The Special Olympics Festival will take place on Thursday, May 17 at the Conexus Arts Centre. We will be "Puttin' on the Ritz" with a casino night and live entertainment. Tickets are $100 each, or a table of 8 for $725. For more information, call John at 780-9440. For the registration form, click here.

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The 2012 Leadership Conference is set to take place from April 13-15, at the Ramada Hotel & Golf Dome in Saskatoon. This will be an informative weekend and will provide an opportunity for coaches and volunteers to be inspired, learn new skills, and to collaborate with each other. This year's focus will be on community building, volunteer recruitment and community cooperation.

Click here for the registration form

Click here for the schedule of events

For more information, call Korinne at 780-9401 or at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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Good Buddies Blues Band

Regina's own Good Buddies Blues Band will be the headlining entertainment for the Opening Ceremonies of the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games! They are holding a fundraiser to help pay for the costs to get to St. Albert, AB. For more information, click here!

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The 3rd Annual George Reed Golf Tournament will take place on June 25th, 2011 at the Wascana Country Club. This is fast becoming the premier golfing tournament in Saskatchewan! Registration is $250.00 per golfer, or $1000 for a foursome. Get your foursome signed up today!

 Click here for the registration form.

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The 2012 World's Largest Truck Convoy will be taking place on September 15. A passionate group of  truckers will make the trek from Saskatoon to Regina in support of Special Olympics Saskatchewan! If you are interested in participating, call Kaleta at (306) 780-9406. For the pledge form, click here!

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The Special Olympics Canada Winter Games will take place from February 28th-March 3rd in St Albert, Alberta. Our athletes from across the province have been training hard in preparation for this event, and are looking forward to representing Saskatachewan! To see who will be representing Team Sask, click here!

Best of luck to all the athletes!

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Special Olympics Saskatchewan would like to congratulate Jackie Powell for receiving the 2011 Petro Canada Coaching Excellence Award! Jackie is an Aquatics Coach in Swift Current, who was recently the Aquatics Head Coach for Team Canada at the 2011 World Summer Games in Athens! Jackie received her Award at the Sport Leadership Sportif in Toronto Ontario. 

Congratulations again Jackie!!!

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Special Olympics Saskatchewan has its own Youtube Channel! To check it out, click here

We also have a Twitter account! Find and follow us @SpecialOSask

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Special Olympics Saskatchewan is on Facebook!

Special Olympics Saskatchewan has a Facebook page. The page will have program information, photos of events, athlete shout outs and much more! Click here to check it out and become a fan!

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Congratulations to Michael Qing! Michael has been selected as Special Olympics Canada's Male Athlete of the Year! Michael had a fantastic year in Special Olympics Competitions. He won two gold medals in the swimming pool at the Special Olympics Canada Summer Games, and capturing one gold and two silver medals at the Special Olympics World Summer Games! Michael will be recognized for his efforts at the Special Olympics Canada Awards in Toronto, on December 8th. Congratulations Michael!

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From Left to right: Yosef Siwy (LETR), Karina Mason (athlete), Al Dyer (Special Olympics Saskatchewan), Trevor Fendelet (athlete), Rhonda Meakin (LETR) and Steve Hug (LETR Chairman)

The Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) in Prince Albert presented a cheque to Special Olympics Saskatchewan. The LETR hosted several fundraising events throughout 2010 and 2011. The LETR raised $33,450 in support of Special Olympics Saskatchewan! Thanks and great job!!!

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The special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece have come and gone. Special Olympics Saskatchewan would like to congratulate the 4 athletes who represented Saskatchewan and Canada extremely well. All 4 Athletes came home with medals!

Michael Qing has won Gold, and 2 silvers! Michael got gold swimming in the 200M Freestyle race, while getting silvers in the 100M and 200M Breastroke races.

Michelle Shepherd has won a Bronze Medal. She earned her bronze in the 4 member team bowling competition.

Lauren Weigel earned a bronze Medal in the 800M race!

Dwight Safroniuk Won 2 gold medals. He won golds in 10-pin singles, and with Viateur Beaudry won gold in doubles 10-pin bowling. 

Our Saskatchewan Athletes:

Michael Qing, Regina, SK-Swimming

Dwight Safroniuk, Saskatoon, SK-10 Pin Bowling

Michelle Shepherd, Regina, SK-10 Pin Bowling

Lauren Weigel, Quill Lake, SK-Athletics

Jackie Powell, Swift Current, Swimming Head Coach

For more information on the Games, take a look at the links below:

Special Olympics World Summer Games Homepage

Team Canada Homepage

Special Olympics Saskatchewan

George Reed

Call 306.780.9440 to contribute today and make a difference for the future of athletes in Saskatchewan!