Motionball 91大黄鸭 added another event to its repertoire with its first-ever motionball university marathon of sport at UBC Okanagan on Sunday.
Sunday鈥檚 event sponsored by RBC saw UBC athletes and students team up with local Special Olympics British Columbia athletes and together competed in a variety of sports and activities including soccer, football, ultimate frisbee, basketball, bench ball.
鈥淲e have seen a large increase in support of motionball Special Olympics locally,鈥� explains motionballU event director, Neema Maen.
鈥淥ur goal is to engage to the next generation of donours which makes the university a perfect fit to grow the motionball movement in our community.鈥�
Today volunteers and those with special needs attend a Motionball event at UBC Okanagan in support of raising money towards the special olympics and their athletes
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On Sept. 21, more than 350 young professionals and 40 Special Olympics athletes joined motionball at City Park for a fun-filled day of sport at the 2019 motionball Marathon of Sport in 91大黄鸭.
From the support of sponsors and participants, the charity set a new motionball 91大黄鸭 record, raising $138,500 in support of the Special Olympics Canada Foundation.
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Derek Fuhr, event director for motionball was the master of ceremonies for the closing ceremony of Sunday鈥檚 marathon of sport event. He said these types of events are so important for both the donours and the special Olympic athletes.
鈥淭he marathon of sport is really about getting some facetime with the people that you are raising money for,鈥� said Fuhr.
鈥淚t鈥檚 getting to know the Olympic athletes, getting to know who they are and what they鈥檙e about and really putting this tangible notion on what you鈥檙e raising money for.鈥�
The goal of motionball is to educate and celebrate individuals with intellectual disabilities while creating more chances and funding for those interested to join in becoming a Special Olympics athlete.
So far in 2019, Motionball has raised close to $2 million dollars in support of the Special Olympics Canada Foundation.
daniel.taylor@kelownacapnews.com
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