Special Olympics
For more than four decades, the Kiwanis Club of Seminole Breakfast has proudly supported Special Olympics athletes through our commitment to providing free meals at regional competitions. For 38 years, our members fired up the grills to prepare and serve lunches for Special Olympics athletes, coaches, and volunteers participating in the annual Pinellas County Regional Basketball Competition held each December. In 2012, we expanded our support by adding the Pinellas County Summer Games, providing lunches to participants at the annual February event.
Today, the Kiwanis Club of Seminole Breakfast continues this proud tradition of service by preparing and serving free lunches to athletes, coaches, and volunteers. In 2026, our club once again volunteered at the West Coast Region Swimming Competition, held at the North Shore Aquatic Complex in St. Petersburg. Our members were honored to serve hundreds of lunches and share in a day filled with competition, friendship, and the incredible spirit of Special Olympics.
Special Olympics Florida provides free, year-round sports training and competition for athletes age 8 and older with intellectual disabilities. Founded in 1972, Special Olympics Florida is one of the state’s largest volunteer-driven athletic organizations, offering athletes of all abilities the opportunity to participate in a variety of Olympic-type sports. Today, the organization serves more than 86,000 athletes and is supported by more than 55,000 volunteers throughout Florida.
2026 marks the 58th anniversary of the Special Olympics movement, which was founded in 1968. Today, Special Olympics reaches more than 5.3 million athletes and Unified partners, coaches, and volunteers through programs around the world, with more than 30 Olympic-type sports offered across the movement. The Athlete’s Oath remains a powerful reminder of the spirit of competition: “Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.”
