Special Olympics Connecticut to Host Unified Sports® Fall Festival

Special Olympics Connecticut will hold its Annual Unified Sports® Fall Festival presented by Mohegan Sun on Saturday, September 10th and Sunday, September 11th and Saturday, September 17th and Sunday, September 18th. Athletes of all abilities from across the state will come together to compete in bocce, croquet, golf, sailing and softball with support from volunteers from the community and companies sponsoring the event. For more information, visit soct.org, email specialolympicsct@soct.org or call 203-230-1201 and follow Special Olympics Connecticut on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Bocce competition will take place at Scalzi Park in Stamford on September 10th and 11th. Softball will be held at Kennedy Field in East Haven on September 10th and East Shore Park in New Haven on both September 10th and 11th. Sailing will be held at the Wadawanuck Club in Stonington on Saturday, September 10th and golf will take place at the Sleeping Giant Golf Course in Hamden on Sunday, September 11th. All events will are expected to run between 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Croquet competition will be held the following weekend, September 17th and 18th, at the Ocean House in Watch Hill, Rhode Island.

Special Olympics Unified Sports® brings athletes - individuals with intellectual disabilities and Unified partners - their teammates without disabilities, together on the same team to train and compete in sports and inspire friendships and acceptance and inclusion for all participants, on and off the playing field.

In addition to Mohegan Sun, sponsors include Liberty Bank - Gold Sponsor and Feroleto Steel Company, the KBE Foundation, Make Golf Your Thing, the PGA, Connecticut Section and the Singer Family - Bronze Sponsors. Also, the Centerville Bank Foundation, Chelsea Groton Bank Foundation and Dime Bank Foundation - Supporting Sponsors and Charter Oak Federal Credit Union, Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation and The Rotary Club of Mystic - Contributing Sponsors. Hearst Connecticut Media Group, iHeart Radio Connecticut and NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut are Media Sponsors.

About Special Olympics Connecticut

Special Olympics Connecticut provides year-round sports training and competitions for more than 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 170 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., Enterprise, the Connecticut Elks Association, ESPN, Eversource Energy, 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, Heart Connecticut Media Group, iHeart Radio Connecticut and NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut.