$1M Grant Will Boost Special Olympics Programs in NEPA

Article by Republican Herald: Published June 1, 2026

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Special Olympics Pennsylvania will expand sports and health programming for people with intellecutal disabilities in 13 Northeast Pennsylvania counties with a three-year $1 million grant from the Wilkes-Barre-based AllOne Foundation, the organizations announced Monday.

“We are tremendously proud to be receiving this grant – the largest our organization has ever received – as it will help us double our impact in areas where people with intellectual disabilities face a lot of barriers for participation,” Nate Garland, Special Olympics Pennsylvania Interim CEO said in press release. “There is a lot of synergy between where we want to grow as an organization and the counties that the AllOne Foundation serves. We currently only have a 2% penetration rate – which means for every one athlete we currently serving in those 13 counties there are still 49 on the sidelines waiting to get access to our free sports, health and leadership programming.”