Special Olympics Kauai

Special Olympics Kauai Special Olympics Inc. But it’s history began in 1946 when the Kennedy family founded to Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Foundation to honor the memory of Joseph P.

Special Olympics provides people with intellectual disabilities continuing opportunities to realize their potential, develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience joy and friendship. was established in December 1968 as a non-profit organization to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with mental retardation, and foster increased understanding and integration of people with mental retardation in the general community. Kennedy, Jr., who was killed in World War II. The Kennedy Foundation's mission was and is to learn how to prevent mental retardation and to improve society’s treatment of people with mental retardation. In the 1950s, the foundation developed a grant program to improve care for people with intellectual disabilities. Yet Eunice and Sargent Shriver learned on a fact-finding tour of the United States that people with mental retardation had the greatest unmet needs in all of the nation’s health care delivery systems. In 1963, Eunice Kennedy Shriver started a summer day camp for 100 local children and adults with mental retardation at her home in Rockville, MD. The day camp’s program successfully demonstrated that people with mental retardation mot only participate in a wide variety of recreational experiences but also benefit from the experience. As a result, the Foundation decided to support the Foundation awarded more than 80 small grants to public and private organizations in the U.S. and Canada to enable them to create and administer day camps for people with mental retardation in their communities. Special Olympics Hawaii also was established in 1968. SOHI receives no funding from the Kennedy Foundation. All money raised in Hawaii stays in Hawaii to establish and maintain programs for thousands of people with intellectual disabilities throughout the state.

We want to mahalo the community of Kauai for all the Kokua, support and help to all in need of to recover. Mahalo to ou...
09/14/2026

We want to mahalo the community of Kauai for all the Kokua, support and help to all in need of to recover.
Mahalo to our first responders, linemen, county, state, truck drivers, clean up volunteers, businesses, the list goes on and on. Kauai will always pull through anything because of the people and community working together.

Our faith is strong, we will recover and we will holomua all together once again.
Our Kamali’i… teaching them to Malama who takes care of us and ensuring our safety for years to come, mahalo for providing meals to our first responders today.

God bless you all.

Special Olympics Hawaii

09/10/2026

**** Special Olympics Kauai****

All events and fundraisers is postponed til further notice.

Travel on our roads only if it’s a necessity, shelter in place if at all possible.

Stay tuned and we will provide updates as our Island heals from this Disaster.

Please stay safe and Malama one another.

Special Olympics Hawaii

Aloha Everyone! ** Revised with new updated QR code **So excited to share our upcoming Mālama Me Health & Hygiene Clin...
09/02/2026

Aloha Everyone! ** Revised with new updated QR code **

So excited to share our upcoming Mālama Me Health & Hygiene Clinic event! Please see the attached flyer for all the details.

Event Details:
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School (CKMS) – Basketball Court
Registration begins at 9:00 a.m.
Event: 9:30–11:00 a.m.
Mālama Me is open to our Special Olympics Kauai Athletes, Unified Partners, and siblings of our Athletes. To register, simply scan the QR code on the attached flyer.
Please encourage everyone on your teams to register early and, most importantly, show up and participate! Anyone who registers byFriday, September 11 at 4:00 p.m. will receive a FREE gift.

Mālama Me is being sponsored by the Phelps Foundation, and Sophie will be joining us for the event. This is a wonderful opportunity for our Kauai athletes and families, and there is a possibility that this could grow into a yearly event with Phelps. Having a strong turnout from our Kauai ʻOhana will help make this first event a success and hopefully open the door for us to continue it in the years ahead.

Mahalo
Special Olympics Hawaii

Eastside carnival 2026 wrap up of our “Dunk for a Cause” dunking booth.A Big Mahalo to our partner - Kauai Police Depart...
08/30/2026

Eastside carnival 2026 wrap up of our “Dunk for a Cause” dunking booth.
A Big Mahalo to our partner - Kauai Police Department in which we started off as Dunk a cop originally.
Mama Tiff Cares Foundation - Tiffany Mahelona for having us once again.
Ken Carvalho for Donating the Dunking Booth!
Our volunteers in the Dunking booth!
This year we extended the invite to our mayoral candidates Mel Rapozo and Bernard Carvalho and county council candidates, Taylor Shigemoto, Paul Applegate, Billy DeCosta, Keola Kaiminauuao, Michelle Correa, Todd Ozaki, our police recruits, our police officers, Our coaches of SOK and unified partners…. Even Spiderman showed up 😂

A big Mahalo to our Kauai Community for ALWAYS showing up to support our Kauai Athletes. We not only raised funds, we raised awareness of who we are and what our mission is. We even had people asking how can they be part of us and volunteer. ❤️

We also had our National Champions of USA Games 2026 Kaimana and Johnathan on the main stage that got recognized and honored by Mama Tiff Cares foundation and was presented with a beautiful carved wooden plaque of their accomplishments. 🥇

Save the best for last, Mahalo to our Area Director Lisa Aki for the outstanding work she does for her Area. Kauai as why!🤙🏽

Next stop.. Badges and Buckets Kauai!!
Come and support us once again at Your Kauai Walmart for 3 days of fun filled fundraising as our KPD Officers will be hoisted to the roof top of Walmart on Thursday September 17 and will remain up there til we raise our goal!
Sept 17, 18, 19 Kauai Walmart!
Our KPD officers are pumped and ready for this event so come on down Kauai!🤙🏽
Special Olympics Hawaii
Kaua'i Police Department

08/30/2026

We took the plunge! 💧Officers and recruits are in the dunk tank at the East Side Summer Carnival at Kapa‘a Beach Park this weekend, helping raise money for Special Olympics Hawai‘i. Mahalo to everyone who stopped by to help us support a great cause! 💙

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08/30/2026
East side Carnival - Mama Tiff Cares foundation recognized and Honored Kaimana and Johnathan for representing Hui O Hawa...
08/30/2026

East side Carnival - Mama Tiff Cares foundation recognized and Honored Kaimana and Johnathan for representing Hui O Hawai’i at USA Games 2026 in Minnesota and winning the Gold Medal in the Bowling Competition Doubles Division.

They were each presented with a plaque outlining their sport and accomplishments.
Mahalo to Tiffany Mahelona of Mama Tiff Cares foundation for honoring them both.
Kauai is proud of these two for all their hard work they put into Nationals.
Kauai as why! 🤙🏽
Special Olympics Hawaii
Kaua'i Police Department

08/30/2026

East side Carnival - Mama Tiff Foundation took the time out to Recognize and Honor Kaimana and Johnathan today.
Take a listen..
Special Olympics Hawaii

East Side Carnival this weekend at the Kapaa Ball Park. We have our Dunking booth fundraiser happening on Friday and Sa...
08/29/2026

East Side Carnival this weekend at the Kapaa Ball Park. We have our Dunking booth fundraiser happening on Friday and Saturday til 10 pm. It’s called “Dunk for a cause” and all proceeds goes to our organization.

We would like to thank our Kauai Police Department for partnering up with us again this year and Mahalo to the Mama Tiff Foundation for having us participate once again this year.
We would like to thank our local dignitaries, mayoral candidates and county council candidates for coming out and participating with us for both days.

Special Olympics Hawaii

Aukake Classic 2026 Bocce Team consisting of our Kauai Storm Delegation, huge Congratulations to all of them !! Not only...
08/25/2026

Aukake Classic 2026 Bocce Team consisting of our Kauai Storm Delegation, huge Congratulations to all of them !! Not only did they endure the humidity and heat, they shined! Check out their hardware! 🥇
So proud of our Kauai Athletes
Special Olympics Hawaii

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