Bethlehem Special Olympics-Pennsylvania

We love this so much! Here’s the official video from Sports Camp 2024 - our Team Bethlehem athletes are well represented throughout. ❤️❤️❤️

Enjoy!!!

2024 SOPA/SOYO Multi-Sports Training Camp Special Olympics Pennsylvania athletes returned to the Antiochian Village in Bolivar, Pa. for the 43rd year at the 2024 SOPA/SOYO Multi-Sports Training Camp ...

Attention Athletes and Families!! Our Volleyball season has started and we are looking for a few more players to join our team. Please reach out to us with a message here or send us an email if you are interested. Thanks!

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Without a doubt, the greatest benefit of Sports Camp are the friendships made there - and we love that we get a jumpstart on them during the trip out. Team Bethlehem shares the 4.5 hour bus ride to Camp with our friends from Team Lehigh - Special Olympics PA and Team Luzerne. So when it came time to take Team Pictures, we all agreed we needed to do one with our 3 teams combined❤️.

Sports Camp Photos - 5th Batch

Thanks to our camp coaches for submitting this final large batch of photos! Enjoy😊

There is soccer practice today regardless of the weather .skills will be 230 to 330
7v7 2-330 with meeting afterwards for both.
parents and caregivers please stay In case practice is shortened due to rain. 

Sports Camp Photos - 4th Batch

Friday night was the Farewell Dance at camp - this year’s dance theme was The 80’s. Athletes received their Camp Yearbooks & group Camp Photo, and they ended the night watching the official camp video.

We hope you enjoy these pictures from last night’s dance - we’ll have more Camp photos for you tomorrow. 😊

Sports Camp Photos - 3rd Batch

As the week went on, our athletes continued training in their primary sports every morning and rotating through the other camp sports each afternoon. Each sport hosted a competition as their final practice, and our campers’ evenings were filled with a Red White & Blue themed Karaoke Night and a Movie Night.

Sports Camp Photos - 2nd Batch

On Monday and Tuesday our athletes spent their mornings training in a primary sport they selected for themselves, and then spent their afternoons rotating through trying the other sports offered at camp. Evening highlights included fun field games at Challenge Night, and a Hawaiian Shirt themed Bonfire with s’mores.

Sports Camp Photos - 1st Batch

Our athletes and coaches arrived to camp on Sunday afternoon. A camp scavenger hunt, Opening Ceremonies, and a Bloodhound Search & Rescue demonstration were just some of the day’s highlights.

Soccer practice is starting today at 2 o’clock at Broughal middle school 

And they’re off!

Athletes from our program and Team Lehigh - Special Olympics grabbed a bus early this morning and are on their way to Sports Camp in Western PA.

They are spending the week with other Special Olympics Pennsylvania athletes from all over the state, and will be doing focused training in various sports. Sports Camp allows athletes to improve their skills in a primary sport, gives them opportunity to try a multitude of other sports, and most importantly - develops and strengthens wonderful friendships with fellow athletes.

A huge thank you to our fabulous coaches who are volunteering to spend the week at Camp - our athletes wouldn’t be able to attend without them.

Safe travels and have an amazing week - we can’t wait for updates!

UPDATE: THE SOCCER CLINIC ON SATURDAY AUG 10 HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS. IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED.

Athletes and Families -

The Women’s Soccer Team from Cedar Crest College is hosting a 1-day Soccer Clinic designed for individuals with disabilities, and they have invited our athletes to join the fun!

The clinic is next Saturday, August 10th from 10:00am - 11:30am on the soccer field at Cedar Crest College.

Our friends at Team Lehigh - Special Olympics PA are organizing the sign-ups. If you are interested in participating, please use this link below to register. Should be a great day!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciu0oD4rzks3yODshQNGQcBV6t1n0tRNI_7bUiNwBIuUvekA/viewform?usp=sf_link

So proud of you, Dedra!

Bethlehem Special Olympics-Pennsylvania is backstage at Musikfest! 🥳 Catch our next band introduction at 8:00pm. 🕗 Thank you to Air Products for this unique and wiggle-worthy athlete leadership opportunity! 💃

Our Hair-to-Care Fundraiser starts NOW! Our wonderful friends at Lehigh Valley Barber School have just opened their doors and are ready to provide fabulous haircuts at fantastic prices! A portion of all of today’s haircuts will be donated back to Bethlehem Special Olympics.

Regular Haircuts - $10
Kids Haircuts - $5

Come join the fun!

Reminder to our Volleyball athletes and families…

Volleyball practices will start NEXT Monday, August 5th (they do not start today).

Practices will be at Mercy School for Special Learning from 6:00-7:30. Enjoy your week, and we’ll see you next Monday!

What an incredibly beautiful day this has been for our summer session golfers. Thanks to the generosity of some wonderful fellow golfers in our community, at today's practice each of our golf athletes was presented with a brand new set of clubs to keep as their own. WOW!!!!

Our profound thanks to Chris and his team from Art of Flight Golf for coordinating all the equipment, to the wonderful donors who each sponsored a set of clubs, and to our coaches Elvin and Andy who were the driving force behind this amazing gift.

We are humbled and grateful for the kindness, love, and support that was showered on our athletes today. From the bottom of our hearts - thank you!

No vehicle is too challenging for our Car Wash team! Many thanks to our friends at Nancy Run Fire Company for coming out to support our athletes!!

The Car Wash Fundraiser is going strong! We’re here at Heights Market & Deli “Home of the hoagie” and will be washing cars until 4pm. Stop by and support our athletes!!

The Car Wash is off to a great start! Come on out and join the fun - we’re here until 4pm!

Many thanks to our Athletes, Coaches, and Volunteers for your hard work. ❤️

Sending HUGE thanks to the Philadelphia Eagles and the Eagles Autism Foundation for welcoming athletes from Special Olympics Pennsylvania to today’s practice at Training Camp.

Coach Matt and our athletes, Nathan, Brandon, Tim, and Bradley had an amazing day! They watched practice, met players, got tons of autographs, and were treated like VIP’s! Then when practice was over they decided to do a little sightseeing before heading home.

Brandon sent us this message about the day along with some of the pictures you see below:

“Went to the NovaCare complex to watch the Eagles practice. I got autographs by the players including Saquon Barkley. Then we went to the Liberty Bell then the Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence was signed and then saw the Rocky Balboa statue.”

What an absolutely fantastic experience - Thank You so much to the Eagles! GO BIRDS!!!

Yesterday, Coach Matt and our athlete, Nathan, went around town handing out flyers for our upcoming CAR WASH FUNDRAISER for Bethlehem City Special Olympics and our Hair-To-Care for Special Olympics events.

They popped in to Lehigh Valley Barber School to get Nathan a test run haircut for the big event - Nate is thrilled with Special Olympics logo they created in his cut. ❤️

Along the way they also stopped by to see our friends at Nancy Run Fire Company.

Copies of both flyers and a great look at Nathan’s new haircut are included below. Come out this Saturday for our Car Wash, and don’t miss the Haircut event on next Friday, August 2nd.

Can’t wait to see you!

ATHLETES & VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!

This Saturday (July 27th), Team Bethlehem is hosting our BIG Car Wash Fundraiser at Heights Market & Deli “Home of the hoagie”. We are looking for athletes and volunteers to come out, join the fun, and help to clean up the community - one car at a time!

·HOW TO HELP: Athletes & Volunteers are needed to help wash cars, hold signs, and greet customers. We are looking for people to volunteer to work two-hour shifts (or more if you like).

To sign up, please email us at [email protected], or you can send us a private message here on Facebook. Let us know which shift (or shifts) you are available to help:

8 AM to 10 AM, or 10 AM to Noon, or Noon to 2 PM, or 2 PM to 4 PM

You can also HELP TO ADVERTISE the event: Post the picture below at work, at stores, and on social media.

Tell your family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers to come to the event!

Looking forward to seeing lots of BSO friends and family on Saturday. Sign up today!