Special Olympics

What they do

The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

How we’re helping

In 2019, Riot partnered with the Special Olympics as part of its first ever Special Olympics LIVE Stream-a-Thon on Twitch, part of the Special Olympics “The Revolution Is Inclusion” campaign. The goal is to end discrimination against people with intellectual disabilities and deliver a fully inclusive world, urging viewers to sign the Inclusion Pledge to make their commitment to help create an inclusive world for all.

Riot participated in the campaign by connecting popular streamers: 

Streamers RTO, Radpuppy, and Ash_on_Lol joined Max Carver from “Teen Wolf” and Starr Little on Summoner’s Rift, facing off against Riste, Nasteey, Larissa, Jason Wahler from "The Hills," and Nicholas Rasmussen. In a second game, Dumplings, Psycho, Alexa, Max Carver, and Starr Little took on ForgottenProject, Wingsofdeath, Turkish Coffee, Joshua Leonard, and Nicholas Rasmussen, battling it out for supreme victory... and charity, of course.

Alvin Lee, a senior illustrator on League of Legends, co-hosted the gaming portion of the stream alongside Joshua Leonard creator of Team Supreme, a comic series about a group of superheroes with medical differences. Alvin shared his background in comic and game art, what the League art process is like, and how he transitioned from classic pen-and-paper art to the world of digital design.