Wednesday night was a busy one for the Airdrie Special Olympics team as they were busy taking orders and bussing tables at Boston Pizza to help raise awareness and funds for the Law Enforcement Torch Run.
Airdrie Special Olympics was at Boston Pizza from 5-9 p.m. getting to know local Airdronians. This was the first time they have done an event like this since COVID-19.
Sue Farkas-Fillatre, the Media Relations Coordinator for Special Olympics Airdrie was so proud to see the athletes out and about.
"It is wonderful, I have to say today [Wednesday] is warming my heart. To get our athletes out into the community again is fantastic."
Leah Barber, an Inspector with the Calgary Police Service and a representative for the Law Enforcement Torch Run explained that the run is an international organization that helps raises funds for Special Olympics.
"One of the reasons why we're all here is to help the athletes raise the money that keeps them in the different sports that they like to participate in."
Farkas-Filatre is so proud of how far these athletes have come.
"A lot of these athletes I've known since they were much younger hiding behind their caregivers. Now they're out on their own and serving food, It's fantastic."
Emma, who is one of the athletes that was serving food and meeting the city's residents loved spending her time serving people.
"I like that I can acknowledge more people and I can help them out. I also like to get to know people and tell them about what I do."
Emma hopes more people will give Airdrie Special Olympics a try as she says the coaches are really nice.
The funds raised will go towards helping local athletes travel for their events.
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