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Welcome
to SOPEI's NEW Website!
December
15, 2006 - We
are proud to announce the winners of the Special Olympics
Atlantic Region Car Lottery:
The PEI winner
of the tropical vacation is ....Cindy Paynter of
Summerside.
In New Brunswick the
vacation winner is: May Marie Savoie of Neguac.
In Newfoundland&Labrador
the trip winner is: Calvin White of Bonavista
In Nova Scotia the trip
winner is Bart MacDonald of Sydney.
The WINNER
of the 2007 Camry LE is...... Elana
Hallihan of Blackville, New Brunswick!!!
Congratulations to all
of our winners. Thank you to CTV, Toyota Canada, and Airmiles
for their support in running this draw. And thank you to
all of the Home Hardware locations on PEI for their help
with tickets sales. And a very heartfelt thank you to all
of our very dedicated volunteers, who graciously gave up
their time to help us sell tickets.
We'll see you all next
year for the SOAR Car Lottery. And remember, you can't win,
if you don't play! |
| December
12, 2006 - The
latest newsletter is now online! Click here to find out
all of the happenings with Special Olympics PEI. |
| December
12, 2006 - EnRoute! Click
here for more information regarding the 2007 National
Winter Games in Bathurst, NB. |
| December
4, 2006 - Junior Bonspiel
in Support of Special Olympics PEI at
the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary...... |
November
7, 2006 - Our athletes are beginning to
train for the 2007 Winter Games in Bathurst, New Brunswick,
February 15-18th. This event acts as the proving grounds
for the winter games to be held in Quebec City in 2008.
Those who meet qualifications at this event will be in the
running for Team PEI 2008. For more information on the games
you can visit: http://www.2007sonbwintergames.ca/ |
| November
1, 2006 - Special Olympics Week in the Atlantic
Provinces was a smash this year! Thanks to all who volunteered
and attended the events Island-wide. It was great to see
so many athletes and supporters (new and old) come out to
the events and show their support for SOPEI. Click
here to view our press releases for the event. |
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Junior
Bonspiel in Support of Special Olympics PEI
All Junior Curlers
are encouraged to participate in the Maple Leaf Curling Club Junior
Spiel to raise funds in support of their Special Olympics PEI peers!!
The bonspiel will take place on January 26 and 27 at the Maple Leaf
Curling Club in O’Leary. Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd,
& 3rd place teams!! Registration is $60.00 per team and lunch
and canteen services will be available. Friday evening there will
be a Junior Dance held at the curling club and on Saturday there
will be pizza for participants.
To register or for
more information on this event, please contact Rushell MacDonald
at 859-1370 or via e-mail at rushellmac@hotmail.com
. Or visit www.mlcclub.net
Attention
PEI Swimmers!! Mark Your Calendars for our 2006-2007 Swim Events
Click here for more
information.
Law
Enforcement Torch Recently Held
Law Enforcement Officers from across PEI teamed up to support Special
Olympics PEI for the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run. The run took
place in two locations on Oct. 4th beginning at 2 PM. In Prince
County, runners started the 14 KM run at the Kensington Police Department
and finished at the Summerside Police Department. In Queens County,
the 8 KM run began at the RCMP office in Stratford and finished
at UPEI.
SOPEI would like
to thank all who participated or showed support through pledges.
This year the run raised $700 for athletes with an intellectual
disability. Also, Law Enforcement Torch Run representative Cindy
Wicks deserves a round of applause for all of her hard work coordinating
the event
SOPEI would like
to thank the LETR for their continued support in providing sport
opportunities to those with an intellectual disability. The LETR
shows their support year round, through various activities and fundraisers,
including this run every fall.
Staples
- Give a Dollar, Share a Dream
Come out to support Special
Olympics in your Community at your local Staples. Great events will
be running over the course of the "Give a Dollar. Share a Dream"
campaign. The folks in Summerside locked their general manager Rod
up for the entire day, asking people to donate a dollar a minute
to keep him in there. Click here to view pictures from the Summerside
and Charlottetown events!! It's
through innovative efforts like this that they raised over $400.00
that day alone! We can't wait to see Charlottetown's effort to top
them.
Look for Special Olympics PEI athletes in stores over the next couple
of Saturdays. They will be there to lend a hand and thank those
who choose to donate. So keep visit your local Staples and see what
else the staff has cooked up to raise funds and fun for Special
Olympics PEI Don't forget to donate at your nearest Staples Business
Depot And remember proceeds raised on the island, stay on the island.
Your dollars will help us provide grassroots programs for Islanders
from Tignish to Souris.
Special Olympics
PEI has joined forces with the three other Special Olympics chapters
in the Atlantic Provinces to make SOAR (Special Olympics Atlantic
Region) for a fantastic Car Lottery and Awareness Week. With the
help of Toyota Canada, CTV Atlantic, Airmiles and Nudgeworks, we
will be giving away a brand new, 2007 Toyota Camry LE! Tickets for
this car draw will be available starting in the next few weeks at
the Special Olympics office in your area for $5.00. Click
here to read the Rules and Regulations.
We are taking this
opportunity to spread our Special Olympics message and promote what
our organization can do for those with an intellectual disability
through sport. The winner of the Car Lottery will be drawn on December
15, 2006 on Live at 5 on CTV. Four secondary prizes will be awarded
in the days leading up to the main draw. These secondary prizes
will consist of tropical vacations for two, valued at over $2500
each.
Stay tuned to CTV
programming for our Awareness Week running in October.
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