Special Olympics Tennessee - Southwest Region

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Providing sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, to help develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with families and the community.

Special Olympics TN Southwest Region soccer skills day was a blast.  Over 50 athletes met at McNairy Central High School...
05/13/2026

Special Olympics TN Southwest Region soccer skills day was a blast. Over 50 athletes met at McNairy Central High School to take part in today’s camp. Special thanks to the McNairy Central boys soccer team for partnering with the Jackson Boom to make the day spectacular for our athletes.

Thanks to today’s meal sponsor Hometown pizza in Selmer, TN, All Children Play for providing water, and McNairy Central High School for hosting the event, your hospitality was above and beyond!!!!!

As always, special thanks to our 2026 sponsors and volunteers for making all our events great: Phipps Pharmacy, Aloha Pools, Ginger Bryant-Elite Fundraising, Pepsi-White, Dinkins Home Center, and Marcos Pizza, along with the Knights of Columbus and various school volunteers and the teachers!!!!

Special Olympics Southwest Region held track and field at USJ today.  Thanks to all the coaches, teachers, bus drivers, ...
04/15/2026

Special Olympics Southwest Region held track and field at USJ today.

Thanks to all the coaches, teachers, bus drivers, and our athletes that made this day special.

Thanks to Josie Culpepper (TCA) for leading the Special Olympics Creed!!! She did an awesome job!!!

Thanks to all the volunteers - Emma Rager, Abbie Spain, Sarah Harpole, Rachel Russ, Hadley Neely - Reese Davis, “Miss Heart of the South”, Danielle Boyd, Brian Duhamel, David Dallas (Knights of Columbus) - Tennessee Highway Patrol Sergeant Childers & Sergeant Eubanks (Torch Walk) - UTM’s Cassie Luna and Dr. Beth Stratton

Thanks to USJ for hosting the event and Kelby McCaleb SO Regional Director for being there to help today.

Special thanks to Marcos Pizza for providing lunch for all our athletes, coaches, and volunteers.

We’re here at Jersey Mike’s for the Day of Giving.  100% of sales go to Special Olympics.  Stop by, say hi, and have a J...
03/25/2026

We’re here at Jersey Mike’s for the Day of Giving. 100% of sales go to Special Olympics. Stop by, say hi, and have a Jersey Mike’s Sub.

Stop by Jersey Mike’s today, all sales will be donated to Special Olympics.
03/25/2026

Stop by Jersey Mike’s today, all sales will be donated to Special Olympics.

03/24/2026

Wednesday, March 25th is the Day of Giving at Jersey Mike’s. Stop by, say hi, have a sub or 3, and support Special Olympics. 100% of the sales are donated back to Special Olympics.

Spring is upon us and we are excited to wrap up this school year with our last two events.  If you are interested in vol...
03/02/2026

Spring is upon us and we are excited to wrap up this school year with our last two events.

If you are interested in volunteering or supporting these events or if your a school in Madison, Henderson, Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, or McNairy Counties and need more information, please email [email protected].

March is here and Special Olympics is teaming up with Jersey Mike’s for a Month of Giving.  Head over to Jersey Mike’s o...
03/01/2026

March is here and Special Olympics is teaming up with Jersey Mike’s for a Month of Giving.

Head over to Jersey Mike’s on Vann Dr. and order your favorite sub, once you’re at the register or online you can make a donation or round up your order and these proceeds will go to Special Olympics.

On March 25th is our local Day of Giving and the entire store proceeds for that day will go to Special Olympics.

The funds will be used to send our local state athletes to USA games and also help local areas.

02/17/2026

The following businesses were instrumental in our Southwest Region Polar Plunge, please make sure to show them some love!!!
Big thanks to DJVON for spinning the tunes and being the MC for our event.

Polar Plunge, What a day!!! You raised over $6k to help our Special Olympic Athletes, Thank you so much.  Hugh shout out...
02/15/2026

Polar Plunge, What a day!!! You raised over $6k to help our Special Olympic Athletes, Thank you so much. Hugh shout outs to our plungers, sponsors, and volunteers. You guys made this a success!! Can’t wait till next year!!!!

It’s almost that time…less than 14 hours away…a couple late additions to the raffle pile.  Aloha Pools has donated an in...
02/14/2026

It’s almost that time…less than 14 hours away…a couple late additions to the raffle pile. Aloha Pools has donated an inflatable kayak (valued at 300$). Pepsi donated the crush cake and we’ll have gift cards for restaurants, coffee, and more. If you didn’t make the pledge to plunge, that’s ok….come out tomorrow at 9 am and watch the plunge and buy a raffle ticket.

Aloha Pools and Spas on Carriage House Dr. Registration at 9 am, Plunge begins at 10 am.

We’ll have a pair of Grizzlies tickets to give away at Polar Plunge Saturday.  Thanks to Ginger Bryant  for donating thi...
02/09/2026

We’ll have a pair of Grizzlies tickets to give away at Polar Plunge Saturday. Thanks to Ginger Bryant for donating this item.

You can register to take the plunge at www.polarplungetn.com click on Jackson, you can make a donation there also.

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Jackson, TN
38305

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