Special Olympics Joins The Beau Biden Foundation to Combat Abuse

Tim Shriver & Hallie Biden signing the Memorandum of Understanding.

Special Olympics International and the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children are launching Operation Safeguard, a new initiative to advance and strengthen the protection of people with intellectual disabilities from physical and sexual abuse. Below is a message about the new partnership from Special Olympics Chairman, Timothy Shriver. Read more about the partnership here.

Chairman, Tim Shriver delivers a message about the partnership with the Beau Biden Foundation.

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