School Day Games and Summer Games Bring Special Olympics to Students in Massachusetts

For over a decade, Bank of America has partnered with Special Olympics Massachusetts (SOMA) to support their mission of fostering the acceptance and inclusion of all people across the Commonwealth. The bank’s support goes beyond sports competitions, and addresses the fundamental issues of acceptance, inclusion and respect for the disability community. Bank of America has partnered with SOMA on two annual events: the School Day Games and Summer Games. Held in the spring, School Day Games offer sporting events to over 350 students in Boston and Brockton and over 400 students in Attleboro and Mashpee. During School Day Games events, students participate in a traditional Opening Ceremony, compete in at least three activities and receive an award for their accomplishments at a closing ceremony. Hosted in June at Harvard University, the Summer Games serve as the culmination of SOMA sports programs held throughout the spring. Bank of America continues to serve as lead sponsor of one of Summer Games’ largest sports, aquatics, which had over 700 athletes competing. Many employee volunteers at both School Day Games and Summer Games are affiliated with the bank’s Boston Disability Action Network (DAN) chapter. “We are incredibly grateful for our partnership with Bank of America. School Day Games and Summer Games are very important initiatives in spreading our mission of respect, inclusion and opportunity in schools throughout Massachusetts,” said Mary Beth McMahon, President and CEO of Special Olympics Massachusetts. “I encourage all our colleagues to get involved and to help create inclusive communities starting right here in Massachusetts,” said Bank of America Massachusetts President Miceal Chamberlain. Bank of America has been a longstanding and strategic partner of Special Olympics. The bank is supported the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle and the Special Olympics USA team competing in the 2019 Summer World Games in Abu Dhabi to help foster the acceptance and inclusion of all people. Th is c on tent was created by GSA  Cont᠎ent  Ge​nera to​r ​DE​MO .

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Life is Strange creator Dontnod has secured new funding to self-publish future games, sparking speculation it is no longer aligned with Square Enix, the publisher which oversees the Life is Strange franchise. Dontnod has worked with various publishers in the past, including Focus Home Interactive for Vampyr and Xbox for Tell Me Why, though it ultimately self-published its most recent game Twin Mirror after an initial publishing deal with Bandai Namco was dropped. Life is Strange is the studio’s most popular creation, though there has been uncertainty for a while over Dontnod’s future with it. In a surprising move last year, numerous key members of the original Life is Strange development team announced they had splintered from Dontnod’s main Paris studio to form a new branch in Montreal. A few months later, we heard confirmation this team was working on a new franchise - and not Life is Strange. A statement given to Eurogamer at the time from key Life is Strange developers Luc Baghadoust and Michel Koch did not rule out them returning to the franchise in the future, but confirmed they were now working on “new exciting ideas we want to explore”.

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