Community Partners are organizations that donate the use of their facilities to support one or more of SOMO’s many programs. Their generosity is essential to sustaining the strength and variety of Special Olympics in Montgomery County.
Our Community Partners have many options for renting their athletic facilities. They choose instead to donate the use of their facilities to support our athletes. We can never thank them enough for their generosity!
Blessed Sacrament Church is the home of our Adult Recreational Basketball program each winter. Their Youth Ministry also sponsors a dance and pizza party for our athletes each spring.
Cheer Extreme DMV provides the practice gym for our Cheerleading program. They also sponsor the JOY SuperNovas, a year-round team for youth and adults with disabilities. The JOY SuperNovas participate in our Special Olympics program during Cheerleading season.
The Aspen Hill Club is the home of SOMO’s new Pickleball program.
The Gallup Organization offers a leadership development program for up to 10 athlete leaders each year. It’s a 10-month program where athlete leaders are paired with Gallup consultants. The program is based on Gallup’s Clifton Strengths capabilities.
Georgetown Prep is the home of SOMO’s annual Inspiration Walk. The Inspiration Walk is held on the bye weekend for Georgetown Prep’s football team, and the entire team volunteers at the Walk. Georgetown Prep also hosts SOMO’s 5v5 Basketball Qualifier for our Advanced and Intermediate 5v5 competitive basketball programs. Their basketball team also volunteers to help during the Basketball Qualifier.
Gold’s Gym hosts our Powerlifting practices at their Gaithersburg location near the Montgomery County Airpark.
Holton Arms hosts and helps run SOMO’s Softball-Intermediate Qualifier each season. Many Holton-Arms students also volunteer to support the Qualifier.
Temple Beth Ami hosts SOMO’s Dance program.
The Landon School hosts our Recreational Youth Basketball program where many Landon students also volunteer as Unified Partners to work with our athletes. Landon also hosts SOMO’s Soccer Qualifier and is the home of SOMO’s Annual Spring Games for our Bocce and Track & Field (Athletics) programs.
Montgomery College is the practice home for our Softball-Advanced and Softball-Intermediate teams.
MCG‘s Northwest Golf Course provides our Golf Team practice facilities. Their Rattlewood Golf Course also hosts the Montgomery County Golf Qualifier. Their Hampshire Greens Golf Course hosts our annual Montgomery Masters Golf Tournament.
Montgomery County Recreation supports two of our programs. The Potomac Community Center is the home of SOMO’s Competitive Adult Basketball – Advanced program and our annual Summer Games Pep Rally. The Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center supports SOMO’s Bocce program.
Stone Ridge’s pool is the practice location for our Swimming team. Stone Ridge students and staff volunteer to support our Swimming program. Each spring, Stone Ridge also hosts and manages SOMO’s Swimming Qualifier competition.