December
17, 2007 – SOAR Car Lottery Winners Announced
- Wendy Harris, (O’Leary PE) has begun planning
her next vacation and wants to go on a cruise thanks to
Special Olympics Atlantic Region’s Car Lottery.
Her name was drawn December 14, 2007 on CTV’s Live
at 5 as PEI’s winner of a tropical vacation for
2. Wendy bought 1 of the $5 tickets from a local volunteer
at the O’Leary Co-op to help support local athletes
with intellectual disabilities and for a chance to win
the trip for two or the 2008 Toyota Matrix. “My
friends were calling me all night Friday to tell me my
name was drawn for the Special Olympics lottery vacation
prize on CTV. I still can’t believe it!”
The 2008 Special
Olympics Atlantic Region Car Lottery is a joint fundraising
campaign between all four Atlantic Special Olympics chapters.
Each province sold thousands of tickets with the support
of volunteers, local businesses, Home Hardware, Staples
and Toyota. In total, approximately 14,000 tickets were
sold, with over 2,100 tickets being sold on PEI.
The funds raised
by the tickets sold on PEI will remain on the island to
help local athletes with intellectual disabilities by
giving them the opportunity to participate in weekly community
programs and compete with other athletes across PEI and
Canada.
Complete
Winners List
Tropical Vacation
Wendy Harris - O’Leary, PE
Pat Green - Fredericton, NB
Andrew Heddington – Bridgetown, NS
Tom Clift - Outer Cove, NL
2008 Toyota Matrix
Holly Boutilier - Lower Sackville, NS
Pictured Above:
Board of Directors Member Donna Campbell is presenting
the winner’s notification to Wendy Harris.
November
20, 2007 - PEIADA Cheque Presentation -
This $5000.00 donation to Special Olympics PEI was made
by the Prince Edward Island Auto Dealers Association through
their annual April Car Campaign.
Funds will go to supporting Islanders
with an intellectual disability compete in sport programs
Island-wide. It is because of the generosity of organizations
such as PEIADA, that Special Olympics programs are able
to exist on PEI. SOPEI would like to thank the Prince
Edward Island Auto Dealers Association and their Dealer
Members for their support.
Pictured left to right: Special
Olympics PEI Executive Director James McClean, Special
Olympics Athlete Brian McNab, PEIADA Manager Lisa Doyle-MacBain
and PEIADA President Robert DeLong.
November
13, 2007 – Team PEI 2008 Pep Rally
- Special Olympics PEI is excited to announce the Team
PEI 2008 Pep Rally is scheduled to take place at the Delta
Prince Edward on February 13, 2008. This event will be
hosted once again by Bruce and Boomer of CBC’s Compass.
It will be a night to celebrate our corporate sponsors
and our athletes’ hard work over the past year.
We will keep everyone posted with information as it becomes
available.
November
7, 2007 – Law Enforcement Torch Run NEW DATE
- Law Enforcement Officers from across PEI will team up
once again to support Special Olympics PEI for the annual
Law Enforcement Torch Run. The Prince County run from
the Kensington Police Department to the Summerside Police
Department took place on Oct. 16th beginning at 1 PM.
In Queens County, the 8 KM run from the RCMP office in
Stratford to UPEI will take place Thursday, November 8,
at 1pm. All are encouraged to come out and show their
support!
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.
November
7, 2007 - 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.
Look for Special Olympics PEI athletes
in stores next Saturday. 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 created
to raise funds and fun for Special Olympics PEI. Remember
proceeds raised on the island, stay on the island. Your
dollars will help us provide grassroots programs for Islanders
from Miminegash to Murray Harbour.
Click
here to read Alyssa's Dream.
October
2, 2007 - Runners Wanted
- The annual Law Enforcement Torch Run in support of Special
Olympics needs runners and pledges to make this year’s
run a resounding success. The run will take place in two
locations on Oct. 16th beginning at 1 PM. In Prince County,
runners will start the 14 KM run at the Kensington Police
Department and finish at the Summerside Police Department.
In Queens County, the 8 KM run begins at the RCMP office
on Mason Road in Stratford and finishes at UPEI.
To support this event you can run, pledge a runner or
purchase a LETR t-shirt. Contact Law Enforcement Torch
Run representative Trevor Birt at the Summerside City
Police Department or call (902) 368-8919 for more information.
Law Enforcement
Officers from across PEI are teaming up to support Special
Olympics PEI.
October
2, 2007 - Tickets are now on sale on PEI
for this year's Special Olympics Car Lottery.
This year's prize is a 2008 Toyota Matrix!
Secondary prizes include vacations packages valued at
over $2500.00 (1 trip winner in each Atlantic Province).
Tickets can be purchased by calling 902-368-8919 or 1-800-287-1196.
Tickets are $5.00 each and all proceeds from PEI stay
on PEI to support Islanders with an intellectual disability
compete in sport.
In the coming weeks tickets will be available for purchase
at participating PEI Home Hardware stores, Staples Business
Depots, and Toyota Dealers.
A second announcement will be made when tickets arrive
in stores, so stay tuned!
Thank you to our sponsors: Toyota Canada, CTV Atlantic,
and Airmiles
September
20, 2007 - Fall Newsletter - Our Fall
newsletter is now online. Click
here to read it!!
September
12, 2007 - It’s official! September
17-23, 2007 will be celebrated as Special Olympics Awareness
Week on PEI.
Pictured above
from left to right- Premier Robert Ghiz, Athlete Rachael
Loggie, SOPEI Board President Valerie Downe
Premier Robert Ghiz
has signed the declaration making this annual event a
reality on PEI. Over the week there will be various events
at which interested parties can come out and see what
Special Olympics PEI is all about.
“This is the
second year in a row we’re holding the week long
series of events and we couldn’t be more pleased.
We’ve had great growth since last year’s event
and look forward to even more growth in the number of
athletes, programs and coaches Island-wide. We now have
over 300 registered athletes participating in sports across
this great island, year-round.”
SOPEI will once again
be holding various events across the Island to celebrate
and promote the cause. All persons who may be interested
in becoming a coach, volunteer, sponsor and most importantly
potential athletes are encouraged to attend. This is a
great opportunity to come out and register or just to
find out what Special Olympics PEI is all about.
Events |
Kings County
Sept 20th 6-8 PM
Montague Pool
|
Central
Sept 18 5-6:30PM
Murphy Center - Bowling |
East Prince
Sept 26th 6:30-8PM
Summerside Wellness |
West Prince
Sept 19th 6 –7 PM
Deblois French School |
West
Prince
Sept
22nd 1:30-3:30
Tyne
Valley Bowling
|
|
Come celebrate Special
Olympics Awareness week and to kick off the 2007-2008-program
season, our four community councils will be hosting a
fun evening of snacks and bowling or swimming. This offers
existing athletes, volunteers and coaches the chance to
catch up with old friends and is an opportunity for new
members to register. This is a great way for interested
people to have any questions answered
Thanks to our Official
Media Partners For Awareness Week.... K-Rock 105.5 and
Ocean 100!!!
September
12, 2007 - Give a Dollar Share a Dream Campaign 2007
- Each year Staples gives its customers the opportunity
to make a donation to Special Olympics with their purchase.
The customer is able to extend their best wishes to athletes
through a postcard as well.
This year’s campaign is set
to kick off on November 1st and will run until November
17, 2007. The national goal for this year's campaign is
$600,000.00, so come out to Staples and show you support
during this year’s event.
Staples will once again be holding
fun events throughout the campaign so stay informed at
this website as events are announced.
As you might recall there was quite
a rivalry between the two PEI stores last year. Each one
trying to have a more outrageous campaign than the other.
Last year, we had managers locked
in kennels and placed in "cherry-pickers" during
rainstorms. Who knows what they'll come up with to help
out Special Olympics PEI this year? Time
will tell who comes out on top this year!
September
12, 2007 - Picture Galleries added for
the Annual
Sports Celebrity Festival and the PEI
Invitational Track Meet.
August
5, 2007 - PEI Athletes Take Home Top Honours in Athletics!
– Twenty-four Special Olympics PEI track & field
athletes competed at the Moncton Invitational Track Meet
on Saturday, June 30th.
The one day event seen Island athletes
take home top honours and achieve personal best results
in all disciplines. One of the highlights of the event
was the involvement of our youth aged athletes. Athletes
under the age of 13 competed in the 50m race, softball
throw and standing long jump. PEI had two athletes competing
in this category. Click
here for the results.
July
23, 2007 - Annual Track Meet - Athletes
from all over PEI and New Brunswick will be competing
in the Special Olympics PEI Annual Track Meet on Saturday
(July 28th) at the Evangeline School in Wellington.
Over 70 participants will compete
in various events such as the, 100, 200, 400, 800, &
1500 metre races, standing and running long jump, shot
put and relays.
All are welcome to come out and
cheer on your local athletes as they continue to pursue
their dreams in sport.
July
19, 2007 - Draft A TEAM PEI Member - The
Draft a Team Member initiative is beginning in August.
Our goal is to have all 38 team members (coaches and athletes)
on Team PEI drafted this year. It is a lofty goal, but
it will be well worth it as we send Team PEI to Quebec
City in 2008. For more information on the draft program,
or to become involved click
here.
June
26th, 2007 - Sport Celebrities Festival a HUGE success!!
– The stars came out on June 21st!
Special Olympics PEI’s 18th Annual Sports Celebrities
Festival was held last Thursday evening at the Delta Prince
Edward in Charlottetown and the Silver Fox in Summerside.
A collective audience of over 600 Islanders attended the
events to support and listen to the message of Special
Olympics.
Executive Director James McClean:
“The SCF helps us to raise necessary funds to ensure
that programs for athletes of all ages with intellectual
disabilities are available tip-to-tip across PEI. This
event also allows us to present that message to a wide
and diverse audience, and have them join us in helping
Islanders with intellectual disabilities reach their full
potential in all areas of their lives.”
This year’s festival was
a great success and the largest yet. Of significant mention
was the silent auction and the new live auction which
combined for a total of nearly $10,000.00.
Celebrities at the event this year
included Serge Savard Sr.(former Canadien), Bobby Baun
(former Leaf), Walt McKechnie (former NHL’er), Dan
Ladouceur (Toronto Rock Lacrosse Player), Amber Metcalfe
(SOPEI Athlete), Blair Burns (SOPEI Athlete), Don Van
Massenhoven (NHL referee), David Laliberte (former PEI
Rocket Captain) and co-hosts Gino Reda (TSN Host) and
Paul Phillips (SOPEI Athlete).
As Special Olympics’ largest
annual fundraiser, this event cannot happen without the
help of volunteers and event sponsors. SOPEI wishes to
thank all those who contributed as volunteers, sponsors,
and auction donators. It is your help in this fundraiser
that will allow Special Olympics Pei to continue to provide
quality sports opportunities to Islanders with an intellectual
disability.
Thanks go to Event Sponsors K-Rock105.5
and Ocean 100.3, McInnes Cooper, Delta Prince Edward,
Smith Sound/York Point Productions. We would also like
to thank Provincial Platinum Sponsors Canadian Cable Ads
Productions and PEI Mutual and all national sponsors affiliated
with this event.
For more information on this event
or other Special Olympics PEI programming, please visit
www.sopei.com or call toll free at 1-800-287-1196. Special
Olympics PEI is a non-profit organization dedicated to
enriching the lives of Islanders with an intellectual
disability through sport.
June
18, 2007 - Sports Celebrities Festival this week!!!! Click
here to view the auction items.
June
4, 2007 - Sports Celebrities Invade in Less Than 3 Weeks!
- Sports celebrities from across the Nation are getting
ready for the 18th annual Sports Celebrities Festival
in support of Special Olympics PEI.
Our celebrities have been announced.....click
here for more info.....
The Sports Celebrities Festival
is a two-part event that involves both Charlottetown and
Summerside. Both events are held on June 21, 2007, the
luncheon begins at 12:00 pm in Summerside at the Silver
Fox Curling & Yacht Club. The gala dinner and silent
auction begins with a reception at 6:30 at the Delta Prince
Edward in Charlottetown.
The Sports Celebrities Festival
is Special Olympics PEI major fundraising event. Money
raised from this event goes toward grass root programs
that happen every week across the Province.
Once again this event will be hosted by TSN's Gino Reda
and Special Olympics PEI's own Paul Phillips. Partners
for over a decade now, Gino and Paul always provide an
entertaining evening. Also in attendance will be Sketch-22.
This comedy troupe will have patrons rolling in the aisles
as we enjoy a star studded
evening for a very worthy cause.
SOPEI is proud to announce that Ocean 100 and K-Rock 105.5
are the new Radio Sponsors of the Sports Celebrities Festival.
We welcome their help to make this the most successful
and talked about evening on PEI this summer.
We will be announcing celebrities
over the course of the next few weeks, leading up to the
event. Keep you eyes and ears open as we bring Sports
Stars from across the nation to PEI on June 21, 2007.
We encourage anyone who is interested
in attending either event or learning more details to
contact the Special Olympics office at 368-8919 or toll
free at 1-800-287-1196 or via email at james@sopei.com.
Charlottetown's dinner and silent auction tickets are
available for $65 per person or $495 for a corporate
table of 8 seats. Tickets for the Summerside luncheon
are available for $35 per person or $275 for a corporate
table of 8.
June 4,
2007 - Boat Lottery Winner
- Congratulations to Geoff Woodford. He won the Caribe
boat, Nissan , motor trailer and more. Thanks to all who
participated in the promotion. Geoff and his family are
pictured below.
May 30,
2007 - Spring Newsletter is now available-
Click
here to view!!
May 30,
2007 - Mark Cullen Garden Tour...click
here for more info.
May 17,
2007 - Subway Day -
Subway Day for Special Olympics
was a great success again this year. This nationwide initiative
by Subway raises essential funds for Special Olympics
across Canada every year. A percentage of the day's sales
go directly to Special Olympics programs to help provide
quality sports opportunities for Islanders with an intellectual
disability. Special Olympics PEI wishes to thank Subway
for their generosity and all of the athletes and volunteers
who donated their time to make this day a great success.
Pictured Below: Athlete Madonna MacDonald and the MIchelle
Jones, manager of Subway in Cornwall
Pictured Below is
Member of SOPEI Board of Directors Gerry Lanigan of Beaton
Fitzpatrick. Murray is greeted by SOPEI athlete Jerred
Affleck
May 16,
2007 - BMO Bank of Montreal Cheque Presentation - This
$1000.00 donation to Special Olympics PEI was made by
BMO Bank of Montreal through their Volunteer Grants Program.
Funds will go
to supporting Islanders with an intellectual disability
compete in sport programs Island-wide. It is because of
the generosity of organizations such as BMO, that Special
Olympics programs are able to exist on PEI. SOPEI would
like to thank Bank of Montreal and their Volunteer Grants
Program for their support.
Pictured left
to right: Special Olympics PEI Executive Director James
McClean, BMO Customer Service Representative Linda Perry,
and SOPEI Athlete Travis Perry
May 10,
2007 - Special Olympics
PEI is proud to announce a new partnership with Amalgamated
Dairies Limited (ADL). ADL has come on board to support
SOPEI and its athletes by making our message heard. For
this month ADL will be featuring information about Special
Olympics PEI on the side of its milk cartons.
This opportunity
provided by ADL will help to spread the word about what
SOPEI does for its athletes. The content of this awareness
piece will enable people to get a better understanding
of the mission of Special Olympics. It is thanks to the
generosity of organizations such as this that allow us
to get our name out and continue to provide quality sports
opportunities Island-wide.
Special Olympics
PEI is a charitable organization dedicated to enriching
the lives of Prince Edward Islanders with an intellectual
disability through sport. Athletes can participate in
either community or competitive sport streams and have
the opportunity to train year-round and compete at games
held provincially, nationally and internationally.
If you or someone
you know is interested in getting involved, please contact
Special Olympics PEI Program Director, Charity Sheehan
at 368-8919 or via e-mail at csheehan@sopei.com.
April 24,
2007 - TEAM PEI 2008 Announced - Special
Olympics PEI is pleased to announce that Team PEI 2008
has been named. On February 26 thru March 1, 2008, 37
athletes and coaches will represent PEI at the 2008 Special
Olympics Canada National Winter Games in Quebec City,
Quebec. Island athletes will be competing in floor hockey,
figure skating, curling, snow shoeing and Nordic skiing.
