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Team PEI 2020, Wilbert Murray
Wilbert Murray, Charlottetown, has been involved with Special Olympics for 12 years. Wilbert, whose family encouraged him to get involved, started 5...
Erin Pippy
Erin Pippy, Charlottetown, is a member of Team PEI 2020's 5-Pin Bowling Team. The Special Olympics Canada Winter Games 2020 will be Erin's first...
Team PEI 2020, 5-Pin Bowling
5-Pin Bowling is Special Olympics PEI's most popular sport, with approximately one-third of our athletes participating in a weekly bowling program in...
Gie Rogers, Team PEI 2020, Curling
Gie Rogers and Nancy MacPhee, Head Coaches for Team PEI 2020's Curling Team, both started as program volunteers with the Charlottetown Curling program...
Monique Gauthier, Team PEI 2020, Curling
Monique Gauthier, Charlottetown, is no stranger to the curling rink! Monique started curling with the Charlottetown Curling program because it was a...
Shelby McInnis, Team PEI, Curling
Shelby McInnis, a member of Team PEI 2020's Curling Team, is well known in his hometown of Souris. Having lived in the small, eastern PEI town for his...
Team PEI 2020, Curlilng
In February of 2020, Special Olympics PEI will be represented by 38 athletes, supported by 11 coaches and 8 mission staff, at the Special Olympics...
Heidi Mallett, Special Olympics, Athlete Leadership, ALPs
Heidi Mallett joined Special Olympics PEI in 2006. She had heard about Special Olympics, and felt it was the right time to take part, to make a life...
Brandon Younker, Softball, National Games
Special Olympics is a family affair for Brandon Younker. Brandon's uncle was a long-time athlete, and his grandfather is a long-time volunteer. When...
Floor Hockey, Lisa Bernard
Lisa Bernard joined Special Olympics in June of 2011 after being encouraged by friends of hers to give it a try. Lisa wanted to meet her people, so...