15-year-old Matthew Bakalorz is making a splash with the Special Olympics, earning a gold medal!
"Who knows, you may be really good at a certain sport," said 15-year-old Matthew Bakalorz. "All you have to do is give it a shot and then maybe you'll win a gold medal."
"I love to watch Matthew swim. I remember when he was learning to swim when he was younger," she said. "Through his Crohn's disease, he had a lot of hardship and a lot of pain." More than 13,000 athletes are part of Special Olympics Pennsylvania, which offers activities year-round across 22 sports. At the USA Games, 122 athletes and 33 coaches from Pennsylvania scored a collective total of 99 medals. Among them, 35 were gold medals.
"Our athletes don't pay anything to participate in opportunities and so we need people to help us with financial support as donors," said Matt Aaron, President
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