motionball Vancouver
Mark your calendars for June 22, 2025! Join us at UBC’s Thunderbird Park for an unforgettable day. We can’t wait to see you there!
Thanks to all of our participants and local sponsors, we raised over $142,000 at the 2024 Marathon of Sport Vancouver presented by Methanex!🎉
We invite you to join us next year on June 22nd at UBC’s Thunderbird Park for the 2025 motionball Marathon of Sport in Vancouver. Stay tuned—registration will open in Spring 2025! We’ll also be looking for future volunteers to help make the next Marathon of Sport a success, so if you’re interested, keep an eye out for more information!
Take a look at the 2024 event photos here!
WHAT IS MARATHON OF SPORT?
Participants of all abilities join in teams of 10 for a full day of fun and inclusive sports all while raising funds and awareness in support of the Special Olympics Canada Foundation.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Sign up as a Team Captain and recruit up to 10 participants to join your Team! When you arrive onsite at Marathon of Sport, you will be joined by 1-2 local Special Olympics athletes from the community!
Together you will participate in a variety of sports and activities throughout the day including soccer, football, basketball, ultimate, giant pong, benchball and more!
Each participant will receive a motionball t-shirt, motionball hat, lunch, refreshments, a personal fundraising link with the opportunity to earn amazing incentive prizes, a ticket to the onsite After Party and more!
HOW TO REGISTER
There are 2 ways that you can register to participate at Marathon of Sport Vancouver:
Standard Team: As a Standard Team, you and your teammates will each donate $50 to register and work together to reach your Team fundraising goal of $2,500. Refund your registration and play for free when you reach your individual fundraising goal of $250!
Corporate: As a Corporate Team, your organization will donate $2,500, waiving the $50 registration fee and inviting your employees to participate at no cost. This is a great employee engagement and Team Building activity while supporting an important cause. Your organization will also receive online and onsite logo recognition, along with all of the items listed above for your entire Team!
What’s included in your $50 registration fee:
- motionball Hat
- motionball T-Shirt
- Light Breakfast & Coffee
- Lunch
- Drink Ticket at the onsite After Party
- Opportunity to earn motionball incentives including branded bags, sweaters, giftcards and more
- A fun-filled day of sport all while raising funds and awareness
Questions? Check out our FAQs here.
Follow motionball Vancouver on Instagram for more updates!
OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT:
- Become an Event Sponsor! In addition to registering a Corporate Team, there are many other ways for your organization to support with custom Sponsorship opportunities available. For more information about our 2025 opportunities, please contact reza@brandcampdigital.com
- Join us onsite as an event-day volunteer: motionball Vancouver will be looking for volunteers to support onsite at the event and we will need your help! Roles can include registration, raffle ticket sellers, sports refs and more! Follow motionball Vancouver on Instagram for more updates!
- Questions? Check out our FAQs or please click here to connect with the motionball Vancouver Team
SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES
If you are a Special Olympics athletes interested in participating at the 2025 motionball Marathon of Sport Vancouver, please connect with SOBC directly for more info on how to sign up! We hope to see you there!
WHY YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS
While fundraising is one of our goals, Marathon of Sport is about so much more. This day not only brings awareness to the Special Olympics movement, but allows people with and without intellectual disabilities to interact, build lifelong friendships, and ultimately create more inclusive communities.
By entering a Team, you will also help to ensure our friends at Special Olympics British Columbia have the resources they need to stay active at home and that when the time comes later this year, they can safely return to the sport programs they love.
THANK YOU TO OUR 2024 PRESENTING SPONSOR
WHO WE ARE
motionball is a national non-profit organization that empowers young Canadians to be leaders in their communities, raising funds and awareness for Special Olympics through inclusive social and sporting events.
At motionball Vancouver, we’re working to ensure that individuals with intellectual disabilities living in Vancouver are included, supported, and celebrated.
motionball events put the fun back into giving, in Vancouver and across Canada.
Interested in getting involved? Click here to connect with the motionball Vancouver team!
#NOGOODWAY
motionball is working to promote positivity and inclusion, demonstrating that there is #NoGoodWay to use the “r-word” (retard). This word is hurtful, outdated, and brings back memories of being bullied and excluded for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
As motionballers, we are proud ambassadors of the #NoGoodWay campaign. Learn more and take the pledge at motionball.com/nogoodway.
PAST EVENTS
Marathon of Sport Vancouver
2023
Marathon of Sport Vancouver
2022
Marathon of Sport Vancouver
2021
Marathon of Sport Vancouver
2020
Marathon of Sport Vancouver
2019
motionball is proud to donate 70% of the funds raised from motionball Vancouver events to Special Olympics BC. This funding is directed to support programs for local athletes in the community. 25% is directed to the Special Olympics Canada Foundation, whose mission is to ensure the long-term financial integrity of the Special Olympics movement in Canada and to fund long term athlete and volunteer growth. The remaining 5% will help grow the #NoGoodWay Campaign aiming to end the use of the R-word (retard) in everyday conversation. We’re encouraging Canadians to make the choice to eliminate the R-word from their vocabulary and empower them to take #NoGoodWay to their circles of influence.
motionball’s mandate is to introduce the next generation of volunteers and donors to the Special Olympics movement through integrated social and sporting events. motionball now hosts 50+ annual events in 17 cities across Canada. motionball is proud to have donated $18M to the Special Olympics Canada Foundation since our inception in 2002.
Our National Partners
motionball Marathon of Sport is sponsored nationally by
