DORCHESTER — 300 guests attended the Special Olympics Massachusetts 2023 Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which was held at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Dorchester. Massachusetts Special Olympics President and CEO Mary Beth McMahon and her committee hosted. The event honored Katherine Craven, Lynn McCarthy, Ryan Dixon, and Dalene Basden with induction into its Hall of Fame. The organization also honored Craven with its Jack Brett Champions Award, named for the brother…

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SEAPORT — 250 guests attended the Special Olympics Massachusetts event that honored state Senator Nick Collins of South Boston with the John “Jack” Brett Champion’s Award. The event was held on Monday, December 9, 2019 in the Lighthouse Room at the Seaport Hotel in Boston. In 2014, Jim Brett, president and CEO of The New England Council, and former Massachusetts state representative, was the first recipient of the John “Jack” Brett Champion’s Award, named in…

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HULL, March 24, 2019 — Hundreds of supporters of Special Olympics Massachusetts jumped into the ocean waters today off Nantasket Beach. Called the “Polar Plunge,” the event had been rescheduled from earlier in the year after bitter cold weather prompted officials from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation to have concerns about people being injured during the charity event. Although this year’s fundraising total was still being determined, last year’s plunge raised more than…

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