Special Olympics North Carolina

Year Founded
1968
EIN
56-1149607
Local Leader/Exec. Director
Keith Fishburne, President/CEO
Jamey Petrucci, Local Coordinator, Special Olympics Mecklenburg County
Primary Contact Name
Susan Doggett
Main Address

309 E Morehead St
Ste 250
Charlotte, NC 28202
United States

2200 Gateway Centre Boulevard
Suite 201
Morrisville, NC 27560
United States

What We Do

Special Olympics North Carolina offers year-round sports training and competition for nearly 45,000 children and adults with intellectual disabilities. These athletes inspire greatness through their success and provide motivation to the thousands of coaches, sports officials, local program committee members and event organizers involved in Special Olympics statewide. SONC offers Olympic-type competition in 20 sports on local and state levels.

Our local program, Special Olympics Mecklenburg County supports almost 3,000 people with intellectual disabilities with sports, health and wellness activities in the schools and community.

Interesting Info
  • Special Olympics NC-Mecklenburg County includes over 3,000 athletes and 1,500 volunteers.
  • Special Olympics NC includes over 45,000 athletes and 40,000 volunteers.
  • Special Olympics athletes never pay a fee to participate.
Geographic Location

SouthPark

Volunteer Opportunities
Special Olympics Mecklenburg County- Fundraising Committee
Repeats every 2 weeks on Tuesday for 99 times
Anytime

Special Olympics Gymnastics Assistant Coaches
Repeats weekly on Saturday, 9:30am - 11am until Saturday, May 31st, 2025
Duration of 1 hour 30 minutes