Special Olympics South Dakota Weekly Newsletter

August 05 2025

Get your Summer 2025 TORCH Here!

Join MoveU

for this sensory friendly obstacle course

Jacobson Plaza

Saturday, August 9th

Click for details

We NEED YOUR help!

Volunteer opportunities are coming up in a couple of weeks in Sioux Falls!

SE Area Bocce

August 17th

Sioux Falls

SE Area Softball

August 16th

Sioux Falls

** Hey Athletes… as we gear up for Fall Classic, a

reminder our Dance Theme is Country & Western **

 Pig Pals with the South Dakota Pork Producers Council 

You can support Sioux Falls’ brand-new delegation, the Sioux Falls Bulldogs, and Special Olympics South Dakota, and you could WIN a set of boards decked out in your favorite school colors!

You can purchase your tickets by clicking the button below for the boards you’d like to win!

Strange But True Health Tip #4: To wear a smaller size, gain weight

Muscle weight, that is. If two women both weigh 150 pounds and only one lifts weights, the lifter will more likely fit into a smaller pant size than her inactive counterpart. Likewise, a 150-pound woman who lifts weights could very well wear the same size as a 140-pound woman who doesn’t exercise. The reason: Although a pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscle, muscle takes up less space. You can get bigger muscles and get smaller overall if you lose the fat.

In other words, cut back on calories and add weight to your workout to lose inches.

109 TOTAL CHANCES TO WIN!

GRAND PRIZE: $1,000

(Have the highest accumulated score at the end of 18 weeks to win!)

Weeks 1-18

Highest Team Total | $200

Second Highest | $100

Third Highest | $80

Fourth Highest | $60

Fifth Highest | $50

Lowest Team Total | $20

Total awarded each week | $510

Pigskin Madness Rules

1. This ticket is unique and valid for 18 weeks of the regular professional football season.
2. Each week, four (4) team scores are added together to determine the winners.
3. If there is a tie, prizes will be combined and split equally between the winners.
4. If a team does not play in a given week, including bye weeks, their score from the previous week will be used.
5. Winners will be contacted by Special Olympics South Dakota staff via phone and will receive their prize money shortly after.
6. Tickets are sold at random and not available for review until purchased.
7. Decisions of Special Olympics South Dakota are final.
8. Ticket holders do not need to know anything about football or keep track of weekly scores.

22nd Annual Truck Convoy for Special Olympics South Dakota

Friday, September 19

Saturday, September 20

W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds

100 N Lyon Blvd

Sioux Falls, SD 57107

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Please join us for the 22nd Annual Truck Convoy for Special Olympics South Dakota to celebrate the trucking industry, partners, and law enforcement working together to raise funds for Special Olympics South Dakota.

ATTENTION ATHLETES… Special Olympics North America Athlete Input Survey

As Special Olympics approaches its 60th anniversary, it’s extremely important for leaders at all levels of the movement to understand what our athletes enjoy most about the movement and where we need to make even more progress on and off the field.

To help gather this information and feedback, Special Olympics North America has created a survey to gather athlete feedback. 

This survey should only take a few minutes and responses will only be seen by Athlete Leadership staff from Special Olympics North America. Your name will not be tied to your responses, so please be honest and do not hold back. There are no right or wrong answers!

Click Here

Share your experiences with navigating living options for adults with IDDs.

Click to learn more

Survey Closes August 29, 2025

See Our Agenda At a Glance: Click Here

To Register: