss your chance to lift up the causes closest to your heart!

**Nominees are limited to Beaufort and Jasper county organizations only. Must have valid 5013C in order to be entered. Beware of scammers in the comments. FWDG will not announce the winner on this post, and will never ask you for personal information.**

08/28/2025

This week some of our amazing Area 8 golfers traveled miles to the beautiful course at Penn National in PA for the SONA golf tournament. As the sun shined down through the trees onto the rolling hills, athletes gathered from near and far to display their skills on the golf course.

Over the 3 days our athletes played different teams, putted, drove, chipped and did different skills.

Special Olympics gives many athletes the ability to shine, grow, try something new, create friendships and make memories.

Congratulations to Halli Williams and her unified partner, Aunt Jackie, Ryan Kite and his unified partner Coach Joel, Jacob Murasko and his unified partner Paul and Nikki. The Area 8 team showed up in force!

Now on to States!

08/26/2025

Nominate SOAR Special Recreation for the FWDG giving season rewards! Since we offer sports activities and recreation to people with intellectual disabilities in Beaufort and Jasper county we could win $10,000. Please nominate and share this with your friends to support or programming. Thanks!

💙 It’s Time to Nominate! 💙

FWDG’s Season of Giving 2025 nominations are officially OPEN now through Monday, September 1st!
Here’s how you can help a local charity receive up to $10,000:

✅ Step 1: Nominate your favorite charity by coming into FWDG to fill out the nomination form or you can comment their official name & tag them below!
✅ Step 2: Spread the word! Share this post! Tell your friends!
✅ Step 3: Vote! Starting Wednesday, September 3rd, the community will decide the winners. We will post an update with voting information after nominations close!

🏆 The charity with the most overall votes will win $10,000.
🏅 The next 9 most-voted charities will each receive $5,000.

✨ Pro tip: In-store nominations and votes count the most — each in-store vote is worth 5x more than an online vote.

📅 Nominations close Monday, September 1st. Don’t miss your chance to lift up the causes closest to your heart!

**Nominees are limited to Beaufort and Jasper county organizations only. Must have valid 5013C in order to be entered. Beware of scammers in the comments. FWDG will not announce the winner on this post, and will never ask you for personal information.**

08/26/2025

Check out our updated programming for September 2025! You must be registered with LAF to participate. Programming is free to registered LAF families.

https://www.lafinc.org/calendar-of-events

08/26/2025

What a beautiful day to start the SONA golf championship at Penn National. Coaches and athletes got to get a practice round in before the opening ceremonies. It was such a memorable night for everyone as we celebrate inclusion on the golf course and watch the lighting of the cauldron to start the games. Wishing all the athletes and unified partners a great first day tomorrow.

08/20/2025

📣 SOAR Golf Classic Update! New DATE!! Saturday, September 27th!!!⛳

Due to the forecast of all-day rain, the SOAR Golf Classic has been rescheduled to Saturday, September 27th at 8:00 AM. Same start time, just a new date!
Thanks for your support — we’ll see you in September!