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Good for Business and Employee Morale

Volunteering for Special Olympics brings your employees, colleagues and clients together for one purpose — inspiring greatness in Special Olympics athletes and bringing hope and pride to their families. But Special Olympics volunteers do not only inspire the athletes. They’re also inspired by them.

Making a Difference. Team Mattel volunteers at the World Summer Games in Shanghai, China. Volunteer Today

Corporate volunteerism adds value to:

Your Employees

  • Leadership and skill development
  • Networking opportunities within the company and the community
  • Increased community awareness
  • Personal fulfillment 

Your Company

  • Greater employee pride and commitment
  • Increased community awareness
  • Improved internal communication
  • Enhanced corporate reputation
  • Improved employee camaraderie
  • Greater employee pride and commitment

Your Communities

  • New talent and ideas
  • Business and organizational resources
  • Unified effort creates a sense of celebration, belonging and achievement
     

Special Olympics will work with you to:

  • Provide meaningful volunteer opportunities for all interested employees.
  • Create employee fundraising activities
  • Develop an athlete employment initiative
  • Create and administer an employee incentive program to recognize top employee volunteers

Employee Volunteerism Success Stories

  • Team Otis: Learn what made Otis Elevator's support of Special Olympics so successful.
  • Team Mattel: Learn about Mattel employees’ support of Special Olympics around the world.
  • Banco General de Panama: Learn about their volunteer program to assist Special Olympics Panama.

Contact Information
Tanya Baskin, Vice President, Corporate Partnerships, +1 (202) 628-3630 or tbaskin@specialolympics.org. For more information about corporate sponsorship and partnerships on a regional, national, state/provincial or local level, contact the appropriate Special Olympics region or Program. To locate a region or Program, use our PrograProgram Locator m Locator.

 

   
  What YOU Can Do 
   
 
  • Get in touch with Special Olympics near you to see what you can do to help.