Henry Schein Donates Health Care Products to Support Special Olympics Healthy Athletes® Screenings at Special Olympics World Winter Games 2025 in Turin, Italy
With This Donation, The Company Promotes Wellness, Prevention, and Health Education for Athletes With Intellectual Disabilities Around the World
Henry Schein, Inc. – the world's largest provider of health care solutions to office-based dental and medical practitioners – is supporting the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes® screenings at the Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025, which take place from March 8 to 15, 2025, in Turin, Italy. The organization is donating a range of oral health and medical products essential to overall health and wellness. During the Healthy Athletes Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, on March 8, 2025, Henry Schein was recognized for these contributions. Healthy Athletes offers free health screenings and education to participating Special Olympics athletes. The goal of the program is to identify and address unmet health needs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and provide referrals for follow-up care while also promoting healthy lifestyle choices.
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The Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025 kicked off on March 8, 2025, with an Opening Ceremony in Turin's Inalpi Arena. Photo credit: Special Olympics International
As a partner since 2018, Henry Schein has donated essential health care products to support local programs in Canada, Germany, Israel, Jamaica, the United Kingdom, the United States, and now Italy. Most recently, in support of the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin in June of 2023, the organization provided $55,000 in medical and non-medical supplies to support the administration of the Games.
"Over the past seven years, our partnership with Henry Schein has been pivotal in enabling us to deliver free high-quality health screenings for our athletes," shared Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH, Chief Health Officer at Special Olympics. "We are grateful for the organization's ongoing support in Turin, which enables us to provide accessible and dignified healthcare that everyone deserves."
Henry Schein's donations will be used during the Special Olympic World Winter Games for screenings in seven Healthy Athletes disciplines, including Special Smiles® (dentistry), which provides athletes with comprehensive oral health care information, free dental screenings, instructions on proper brushing and flossing techniques, and, if needed, a referral to a dental care provider at home trained to treat people with IDD. Henry Schein's donations also support Fit Feet (podiatry), FUNFitness (physiotherapy), Health Promotion (preventive medicine), Healthy Hearing (audiology), Special Olympics Lions Clubs International Foundation Opening Eyes® (vision care), and Strong Minds (mental health).
"At Henry Schein, we are strongly committed to ‘help health happen' and to create shared value for society," said Jennifer Kim Field, Chief Sustainability Officer at Henry Schein. "We are honored to support Healthy Athletes – alongside Special Olympics and health care providers – to provide convenient access to quality health care and to ensure a healthier future for Special Olympics athletes who are often at higher risk for experiencing health disparities."
Since its inception in 1997, Healthy Athletes has delivered over two million free health screenings and trained over 300,000 health care professionals, clinical volunteers, and students in using adapted screening protocols and in communicating effectively with people with IDD. These training sessions also aid in building the health care community's capacity to serve the needs of people with IDD outside of Special Olympics events, as providers take these skills back to their practices and provide higher-quality health care to people with IDD – not just Special Olympic athletes – in their communities.
The donations to Special Olympics Healthy Athletes are an initiative of Henry Schein Cares, the Company's global corporate citizenship program.
About Henry Schein Cares
Founded in 1932 by Henry and Esther Schein, our Company has a rich history rooted in corporate citizenship. Their values inspired our commitment to innovation, leadership, and strong partnerships and serve as a driving force behind our ability to adapt to changing industry needs. Today, Henry Schein Cares, our global corporate citizenship program, aims to drive change through our five pillars: catalyzing health care access; advancing policies, solutions, and innovation; relationship building for change; empowering Team Schein; and sustaining the planet. Our purpose is to drive this positive change through the engagement of our constituents to help make the world healthier.
By adhering to these pillars, we are committed to "doing well, by doing good" and recognize the importance of being accountable to the five constituents that make up the Company's Mosaic of Success — customers, suppliers, Team Schein Members, shareholders, and society at large.
To learn more about how we are making a difference, please visit: www.henryschein.com/corporatecitizenship.
About Henry Schein, Inc.
Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSIC) is a solutions company for health care professionals powered by a network of people and technology. With approximately 25,000 Team Schein Members worldwide, the Company's network of trusted advisors provides more than 1 million customers globally with more than 300 valued solutions that help improve operational success and clinical outcomes. The company's Business, Clinical, Technology, and Supply Chain solutions help office-based dental and medical practitioners work more efficiently so they can provide quality care more effectively. These solutions also support dental laboratories, government and institutional health care clinics, as well as other alternate care sites. Henry Schein operates through a centralized and automated distribution network, with a selection of more than 300,000 branded products and Henry Schein corporate brand products in the distribution centers.
A FORTUNE 500 Company and a member of the S&P 500® index, Henry Schein is headquartered in Melville, N.Y., and has operations or affiliates in 33 countries and territories. For more information, visit Henry Schein at www.henryschein.com.
About Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025
The world's largest sports and humanitarian event is coming to Turin, Italy. 1,500 athletes representing 102 countries will gather for the sporting experience of a lifetime—competing at the Winter Games taking place from 8 – 15 March. Sports disciplines featured are Alpine Skiing, Cross Country Skiing, DanceSport, Figure Skating, Floorball, Short Track Speed Skating, Snowboarding and Snowshoeing.
Special Olympics, the Special Olympics World Winter Games 2025 Organizing Committee and Special Olympics Italy proudly thank our sponsors for their generous support and commitment, specifically The Coca-Cola Company, Proud Global Partner of the Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025 and Founding Partner of Special Olympics; Toyota Motor Europe, Presenting Sponsor and Mobility Partner; Intesa Sanpaolo Bank, Presenting Sponsor; and our Main Sponsors Brightspot, Lions Clubs International Foundation; and Official Sponsors ESPN and Robe di Kappa.
We also thank regional and local Italian organizations for their support of the Winter Games: the Italian Government Federal Ministries of Sport and Youth, Tourism, and Disabilities, Piedmont Region, City of Turin, City of Bardonecchia, City of Sestriere, City of Pragelato, the Italian National Olympic Committee and the Italian Paralympic Committee.
For more information on the Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025, including volunteer and sponsorship opportunities, visit https://www.turin2025.org
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Stefanie Fleige
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Olivia Duggan
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