February 24 2026

WELCOME TO THE TEAM, JASON!

Hello Special Olympics South Dakota,

My name is Jason Ferro, I’m happy to be here at SOSD! I recently worked in collegiate athletics at the University of Sioux Falls handling everything from fundraising to financials to the gameday experience. I’ve played football, basketball, racquetball, and billiards while being a big football and hockey fan. I grew up in Rhode Island but have lived in Sioux Falls for most of the last 8 years. I graduated from Nichols College in Massachusetts and earned my Masters at USF. In high school I was a partner on the unified basketball team for four years and helped an athlete set the state record for points in a single game.

At USF I scheduled unified teams to play during the halftimes of our basketball games. Seeing the crowds incredibly positive reaction to the unified teams was wonderful and showed me what Special Olympics means to the state of South Dakota. I’m looking forward to being a part of all the great things happening at SOSD!

-Jason Ferro

Jason is a part of Unified Champion Schools. You can reach him here:

Jason Ferro, Unified Champion Schools Director

jferro@sosd.org

TWO THINGS WE NEED MORE OF: COWBELL & BASKETBALL

Southeast Area

February 28, 2026

Harrisburg

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Athletes, tell us where you work! We would like to recognize some of our outstanding athlete employees and their employers.

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FREE Skyforce Tickets

We have 500 FREE Skyforce tickets for Special Olympics athletes and families for the game on Friday, March 13 at 7:00 PM.

The Sioux Falls Skyforce take on the Stockton Kings at the Sanford Pentagon.

LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN

Way To Go, Rapid City!

On the right is the Mayor of Rapid City, Jason Salamun, and on the left is his much more famous friend, Dexter. Both Jason and Dexter jumped this past Sunday in the Rapid City Polar Plunge.

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