SAVE THE DATE, PEI
MARATHON OF SPORT IS BACK!
OCTOBER 26, 2024
NORTON DIAMOND SOCCER COMPLEX
Join us on October 26th at Dakota Norton Diamond Soccer Complex for the 2024 motionball Marathon of Sport PEI!
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, relay races, ultimate, bocce, benchball, and more, 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 at Marathon of Sport PEI:
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 $1,200. Refund your registration and play for free when you reach your individual fundraising goal of $120!
Corporate: As a Corporate Team, your organization will donate $1,200, 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:
- motionball hat and t-shirt
- Lunch
- After-party social
- opportunity to earn motionball incentives and so much more
Start recruiting your Teammates to join you today! We hope you are as excited as we are to hit the field alongside our friends at Special Olympics PEI!
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, please contact ben@motionball.com.
- Join us onsite as an event-day volunteer! motionball PEI is looking for volunteers to support onsite at the event and we need your help! Roles can include registration, raffle ticket sellers, sports refs and more!
SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES
If you are a Special Olympics athletes interested in participating in the 2024 motionball Marathon of Sport PEI, please connect with Special Olympics PEI directly for more info on how to sign up! We hope to see you there!
Questions? Please click here to connect with the motionball PEI Team
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 PEI 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.
Follow motionball PEI on Instagram and Twitter for more updates!
MEET OUR COMMITTEE
Interested in getting involved with motionball PEI? Click here to connect with Ben MacDonald!
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 PEI, we’re working to ensure that individuals with intellectual disabilities living in PEI are included, supported, and celebrated.
motionball events put the fun back into giving, in PEI and across Canada.
#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 PEI 2022
Marathon of Sport PEI 2020
motionball is proud to donate 70% of the funds raised from motionball PEI events to Special Olympics PEI. 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 27 cities across Canada. motionball is proud to have donated $14M to the Special Olympics Canada Foundation since our inception in 2002.
Our National Partners
motionball Marathon of Sport is sponsored nationally by
