SAVE THE DATE- CALGARY GALA & MARATHON OF SPORT CALGARY
Save the Date – 2025 motionball Calgary Gala
April 2025
Save the Date – 2025 motionball Marathon of Sport Calgary
June 21st – Mount Royal University
Thanks to everyone who joined us on June 22nd at MRU for the 2024 motionball Marathon of Sport Calgary! With their help, we raised over $190,000 net in support of the Special Olympics Canada Foundation!
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
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!
To register a Standard Team click here.
Corporate: As a Corporate Team, your organization will pay $2500, waiving the $50 registration fee and inviting up to 10 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!
To register a Corporate Team, connect with Kacy for next steps.
What’s included in your $50 registration fee:
- a motionball hat & t-shirt
- light breakfast, lunch & refreshments
- a chance to earn fundraising incentives
- a ticket and your first drink at the onsite After Party
- and most importantly, a chance to play with the proud Special Olympics athletes who motionball supports!
ONLINE REGISTRATION OPENS SPRING 2025!
Are you and your Team ready to go? Connect with our Committee and pre-register your Team today.
Follow @motionballyyc for more updates as we get ready for the 2024 motionball Marathon of Sport Calgary!
THANK YOU TO OUR 2024 LOCAL MOS SPONSORS
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OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT
Become an Event Sponsor: The Calgary suite of events not only act as great opportunities to highlight your community investment initiatives, but are incomparable experiences that are sure to leave you feeling a little competitive but mostly energized, motivated, engaged and committed to a new cause with immediate impact on Canadians.
For more information about how your organization can get involved at Marathon of Sport, the Gala or both events – please contact Paul Horton.
Join the local organizing committee: Get in touch with one of our local Event Directors to learn more about how you can support the Gala, Marathon of Sport or both events!
PAST MARATHON OF SPORT EVENTS
MOS Calgary
September 12th, 2021
MOS Calgary
September 26th, 2020
MOTIONBALL CALGARY GALA
Thanks to everyone who joined us on April 26th at Palace Theatre for the 2024 motionball Calgary Gala!
We took over the Palace Theatre for a Casino Royale themed celebration all in support of the Special Olympics Canada Foundation! Click here to learn more.
Each year, this sold-out event welcomes over 300 guests and celebrity Special Olympics athletes for an incredible night of networking, fun, philanthropy, and entertainment.
Tickets included:
- Entry to the 2024 motionball Calgary Gala at 9pm
- Complimentary drinks ALL night courtesy of National Sponsor, Campari Group!
- Incredible entertainment from live bands to DJs
- Access to the Silent Auction featuring over 50 items!
- Specialty cocktail bar courtesy of Campari!
- The chance to meet some of the incredible Special Olympics athletes that motionball proudly supports!
- A $25 tax receipt
- And so much more!
Follow @motionballyyc for more updates as we get ready for motionball Calgary’s 2025 events.
Questions? Please click here to connect with the motionball Gala Committee!
PAST GALA EVENTS
motionball Calgary Gala - May 27, 2022
motionball Calgary Gala - April 26, 2019
WHY YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS
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.
You will also help to ensure our friends at Special Olympics Alberta have the resources they need to stay active at home and when the time comes later this year, they can safely return to the sports programs they love.
Follow motionball Calgary on Instagram for more updates!
WHO WE ARE
motionball is a national non-profit organization that empowers next generation Canadians to be leaders in their communities, raising funds and awareness for Special Olympics through inclusive social and sporting events.
At motionball Calgary, we’re working to ensure that individuals with intellectual disabilities living in Calgary and the surrounding areas are included, supported, and celebrated.
motionball events put the fun back into giving, in Calgary and across Canada.
Interested in getting involved? Connect with our local Team for more information:
Paul Horton – Volunteer Gala Event Director
Nathan Smyth – Volunteer Marathon of Sport Event Director
#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.
motionball is proud to donate 70% of the funds raised from this event to Special Olympics Alberta. 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
