{"id":19668,"date":"2026-05-28T07:01:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T07:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/special-olympics-rhode-island-hosts-annual-truck-day-ahead-of-summer-games-wjar\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T07:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T07:01:19","slug":"special-olympics-rhode-island-hosts-annual-truck-day-ahead-of-summer-games-wjar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/special-olympics-rhode-island-hosts-annual-truck-day-ahead-of-summer-games-wjar\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Olympics Rhode Island hosts annual &#039;Truck Day&#039; ahead of Summer Games &#8211; WJAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now<br \/>72<span class=\"WeatherWidget_degreeSymbol__vwqJi\">\u00b0<\/span><br \/>Thu<br \/>71<span class=\"WeatherWidget_degreeSymbol__vwqJi\">\u00b0<\/span><br \/>Fri<br \/>72<span class=\"WeatherWidget_degreeSymbol__vwqJi\">\u00b0<\/span><br \/>by<!-- --> <!-- -->NBC 10 NEWS<br \/>Special Olympics Rhode Island hosted its annual &quot;Truck Day,&quot; on Wednesday afternoon. <br \/>The day marks the unofficial kickoff to the 2026 Summer Games. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_imageEmbed__5mYLo\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A participant at the event on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (Special Olympics RI)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"\/resources\/media2\/16x9\/4284\/986\/0x1717\/90\/7c0a8ca0-2724-4d47-b4ac-0875e14fd5f1-IMG_4665.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_caption__gAtoE\">\n<div>A participant at the event on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (Special Olympics RI)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Athletes, law enforcement officers, firefighters, EMS personnel and volunteers came together to prepare for the event. <br \/>Participants loaded all of the equipment and supplies needed to make the University of Rhode Island ready for athletes. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_imageEmbed__5mYLo\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police officers at the event on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (Special Olympics RI)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"\/resources\/media2\/16x9\/5712\/986\/0x536\/90\/60a39009-91c3-4370-886e-027628af0766-IMG_4642.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_caption__gAtoE\">\n<div>Police officers at the event on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (Special Olympics RI)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Over 1,200 athletes from across the state will compete. <br \/>The Summer Games start Friday, May 29.<br \/> <!-- -->2026<!-- --> <!-- -->Sinclair, Inc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi9wFBVV95cUxPX3VaZjdYbEFHNmVlUEUteUtIbXZUV1pNbzdMYVZMUUhJNDZfZ2s3cTV6cHFncFFfQk4zTmU1eUhIMjZlbFJkcnBtV0plMDVudWpwTmJPdkZvQjB5WU9ocXZlMjdjMnBkNUloZldkRmlhY0FsODN6SmpTM0hlMUlNUk45S1I4NDFRamJrU0JpVFlOOEY3UmEtNHpybmlpM2Q4Qm9WYmxuYUtDcW5rc2Q5UkR4S0RiV1BtVldReWJJNUlDaUxvSjE0YlhXZHZQN2g4SzVKT3BQcFoyUFpkX3V3M3QxTXMtUDFOR1dOeGVoVVZ0b1ZGWUY0?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now72\u00b0Thu71\u00b0Fri72\u00b0by NBC 10 NEWSSpecial Olympics Rhode Island hosted its annual &quot;Truck Day,&quot; on Wednesday afternoon. The day marks the unofficial kickoff to the 2026 Summer Games. A participant at the event on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (Special Olympics RI) Athletes, law enforcement officers, firefighters, EMS personnel and volunteers came together to prepare for the event. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}