Feature News
Congratulations Allie!
Allie Libertini recently received an award in the graduate category for her social and economic contributions as a Conestoga College graduate. Nominated by Conestoga as a 2017 recreation and leisure graduate of the Community Integration Through Co-operative Education program for students with learning challenges and exceptionalities, Allie was up against 23 other Ontario colleges. Earlier this year she earned an alumni of distinction award from Conestoga College.
Thank you Justin Lavoie and Coach Janice Cooper
Special Olympics would love to extend their thanks to Justin Lavoie, V.P at Colliers International for his generous donation that will help support our athletes. We truly appreciate your ongoing support!
Many thanks to Coach Janice Cooper for her Stantec funding request for Dollars to Doers. This donation will continue to support the Track and Field Club. Thank you to Stantec for your continued support.
OHL Rangers Puck Drop
Thank you to OHL Kitchener Rangers for recognizing Special Olympics at
their home game on November 20th. Stacey loved being able to drop the
puck and our athletes were thrilled to volunteer beside police officers
collecting donations. We appreciate your support.
Special Olympics Ontario athletes and non-athletes with an Intellectual Disability are invited to attend two upcoming Healthy Athletes Screenings in Kitchener-Waterloo. The Special Olympics Healthy Athletes program is a worldwide initiative that provides FREE health screenings and education to Special Olympics athletes and people with intellectual disabilities.
Cross Body Pro Wrestling Event
Special Olympics Kitchener-Waterloo would like to thank all those at Cross Body Pro Wrestling for their hard work in putting together an amazing event. This wrestling event, featuring Rich Swann, formerly of WWE and current Impact Wrestling star, helped raised $4700. This money will go toward helping athletes in participating in competitions. What an amazing success this was!
2018 - 2019 Sports Registration
Registration for fall/winter sports is now open.
The Athlete Registration Package is posted under Registration on the left side of this page. Athletes cannot participate in practice until their registration package has been received.
A $10 Early Bird Discount is available for registrations that are postmarked by September 12, 2018.
In-person registration is available Tuesday, September 11 from 5 to 7 pm at Victoria Bowling Lanes, 280 Victoria Street South, Kitchener.
If you do not wish to register in person, please mail registration forms and payment as noted in the registration package. Please note that we do not have a physical office - only a Post Office Box - so you must mail your registration forms.
Current Volunteer Openings
We need volunteers! There are openings as follows:
- Coaches for a variety of sports, various days and times
- Event volunteers for Home Hardware Markets and our annual fundraising run (one or two day commitment)
Contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Tannis Gayler