Gallagher enters global partnership with Special Olympics

Gallagher | March 04, 2020

Gallagher has announced a partnership with the Special Olympics to help the sports organization expand its programs across the world. The brokerage giant enters into a multi-year partnership as a Platinum Partner of Special Olympics International. As an official sponsor of Special Olympics sport and coach programming, Gallagher will support the movement’s mission to provide coaching and sporting experience to over five million athletes in over 240 local programs around the world, a release said. “We are thrilled to partner with Gallagher and are grateful for their support for Special Olympics coaches around the globe as they prepare athletes with intellectual disabilities to compete at their best on and off the playing field,” said Special Olympics CEO Mary Davis. “Their generous investment comes with an affinity for our mission of inclusion and an opportunity for our two organizations to learn from each other.”

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