Little Lightning Basketball at Regionals

Little Lightning Basketball Team at Regionals

Who are the Little Lightning?

The Little Lightning, a play on our Lucas County Lightning Special Olympics teams, are teams of athletes between the ages of 8-15 years old.

Playing sports through our Special Olympics programming is a chance for personal growth and inclusion through healthy community activities.

For more information, please email littlelightning@lucasdd.org.

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Available Sports

Lucas County Special Olympics offers the below sports (subject to change):

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Lucas County Special Olympics provides individual and team sporting opportunities for Lucas County athletes who are eligible. Athletes must be at least 8 years of age to participate.

Interested in our Little Lightning Program?

Click here to download a new athlete packet with more information.

News and Highlights

LCSO at the Ohio State University Summer Games

Lucas County Lightning Brings home medals

Lucas County Special Olympics took 91 athletes to Columbus for Ohio's Summer State Games. They returned with 91 medals.

Little Lightning Basketball team with their gold medals!

Lucas County Little Lightning wins Regionals

The Little Lightning team won regionals and is moving on to winter games. Way to go Little Lightning basketball team!

Lucas County athletes along with University of Toledo students battled in the Glass Bowl to claim the title of Unified Flag Football Champions.

Donations

As a nonprofit organization, Lucas County Special Olympics relies on donations and fundraisers to provide sports at no cost to the athletes. All donations directly benefit the athletes by paying for things like registration fees, uniforms, equipment, travel and lodging.

Donations can be sent to:

Lucas County Special Olympics
c/o Lucas County Board of Developmental Disabilities
1154 Larc Lane
Toledo, OH 43614

Lucas County Little Lightning Special Olympics