SOBC Vancouver would like to acknowledge Body & Soul for all their years of support and generosity to our chapter. Every once in a while, this locally-based personal training and health services company holds charity events to raise funds for SOBC Vancouver. We would like to extend our gratitude to general manager Bran Noyes and the Body and Soul team for being there for our athletes and our community. Thank you!
Mark your calendars: The STAPLES Give a Toonie. Share a Dream. campaign will return once again this November! The official dates of the campaign are November 5 to 26, 2011. As with our other campaigns, Locals will be asked to participate in this campaign by arranging to have volunteers and athletes in all STAPLES stores across the province.
Further details will be available as we get closer to the campaign start. Please contact Courtenay Wood at 604-737-3131 or by e-mail with any questions you may have.
In support of our athletes, SOBC Vancouver will be hosting the 2nd annual walkathon on Saturday May 7, June 11, 2011 in which everyone is invited to participate.
Registration will start at 9:00am, and following a short warm-up, the walk will start at 10:30am. It is a five-kilometer walk beginning at Jericho Beach at the foot of Trimble Street where it leads into NW Marine. The route will proceed to the anchor (which will be easy to find), and back again to the registration tent. There is a small parking lot near the tent, but there are many other parking lots to the west of our starting location. It should be recommended for athletes to bring their own water bottles.
Registration is FREE with a minimum $20 in pledges. Drop-in walkers are welcome to participate with a $10 registration fee. Athletes who participate will be entered in a draw for great prizes. For every $20 in pledges collected, they get one ballot in the draw. There will also be three grand prizes for the top 3 fundraisers. ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT SPECIAL OLYMPICS BC VANCOUVER. We will be collecting pledge forms and money as soon as the registration begins, and when the walk is done we will do the draw for prizes. Download the Pledge Form (Excel format).
To get the word out in your community, you can download our walkathon flyer to print and distribute. Come rain or come shine, we will see you at the walkathon!
See the following map for the location and route:
Following our successful 5-pin bowling fundraiser in November, Special Olympics Vancouver is hosting a 10-pin bowling fundraiser on March 26. Come join the athletes and coaches from the Vancouver Special Olympics 10-Pin Bowling Team. There will be bowling, snacks, music, prizes, as well as a 50-50 draw and silent auction.
DATE: Saturday, March 26, 2011
TIME: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
LOCATION: Town N’ Country Bowl
745 SE Marine Drive
Vancouver (by Fraser Street)
TICKETS: $20
CONTACT: Nel Kurta at mom@kurta.ca or 604-584-2334 for tickets and information.
Come OOOOON out! Thursday July 22, UBC Occupational Therapy students are hosting a fundraiser for Special Olympics BC Vancouver at the Army, Navy, & Airforce Veterans Club, Taurus Unit #298 (Royal Canadian Legion). This will be an opportunity to listen to music, play pool and have fun with other athletes, UBC students, family and friends.
Featuring AMAZING live entertainment by the following bands:
Doors open at 7:30 PM
Show starts at 8:00 PM
Tickets available starting this week! $10 each from Select Community Fundraising Committee Members
We are also looking for a group of 10-12 athletes to act as SOBC Vancouver Ambassadors at the event by wearing their uniforms, answering questions about the organization and maybe even answering interview questions! Any other athletes who wish to attend the event are more than welcome, but if they are not volunteering they should not wear their uniforms to the event so that visitors know where to direct their questions. If you would like to be a volunteer, please contact Alanna at pr@sobcvancouver.org or 604-910-9057.
Last month’s inaugural walkathon for SOBC Vancouver was a great success. We’d like to thank the athletes, volunteers and friends who came out to Jericho Beach on April 18th. We couldn’t have wished for better weather as the sun beamed down on us all morning.
To see photos from the walkathon, please visit our walkathon gallery.
In support of our athletes, SOBC Vancouver will be hosting a walkathon on Sunday April 18th in which everyone is invited to participate. This will be the first of what we hope to be many annual walkathons.
Registration will start at 9:00am, and following a short warm-up, the walk will start at 10:30am. It is a five-kilometre walk beginning at Jericho Beach at the foot of Trimble Street where it leads into NW Marine. The route will proceed to the anchor (which will be easy to find), and back again to the registration tent. There is a small parking lot near the tent, but there are many other parking lots to the west of our starting location. It should be recommended for athletes to bring their own water bottles.
Registration is FREE with a minimum $20 in pledges. Drop-in walkers are welcome to participate with a $10 registration fee. Athletes who participate will be entered in the grand prize draw. For every $20 in pledges collected, they get one ballot in the draw. ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT SPECIAL OLYMPICS BC VANCOUVER. We will be collecting pledge forms and money as soon as the registration begins, and when the walk is done we will do the grand prize draw. Download pledge sheet (PDF).
To get the word out in your community, you can download our walkathon flyer to print and distribute. Come rain or come shine, we will see you at the walkathon!
See the following map for the location and route:
