Special Olympics to Host Unified Sports® Holiday Classic

Special Olympics Connecticut will hold its annual Unified Sports® Holiday Classic, presented by the Connecticut Elks Association, on Saturday, November 18th and Sunday, November 19th. Forty Unified Sports® basketball teams, 14 volleyball teams, 38 powerlifters and close to 1,300 bowlers are expected to compete at the event. For the schedule and more information, visit soct.org or email specialolympicsct@soct.org and follow Special Olympics Connecticut on Facebook, Instagram and X. Spectators are welcome.

Sports and locations will include bowling at Bowlero Lanes, 1717 Boston Post Road, Milford and AMF Circle Lanes, 525 Main Street, East Haven - both days, Unified Sports® basketball at Quinnipiac University, 275 Mount Carmel Avenue in Hamden - both days, powerlifting at Gleason Performance Training at 38 Commerce Street in Derby on Saturday and Unified Sports® volleyball at 255 Skiff Street in Hamden Hall Beckerman Athletic Center in Hamden on Saturday.

The Special Olympics Unified Sports® program brings people with and without intellectual disabilities together on the same team to promote acceptance, opportunity and inclusion for all.

Through its Healthy Athletes® program, Special Olympics Connecticut will also offer Special Smiles, which provides free dental screenings to athletes, at its volleyball venue on Saturday and basketball venue on Sunday and Strong Minds, activities that promote positive thinking, stress release and connecting with others, at basketball on both days.
In addition to the Connecticut Elks, Unified Sports® Holiday Classic sponsors include Suzio York Hill - Platinum Sponsor, Gleason Performance Training, Liberty Bank, Newman's Own Foundation and Quinnipiac University - Gold Sponsors, Comcast and NBC Connecticut, Lincoln Waste Solutions, Nirenstein, Horowitz Associates PC, the Singer Family and Webster Bank - Bronze Sponsors, Synchrony and Bigelow Tea - Supporting/Contributing Sponsors and NBC Connecticut, iHeart Radio Connecticut and Hearst Connecticut Media Group - Media Sponsors.
About Special Olympics Connecticut
Special Olympics Connecticut provides year-round sports training and competitions for close to 10,000 athletes of all ages with intellectual disabilities and Unified Sports® partners - their teammates without disabilities. Through the joy of sport, the Special Olympics movement transforms lives and communities throughout the state and in 190 countries around the world by promoting good health and fitness and inspiring inclusion and respect for people of all abilities, on and off the playing field. (www.soct.org)

Partner Sponsors: Bozzuto's Inc., the Connecticut Elks Association, Enterprise, ESPN, Eversource, The Hometown Foundation, Law Enforcement Torch Run, NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut, Pratt & Whitney, Webster Bank and WWE.

Year-Round Suppliers: Adams Hometown Markets/IGA Hometown Supermarkets, Bozzuto's Inc., Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Marcus Communications, N&D Sports, Pepperidge Farm, State of Connecticut Judicial Branch Community Service, WORX, Hearst Connecticut Media Group, iHeart Radio Connecticut and NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut.