Kenny Jones a Special Olympics athlete and Bank of America employee from Delaware, participated in the opening ceremonies in Los Angeles.
A key sponsor of the World Games, Bank of America has been a partner of Special Olympics for more than 30 years. Along with Anne Finucane, Bank of America vice chairwoman and chief global marketing and policy officer, more than 2,000 Bank of America employees volunteered with Special Olympics over the past 18 months alone, logging nearly 12,000 hours. Kenny Jones is one of the Bank of America employees/Special Olympics athletes who headed to LA to take in the events.
Bank of America partnered with Special Olympics the year of the first-ever Unified Relay America, a cross-country relay that brought the Flame of Hope from Athens, Greece, to the Games in Los Angeles. The relay raised over $1.6 million for Special Olympics. More than 10,000 people walked, biked, ran or rolled the Flame of Hope across all 50 states, bringing a diverse group of participants to champion the message of diversity and inclusion to the nation, a release stated.
