Special Olympics Texas - Big Country/Concho Valley Area

10/17/2026

Truly appreciate the Abilene Gladiators for coming out to help make this Flag Football Competition! They made fans out of us!

09/21/2026

A huge THANK YOU to Cindy, Justin, and the Abilene State School for hosting our Area 14 ISD/Community Bocce Competition this past weekend!

We’re so grateful for everyone who helped make it such a special and memorable event for our athletes, families, and community. And a special thank you to the Abilene Fire Department for coming out and showing their support for our delegations! 🏅🏅🏅

08/28/2026

🎉🏫 AREA 14 IS STARTING THE SCHOOL YEAR THE UNIFIED WAY! 🏫🎉

The 2026–2027 school year is officially underway, and we’re SO excited to welcome our Unified Champion Schools across the Big Country & Concho Valley! 🤍✨

August brought new campuses, new partnerships, and new opportunities to create a culture where EVERY student belongs. 🙌

These schools are stepping up to be UNIFIED and INSPIRE other to create communities where students with and without intellectual disabilities can learn, lead, grow, and celebrate TOGETHER!

We can’t wait to see the incredible impact these schools will make throughout the year! ❤️

Unified Champion Schools - Texas

08/13/2026

If you are free this Sunday, come out and enjoy a fun filled afternoon with us and other amazing organizations! Come check out our booth!

08/11/2026

Last Saturday Abilene Christian University hosted our Area 14 swimming competition, sadly we couldn’t finish our competition due to the weather but we were so excited to see all of our athletes! Thank you to all who could make the event possible!

08/06/2026

We are looking forward to a great year with our Unified Champion School! Super excited to start seeing those forms rolling in! We can’t wait to add more schools to this list!

🎉 Unified Champion Schools are kicking off the 2026–2027 school year by joining Unified Champion Schools across the West Region! 🎉

We’re excited to welcome our 2026–2027 Unified Champion Schools Campuses so far and can’t wait to see the impact these schools will make by creating more Unified school communities where every student belongs.

💙 Interested in bringing Unified Champion Schools to your campus? We’d love to connect with you!

📍 Area 14 (Big Country) & Area 17 (South Plains)
Danelle Gunnels
📧 [email protected]

📍 Area 16 (Texas Panhandle)
Alexi Dunn
📧 [email protected]

📍 Area 18 (Permian Basin/Big Bend) & Area 19 (El Paso)
Mellisa Pierce
📧 [email protected]

Together, we can create schools where students with and without intellectual disabilities learn, lead, and grow side by side. 🤍

Website - https://www.sotx.org/ucs

Unified Champion Schools - Texas
Special Olympics Texas - Big Country/Concho Valley Area
Special Olympics Texas - Permian Basin/Big Bend Area
Special Olympics Texas - South Plains Area

08/05/2026

07/29/2026

Last Wednesday we partnered up with the R14 SpEd to teach other teacher about how Unified Champion Schools opens up different opportunities for their students! We also want to say thank you to Statesman Coffee for donating coffee to our teachers! Was a great turnout, if you would like more information about how your campus can be apart of Unified please reach to ucsinfo.org

07/27/2026

Thank you to all who came out to support our athletes by joining us for the Glow in the Dark fun run! We also want to thank the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office - Texas for hosting our event! Be on the look out for more photos to follow!

07/23/2026

Tonight’s our last night of Tip A Cop! We want to say thank you to all who has supported our athletes along the way! Every donation we receive goes straight to your local athletes to be able to compete and so much more.
If you’re not able to come out tonight and still want to make an impact, click the links below!

San Angelo

https://pro.gofundme.com/team/831023

Abilene

https://pro.gofundme.com/team/831019