ORONO The University of Maine at Orono will host over 1,500 Special Olympics Maine athletes, coaches, and volunteers for the 2023 State Summer Games on
The University of Maine at Orono will host over 1,500 Special Olympics Maine athletes, coaches, and volunteers for the 2023 State Summer Games on June 9-11. This year’s most cherished two-night, three-day event is back in full swing, after being.
SOUTH PORTLAND Bank of America has awarded Special Olympics Maine a $50,000 Neighborhood Champion grant to help the nonprofit organization grow and reach more athletes with intellectual disabilities in Maine. The Neighborhood Champions program is.
Polar dip fundraisers go virtual, but you can still join the … fun?
The health risks posed by COVID-19 were deemed too great for organizations like Maine Special Olympics and the Natural Resources Council of Maine to gather large groups for an icy plunge, so they figured out other ways.
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Colin Durrant, spokesperson for the Natural Resources Council of Maine runs into the ocean at Winslow Park in Freeport as part of the 13th annual NRCM Polar Bear Dip & Dash that has gone virtual to benefit climate action in Maine Wednesday, Dec. 30. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
It’s become a New Year’s tradition along the Maine coast. Dozens, sometimes hundreds of people would stand on beaches in their bathing suits and then race toward the ocean for a group plunge into the icy waters of the Atlantic around the first of January.