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![Athlete Leadership Academy; Special Olympics PEI](/sites/default/files/styles/_120px_by_135px_/public/2021-02/website%20spotlight%20images%20%282%29.png?itok=OhykceFP)
Special Olympics PEI athletes are thriving in roles on and off the playing fields. In 2020, Special Olympics PEI launched an Athlete Leadership...
![Liam Currie, Return to Play, Special Olympics PEI](/sites/default/files/styles/_120px_by_135px_/public/2021-02/Liam%20Currie%20Story%20Photo_0.png?itok=e4_XSbfo)
Liam Currie has recently returned to play with Special Olympics PEI! It was Charlottetown Community Sport's Floor Curl module, something new for the...
![Lisa Bernard, Wellness Champion, Special Olympics PEI](/sites/default/files/styles/_120px_by_135px_/public/2021-01/IMG_4990_0.jpg?itok=UyFjC5r7)
Lisa Bernard has achieved an exciting milestone in becoming the first Special Olympics PEI athlete to complete a pillar of the Wellness Champion...
![SOPEI trained Health Messengers participated in Wellness campaign videos](/sites/default/files/styles/_120px_by_135px_/public/2020-12/Wellness%20Champions%20medal%20card%287%29.png?itok=e4YmObT8)
December 9, 2020 – Charlottetown PE: Special Olympics PEI is excited to launch an at-home program as an adaptation due to the COVID-19 pandemic that...
![MacMurdo & Smith - Why We Give story](/sites/default/files/styles/_120px_by_135px_/public/2020-12/MacMurdo%20%26%20Smith%20Legacy%20-IG%281%29.png?itok=N95TWo0G)
Special Olympics PEI kicks off the start of the global giving season with a special donor story .
![These 4 coaches have enriched many lives in their SOPEI coaching careers](/sites/default/files/styles/_120px_by_135px_/public/2020-09/Website%20articlphotos%281%29.png?itok=mIqBnCsf)
When we say that getting involved in Special Olympics is a lifetime commitment, we are serious :) You will often hear us referring to SOPEI as being a...
![Team PEI 2020 Coaches](/sites/default/files/styles/_120px_by_135px_/public/2020-09/Website%20article%20photos%283%29.png?itok=McvrkW5-)
We know that it feels like so long ago since Team PEI 2020 was heading off to Thunder Bay to participate in the Special Olympics National Winter Games...
![Active start and FUNdevelopment programs](/sites/default/files/styles/_120px_by_135px_/public/2020-09/Website%20articlphotos.png?itok=vNdfDo4E)
Special Olympics PEI have three Youth Programs for athletes ages 2 - 21. These programs are based on the knowledge that if young athletes with an...
![SOPEI golf programs](/sites/default/files/styles/_120px_by_135px_/public/2020-09/Website%20articlphotos%282%29.png?itok=V2pk0Q-s)
When you have a passion for golfing, why not share it! Jeff MacBurnie started volunteering in the Adult Community Sport program last winter and then...
![Female coaches at PEI bowling provincials 2017](/sites/default/files/styles/_120px_by_135px_/public/2020-09/Website%20article%20photos%282%29.png?itok=tqbI4N4B)
Little did the Gillis family know how much of an impact Fran's decision to become a volunteer coach with Special Olympics PEI in 2008 would have on...