2024 Community Excellence Award – Dan Robar (Sarnia) 

Dan Robar has been with Special Olympics since 1998, consistently active in a wide range of sports including powerlifting, athletics, soccer, swimming, curling, basketball and most recently 5-pin Bowling. This year he competed in powerlifting at the Special Olympics Ontario Provincial Spring Games in Kitchener-Waterloo.  In addition to working at a Foodland Grocery store for almost 20 years, Dan volunteers …

2024 Athlete of the Year – Ewen Barclay (West Niagara)

Ewen Barclay has been involved with Special Olympics for the past six years, starting her journey in 2018. She’s a multisport athlete, participating in athletics, basketball, curling, soccer and speed skating. In 2024, Ewen competed in speed skating at the Special Olympics National Winter Games in Calgary and was a member of the West Niagara Grizzlies basketball team at the …