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THANK YOU, OTTAWA!
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, ultimate, bocce, giant pong and benchball, all while raising funds and awareness in support of the Special Olympics Canada Foundation!
HOW TO REGISTER
There are 2 ways that you can register to participate in Marathon of Sport Ottawa:
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 $1,500. Refund your registration and play for free when you reach your individual fundraising goal of $150!
Corporate: As a Corporate Team, your organization will donate $1,500, 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!
Included in the $50 registration, each participant will receive:
- a motionball hat
- a motionball t-shirt
- a healthy lunch
- opportunity to earn motionball incentives!
SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES
If you are a Special Olympics athletes interested in participating at the 2027 motionball Marathon of Sport Ottawa, please connect with Special Olympics Ontario directly for more info on how to sign up! We hope to see you there!
Questions? Please click here to connect with the motionball Ottawa Team!
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.
By making a donation to motionball or by entering a Team to participate, you’re helping to ensure that our friends at Special Olympics can continue to participate in the sport programs they love.
THANK YOU TO OUR 2026 PRESENTING SPONSOR
2026 CORPORATE TEAMS
2026 EVENT SPONSORS
WHO ARE WE
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 Ottawa, we’re working to ensure that individuals with intellectual disabilities living in Ottawa are included, supported, and celebrated. motionball events put the fun back into giving, in Ottawa and across Canada.
Interested in getting involved with motionball Ottawa Committee? Click here to connect with the 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 Ottawa
May 11th, 2024
Marathon of Sport Ottawa
May 13th, 2023
Marathon of Sport Ottawa 2022
July 23rd, 2022
motionball is proud to donate 70% of the funds raised from motionball Ottawa events to Special Olympics Ontario. 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 19 cities across Canada. motionball is proud to have donated $22M+ to the Special Olympics Canada Foundation since our inception in 2002.
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