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For info about Special Olympics Red Deer, contact your coach or our coordinator Danielle at [email protected]

10/02/2026

🏋️‍♂️ WHAT A GREAT FIRST NIGHT! 🏋️‍♀️

The Special Olympics Red Deer Powerlifting Team kicked off its 2026/27 season tonight at its new home, Alberta Barbell Gym — and what a fantastic first night it was! 💪❤️

A huge thank you to Head Coach Alexander Scory , along with coaches and volunteers Ben, Shayla, and Davin, for making the first night so welcoming and such a great experience for the athletes.

There was lots of hard work, great energy, plenty of smiles, and an incredible sense of community throughout the gym.

The Special Olympics Red Deer Powerlifting Team is looking forward to an EPIC season with this amazing group! 🏋️‍♀️🔥💪

08/24/2026

🚨 FREE OUR FINEST 2026 — THAT’S A WRAP! 🚨

What an incredible weekend! Free Our Finest 2026 officially wrapped up this afternoon, and WOW… $23,285.71 RAISED!!! 🤯❤️

The weather cooperated; our athletes and volunteers from Red Deer and Lacombe had an absolute blast, and the energy all weekend was amazing!

A HUGE thank you to our Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) family for once again bringing the heart, soul, energy and passion that make this event so special. 💙🔥 You truly are family to us.

And to the community of Red Deer… what can we possibly say except THANK YOU! ❤️ Your continued generosity and support of Special Olympics and our athletes means more than you know. Every donation, every conversation, every smile, and every person who stopped to show their support helped make that incredible $23,285.71 total possible!

What a weekend. What a community. What an amazing result! 🥹🔥

THANK YOU, RED DEER!

08/23/2026

Free Our Finest 2026- South Walmart Red Deer

08/15/2026

🥈❤️ SILVER MEDALISTS!!! ❤️🥈

A HUGE congratulations to our Special Olympics Red Deer Rockets on bringing home the **SILVER MEDAL** from the Special Olympics Canada Summer Games in Medicine Hat!!! 🥎🇨🇦

We are SO incredibly proud of each and every one of you! You played your hearts out, represented Red Deer and Alberta with pride, and showed everyone what teamwork, determination, sportsmanship, and heart are all about.

What an AMAZING accomplishment — NATIONAL SILVER MEDALISTS!🥈👏

Hold those heads high, Rockets! You gave it everything you had, and your entire Red Deer Special Olympics family is SO PROUD OF YOU! ❤️💙

CONGRATULATIONS, RED DEER ROCKETS!!! 🚀🥎🥈

📷 Photo Credit to Eileen Ann Mundorf

08/14/2026

🥎🔥 **RED DEER — IT’S TIME TO CHEER ON OUR ROCKETS!** 🔥🥎

The **Special Olympics Red Deer Rockets are GOING FOR GOLD today Friday, August 14th, at 1:00 PM in Medicine Hat!** 🥇🚀

If you can’t be there in person, you can still be part of the excitement! Turn on the game, crank up the volume, and let’s cheer on our Rockets from home! 📺❤️

📺 **WATCH LIVE:**
https://specialolympicscanada.tv/

Let’s get Red Deer behind this incredible team as they take the field and battle for **GOLD!** These athletes have worked hard, played hard, and represented Red Deer with so much pride — now it’s time to CHEER LOUD! 🙌🥎

🚀 **GO ROCKETS GO!**
🥇 **GO FOR GOLD!**
❤️ **RED DEER IS BEHIND YOU!**

📸 *Photo credit: A huge thank you to Eileen Ann Mundorf, Marsha Orien, and Sandy Duckett for capturing and sharing the photos featured in this post!*

08/13/2026

🚨🔥 **RED DEER… ARE YOU READY?!** 🔥🚨

Something pretty incredible is coming our way, and the excitement is BUILDING! 💙💛

**FREE OUR FINEST is almost here!** 👮‍♀️👮‍♂️🔥

From **August 21–23**, Law Enforcement Torch Run officers will be teaming up with **Special Olympics Alberta athletes** at the **Red Deer Walmart Supercentre** to raise funds and awareness for Special Olympics Alberta sports programming!

📍 Walmart Supercentre — 2010 50 Avenue, Red Deer
📅 **August 21 & 22 | 9 AM–8 PM**
📅 **August 23 | 9 AM–2 PM**

Come meet our incredible athletes and officers, take part in the festivities, make some noise, and show them just how BIG Red Deer can show up! 🙌🔥

We’re counting down the days…

**RED DEER, ARE YOU READY TO HELP US FREE OUR FINEST?!** 🚔🔥💙💛

08/12/2026

🎉 GOOD LUCK, TEAM ALBERTA!🎉

The Games are officially underway in Medicine Hat, and Special Olympics Red Deer is sending a HUGE shoutout to all of the incredible Team Alberta athletes, coaches, and volunteers!💙💚

And an EXTRA special GOOD LUCK to our very own RED DEER ROCKETS! 🚀🥎❤️

The Rockets have officially been divisioned and came out FIRING in their very first competitive game, taking the win 15–5 and invoking the mercy rule! 🔥💪

What a way to start the Games!!!

WOO-HOO!!! 🚀🚀🚀

We are SO proud of you, Rockets! Keep playing hard, having fun, supporting one another, and representing Red Deer with pride!

🚀 GO ROCKETS GO! 🚀
💙 GO TEAM ALBERTA! 💙

08/08/2026

🔥 THE FLAME OF HOPE CAME THROUGH RED DEER!🔥

What an incredible day welcoming the Law Enforcement Torch Run Final Leg and Flame of Hope to Red Deer!

We had a fantastic turnout, an incredibly heartfelt speech from our very own Elisabeth Baril, and Nicole Sather proudly represented our Red Deer affiliate with a few words of her own.

🥎 We also got to cheer on our competitive softball team as they head to Medicine Hat tomorrow for the National Games! We are SO proud of you and wish you the very best of luck — GO TEAM RED DEER! 💪❤️

Thank you to our athletes, law enforcement officers, families, volunteers, and everyone who came out to celebrate the Flame of Hope with us! 🔥

08/04/2026

🔥 You're Invited! 🔥

Join us as we welcome the Alberta Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Final Leg team as they carry the Flame of Hope through Red Deer on its journey to the 2026 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games in Medicine Hat! ❤️💙

📅 - Saturday, August 8, 2026
🕥 -10:30 a.m.
📍 - Red Deer City Hall

We invite all Special Olympics Red Deer athletes, families, friends, coaches, volunteers, and supporters to come out and be part of this incredible celebration. Whether you'd like to join the Torch Run or simply cheer on the runners along the route, your support will help make this a memorable send-off for the Flame of Hope.

The morning will begin with a welcome ceremony at City Hall before the Torch Run travels through downtown Red Deer and finishes at the Red Deer Justice Centre.

We are also proud that Elizabeth Baril will be speaking on behalf of our Red Deer athletes during the ceremony.

Let's come together to celebrate the spirit of inclusion, determination, and community as we cheer on the journey to the 2026 National Games!

❤️ We hope to see everyone there!

Address

4730 Ross Street
Red Deer, AB
T4N1X2

Telephone

5872734672

Website

https://www.specialolympics.ab.ca/communities/red-deer

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