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WARRENVILLE, Ill., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Special Olympics athletes with hearing impairments will finally be able to enjoy the roars of the cheering crowds as they compete, thanks to a two-year agreement between the Hear the World Foundation and the Special Olympics Healthy Hearing program. As part of the global partnership, the Hear the World Foundation will donate hearing aids to be distributed after free hearing screenings provided at Special Olympics events, as well as...

Global Dignitaries Confirmed to Participate in the Republic of Korea in January 2013 WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Wednesday 30 January 2013, world leaders from government, business, education, economic and social development, media and civil society will convene in PyeongChang, Republic of Korea at the Special Olympics Global Development Summit on Ending the Cycle of Poverty and Exclusion for People with Intellectual Disabilities. This Summit, the first of...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The HSC Foundation formally entered into an agreement with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at a signing ceremony with the organization's two lead executives. Dr. Thomas W. Chapman, President and CEO of The HSC Foundation, and Dr. Alan E. Guttmacher, Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, signed a Memorandum of Understanding today...

Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action Creates "Healthy Communities" for Athletes with Intellectual Disabilities Press Conference is 3:45 PM Sunday, September 23 with President Clinton, Tom Golisano and Tim Shriver NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former President William J. Clinton announced today that businessman and philanthropist Tom Golisano will provide $12 million to expand Special Olympics' health-related services to people with intellectual...

RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For many, seeing well can be a struggle, especially when it comes to people with intellectual disabilities (ID). Approximately two percent of the global population, almost 200 million people, has ID and some estimates suggest that up to 40 percent of these individuals are also affected by some type of vision loss or abnormality. In light of this startling statistic, VSP Vision Care (VSP), the nation's leading not-for-profit...

PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PeriGen, Inc., and The George Washington University, the data coordinating center of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network, have entered into an agreement to utilize PeriGen's PeriCALM® Patterns(TM) software in connection with a research project entitled: Computerized Interpretation of Intrapartum FHR and Prediction of Neonatal Outcomes. The primary...

BOSTON, June 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The thrill of victory, joy and fatherhood will be celebrated in Boston this weekend as the city welcomes the 2012 Special Olympics Massachusetts Summer Games. From June 15-17, athletes with intellectual and developmental disabilities - supported by their coaches, families and dedicated volunteers - will challenge each other and themselves as they compete in aquatics, athletics, gymnastics, power lifting, tennis and volleyball....

-- Tom Brady, New England Patriots Quarterback & Best Buddies Global Ambassador, to serve as Honorary Chairman of the Challenge -- Tom Brady Football Challenge and Guy Fieri Celebrity Chef Tailgate Party to kick-off the festivities -- More than 1,500 people expected to participate in the charity walk, run and ride this year BOSTON, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Best Buddies International, a nonprofit dedicated to creating opportunities for friendship, employment...

WALTHAM, Mass. and DUBLIN, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIOX), a leading provider of translation, development and testing solutions, today announced that it has expanded its long-standing relationship with Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia. With this partnership, Lionbridge will now donate translation services for Special Olympics' global website, www.specialolympics.org, across multiple languages - expanding from English to now also include...

HERNDON, Va., Oct. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Audi is on a mission to help Best Buddies International raise a record-setting $1.7 million in total donations at the 2011 Audi Best Buddies Challenge: Washington, D.C., a charity walk, run and ride on October 22. Founded by Anthony Kennedy Shriver in 1989, Best Buddies is dedicated to creating opportunities for friendship, employment and leadership training for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). As the largest...