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Special Olympics Manitoba
e fall, 2024 Winnipeg Wine
Festival is nearly in full swing.
Wines of Europe will be highlighted
at the festival's public wine tastings
Sept. 20 and Sept. 21. Continuing
with tradition, Manitoba Liquor
Mart has partnered with Special
Olympics Manitoba.
e festival is the largest
fundraising event for Special
Olympics Manitoba – a non-
profit organization that supports
Manitoban athletes with
intellectual disabilities.
Marketing Manager for Special
Olympics Manitoba, Melissa
Suggitt, is thrilled about the
community's support of the
festivals. Suggitt notes that funds
raised support "over 2000 athletes
across the province".
Special Olympics Manitoba has
good news to share – the January
festival sparked success. It raised
enough to send 58 participants to
represent Manitoba at the 2024
Special Olympics Canada Winter
Games in Calgary. Ten of these
athletes have been selected to the
Team Canada Training Squad
2025 with the hopes of making
it to the Special Olympics World
Winter Games in Turin, Italy,
February 2025. e athletes will be
participating in snowshoeing, alpine
skiing and cross-country skiing.
is success is in large part
thanks to those who attended the
Winnipeg Wine Festival Public
Tastings, Inspire Gala Dinner and
Wine Down events in January.
BRINGING JOY
THROUGH WINE
TASTING AND COMPETITION
