Special Olympics Illinois - Region G

11/18/2025

Now that our sporting competitions are all wraps for 2025, we wanted to share our favorite pictures from the year. 🥹 This year was such a fun one in Region G!

We'll be back in the swing of it with the Region G Basketball tournament in no time on January 25th at Illinois Wesleyan University!

Comment your favorite moment from the 2025 season below ⬇

11/11/2025

We are so thankful for all the local veterans in our community as well as our Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics and Special Olympics Illinois veterans today and every day. Thank you all for your service!! 🇺🇸

11/10/2025

Our last regional competition of 2025 is in the books following our Unified Bowling event, hosted by Pheasant Lanes! Congratulations to ALL our Unified pairs that competed this past weekend 🤩🎳

11/04/2025

Let's make a splash for Special Olympics Illinois! 🌊 Registration for the 2026 Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Polar Plunge is officially OPEN!

There are so many ways to get involved in your community
❄️ Take the plunge as a participant, volunteer to cheer on plungers, become a sponsor, or rally your local schools and groups to join the
🏫 Cool School Challenge or compete for the College Cup.
Every helps raise funds and awareness for our local athletes.

Learn more ➡ plungeillinois.com

Register ➡ https://support.soill.org/peoria2026 or https://support.soill.org/bloomington2026

11/03/2025

Come volunteer at the 2025 State Bowling Tournament! 🎳

📅 Saturday, December 6

📍 Victory Lanes in Decatur
# soillstatetournaments
🕒 Volunteer Shifts: 8:30 AM-1:00 PM and 12:30 PM-5:00 PM

Whether you're a seasoned volunteer or new to Special Olympics Illinois, your time and energy will help create an unforgettable experience for our athletes.



👉 Register here: https://bit.ly/3WxTPpH

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from all of us at Special Olympics Illinois! 🎃

We had onesies and creative costumes galore at this year's Polar Plunges, comment below what costume you're rocking tonight! ☠️

10/28/2025

Something ❄️chilly❄️ is brewing...

Keep an eye on our page next week for an announcement regarding a certain super chilly annual event!

10/21/2025

Congratulations to the teams from SOAR - Special Opportunities Available in Recreation and Illinois River Valley Special Recreation Association that competed and finished on the podium in volleyball at Fall Games in Rockford!! 🥳 Y'all make some noise for our bronze and gold medalists!

10/16/2025

10/15/2025

Mark your Calendars and Invite your Teams! 📆

The Gratitude Team is gearing up for a busy holiday season which means we’re expanding our roster!

Join Athlete Leader Susan Kuborn for a special athlete-led training on Friday, October 24 at 5:30pm. Susan will teach you how to make the BEST donor phone call, more about our Gratitude Team, and how we serve our donors!

You can sign up here at the following link: https://forms.gle/p3LrC8mJCCgvonYM9

This training is open to everyone who loves Special Olympics:
💡Invite your athletes
💡Invite athlete families
💡Invite coaches
💡Invite anyone who wants to share gratitude with our donors!

After the training, participants will have the opportunity to receive a list of donors and begin making calls right away. We hope you’ll join us—and bring your teams along!

10/13/2025

📣NEW SPONSOR ALERT📣

You may have seen them at this year's Bloomington Polar Plunge or at Row4Dough, and now they're continuing to go above and beyond for our Region G athletes.

We want to welcome Apex Clean Energy's teams at Diamond Grove Wind and Milkweed Wind as the newest Region G sponsors for 2025-26!! Thank you for your incredible support of Special Olympics Illinois' athletes.

You can check out what they are doing here in our community at https://www.milkweedwind.com/ and https://www.diamondgrovewind.com/ .

10/10/2025

👻 Hey boo — it’s your LAST CHANCE to grab the Not So Ugly Special Olympics Illinois Sweatshirt before it ghosts us for good!

🎃 Don’t let this festive favorite haunt your dreams... $45 with FREE shipping
📏 Youth – Adult 5XL Online only – order by October 15
📦 Arrives mid-November

This sweatshirt is scary cute perfect for those chilly days and all your holiday events 🎄 👉 https://soilsweater25.itemorder.com/