Special Olympics Illinois - Region G

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from all of us at Special Olympics Illinois! 🎃

We had onesies and creative costumes galore at this year's Polar Plunges, comment below what costume you're rocking tonight! ☠️

10/28/2025

Something ❄️chilly❄️ is brewing...

Keep an eye on our page next week for an announcement regarding a certain super chilly annual event!

10/21/2025

Congratulations to the teams from SOAR - Special Opportunities Available in Recreation and Illinois River Valley Special Recreation Association that competed and finished on the podium in volleyball at Fall Games in Rockford!! 🥳 Y'all make some noise for our bronze and gold medalists!

10/16/2025

10/15/2025

Mark your Calendars and Invite your Teams! 📆

The Gratitude Team is gearing up for a busy holiday season which means we’re expanding our roster!

Join Athlete Leader Susan Kuborn for a special athlete-led training on Friday, October 24 at 5:30pm. Susan will teach you how to make the BEST donor phone call, more about our Gratitude Team, and how we serve our donors!

You can sign up here at the following link: https://forms.gle/p3LrC8mJCCgvonYM9

This training is open to everyone who loves Special Olympics:
💡Invite your athletes
💡Invite athlete families
💡Invite coaches
💡Invite anyone who wants to share gratitude with our donors!

After the training, participants will have the opportunity to receive a list of donors and begin making calls right away. We hope you’ll join us—and bring your teams along!

10/13/2025

📣NEW SPONSOR ALERT📣

You may have seen them at this year's Bloomington Polar Plunge or at Row4Dough, and now they're continuing to go above and beyond for our Region G athletes.

We want to welcome Apex Clean Energy's teams at Diamond Grove Wind and Milkweed Wind as the newest Region G sponsors for 2025-26!! Thank you for your incredible support of Special Olympics Illinois' athletes.

You can check out what they are doing here in our community at https://www.milkweedwind.com/ and https://www.diamondgrovewind.com/ .

10/10/2025

👻 Hey boo — it’s your LAST CHANCE to grab the Not So Ugly Special Olympics Illinois Sweatshirt before it ghosts us for good!

🎃 Don’t let this festive favorite haunt your dreams... $45 with FREE shipping
📏 Youth – Adult 5XL Online only – order by October 15
📦 Arrives mid-November

This sweatshirt is scary cute perfect for those chilly days and all your holiday events 🎄 👉 https://soilsweater25.itemorder.com/

10/09/2025

THANK YOU to CEFCU for supporting our mission and local athletes through their "Spend and Give" Campaign! We are so grateful to share a community with the incredible team at CEFCU here in Bloomington-Normal. ❤️

Show them some love!

10/02/2025

Shoutout to our local Region G coaches who participated in the Big Blue Blowout Coaches Development weekend! Thank you all for your proven commitment to coaching and inspiring the athletes in our community. ❤️👏

09/30/2025

UPDATE🚨

We are still in need of ten more volunteers to fill our second shift (beginning at 2:30pm) this weekend at Pheasant Lanes! Any help is greatly appreciated, you can sign up at the link below ⬇️

Location Update!📍

This year, Sectional (Oct 4) and Unified (Nov 8) Bowling have been relocated to Bloomington and will be held at Pheasant Lanes, with both competitions starting at noon.

We are still looking for more volunteers to help make these events as smooth and enjoyable for our athletes as possible. Shifts for the morning and afternoon are still open for both competitions!

🔗 Click the link here to sign up - https://www.soill.org/events/

09/30/2025

We want to congratulate our very own Limestone Community High School on being recognized once again as a National Banner Unified Champion School! 🥳

Their commitment to providing opportunities in Unified Sports and promoting school-wide inclusivity continues to set new standards. Thank you for being Unified Champions on and off the field year in and year out!! 👏

09/26/2025

🍁 The air is getting crisp and your wardrobe needs a festive upgrade!

Introducing the Not So Ugly Special Olympics Illinois Sweatshirt – perfect for holiday cheer, bonfires, and spreading inclusion. 🎄

$45 with FREE shipping
📏 Youth – Adult 5XL
🛒 Online only – Order by October 15
📦 Arrives mid-November

Don’t wait for the frost—order your cozy, limited-edition crewneck now! 👉 https://soilsweater25.itemorder.com/