MARATHON OF SPORT PEI
MARATHON OF SPORT PEI
presented by Sekisui Diagnostics
THANK YOU MOTIONBALL PEI!
We were joined on Oct 21st at the Norton Diamond Soccer Complex by 18 Special Olympics athletes and 18 teams! We raised over $37,000 net at the 2023 Marathon of Sport PEI! Check out motionball’s facebook page for pictures!
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, handball, 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 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 $1,000. Refund your registration and play for free when you reach your individual fundraising goal of $100!
Corporate: As a Corporate Team, your organization will donate $1,250, 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
- a healthy lunch
- 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 Toronto 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 2023 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
This year’s event will have all of the traditional elements of the Marathon of Sport you know and love with Teams playing alongside local Special Olympics athletes for a fun-filled day of sport all in support of the Special Olympics Canada Foundation!
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.
This year in particular, Special Olympics athletes need us more than ever as many remain isolated and alone, at a greater risk of contracting COVID-19 than the general population. Join us in raising funds and awareness for the cause so that Special Olympics sport programs can return with strength, and that no athlete is left behind.
#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 2020
Marathon of Sport PEI 2022
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
