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Give SOMO Athletes a Brighter Future
Support our Training For Life Campus


Special Olympics Missouri has been conditioning to achieve its greatest goal yet – the creation of the spectacular and transformative Training For Life Campus.

SOMO realized an important step in its vision for a place we can call our own with the announcement of a lead gift from Centene Charitable Foundation. 

University of Missouri Head Football Coach Gary Pinkel (at right in photo) joined with St. Louis business leader Michael F. Neidorff, CEO and President of Centene Corporation (at left in photo), to announce their vision for an innovative year-round training facility for Special Olympics Missouri at a press conference on Sept. 1, 2011 in Columbia, MO.

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The planned Training for Life Campus will serve current and future generations of individuals with intellectual disabilities, and will be the largest such facility in scope in the United States. The 44,000-square-foot Center will be set on 11 acres in Columbia, and will offer year-round training opportunities for athletes, coaches and volunteers from throughout Missouri. Construction on the campus is expected to begin in 2013. 

Having operated on scattered and borrowed sites for 40 years, combining services under one roof on the Training for Life Campus will allow fiscal efficiencies along with priceless benefits of personal advancement.

SOMO Athlete Brock Guseman (in photo at left) looks forward to training at the Center, along with Missouri's 15,000 other Special Olympics athletes. 

Learn more about the Training For Life Campus. >>

See why organizations like Centene Charitable Foundation support the Center. >>



A State-of-the-Art Facility

As Missouri's largest organization serving the needs of children and adults with intellectual disabilities, SOMO is proud to launch its first capital campaign to provide even better opportunitiethrough one-of-a-kind training and sport programs that provide health, fitness, social and emotional benefits.

Healthy Athletes and Young Athletes Programs

Individuals with intellectual disabilities typically receive improper or inadequate health care, and physicians with training to support our athletes are often in short supply. Special Olympics developed its Healthy Athletes program to address this need, and Missouri was one of the pioneering states to develop this program.

As a result, SOMO has implemented a comprehensive initiative to provide health screenings free of charge to SOMO athletes - it's our Healthy Athletes program. The program provides vision, dental and hearing screenings on a regular basis, and with a centralized facility, we could provide these critical services more consistently to more athletes.
 
We've also begun a Young Athletes program, which provides early intervention for boys and girls 3-7 years of age. The program also provides resources to guide family members, educators and other professionals.
 
Since its inception, the SOMO Endowment Fund (SEF) has worked to support the long-term needs of SOMO athletes. SOMO established SEF as a unique effort to rally financial support. With a committed board of directors and campaign structure, SEF will make possible giving opportunities and accompanying recognition that will be treasured for years to come.
 

To learn more about how you can participate in this exceptional opportunity to secure the future of Special Olympics training and programs in Missouri, contact Laurie Shadoan at 1-800-846-2682.


 

 
 

 

 

 
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