About Special Olympics

Special Olympics Manitoba and the Winnipeg Wine Festival

It was nine years ago that Special Olympics Manitoba and the Manitoba Liquor Marts started on this most successful venture known as the Winnipeg Wine Festival.
In those nine years, the Wine Festival has raised in excess of a 1.5 million dollars enabling Special Olympics Manitoba to provide sports programs to an ever increasing number of grassroots athletes with an intellectual disability. In addition, Manitoba has been able to send athletes to a number of competitive opportunities on both the National and International stages.

In 2010, SOM celebrates 30 years of sport provision for athletes with an intellectual disability. Through their involvement in Special Olympics programming, our athletes have benefited physically, socially, psychologically, and emotionally. The programs of Special Olympics provide a stepping-stone to community integration, education, employment opportunities and a new sense of belonging in the community.

Looking ahead to the upcoming year, Special Olympics Manitoba’s goal is to continue to raise awareness of the abilities of our athletes and to ensure greater provision is made for people with an intellectual disability to take part in sport.
We will continue to build on the significant growth we have experienced in the
past few years and provide increased leadership in our global movement.

In this time of economic uncertainty, these opportunities would not be possible without the support of events like the Winnipeg Wine Festival. Through hard
work and powerful partnerships, it is the generous support of the community
that provides on-going strength to Special Olympics Manitoba, thereby giving
us the opportunity to better serve our athletes.

Thank you for attending.

For more information about Special Olympics Manitoba visit our website at specialolympics.mb.ca

—Simon Mundey
President & CEO, Special Olympics Manitoba

For more information, visit our website at www.specialolympics.mb.ca

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