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Natalie Sauer, Games Chair with Special Olympics in Medicine Hat · Community Champion of the Week

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  SPEAKER_00: Windspeaker Radio Network Community Champion of the Week.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hi, my name is Natalie Sauer, Chair of the Special Olympics Canada Summer Games coming to Medicine Hat.
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  SPEAKER_01: Natalie, tell us a little more what's happening with Special Olympics and Medicine Hat.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, Joanna, it's it's lots of action happening in preparation.
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  SPEAKER_00: We are expecting over 1,700 participants to come from all across Canada, and of course, all their friends and family that will come and cheer them on.
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  SPEAKER_00: We are getting our venues ready.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh 10 sports we're having.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're recruiting 1,500 volunteers and getting them ready.
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  SPEAKER_00: So lots is happening in Medicine Hat for the games.
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  SPEAKER_01: Natalie, you and your team, congratulations.
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  SPEAKER_01: You're this week's community champion.
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  SPEAKER_01: How does it make you feel making an impact in the community?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, it on honestly, it's an honor.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's an honor for us to do this and be part of this movement.
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  SPEAKER_00: We are a community that believes very much in inclusion and w health and wellness and all those things.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it's such a perfect fit for us to have this opportunity to host it.
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  SPEAKER_01: And tell us a little more about making a difference.
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  SPEAKER_01: How does it personally make you feel making an impact?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, I sh I tell you, just it's the camaraderie from the community that comes.
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  SPEAKER_00: So for me, it's the you know, side by side with, you know, like I mentioned, 1,500 people that are going to welcome everybody from across Canada.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's what's important uh for me.
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  SPEAKER_00: I sit in awe of every little contribution, small or big, that's gonna come together to make it all happen.
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  SPEAKER_00: So very humble to have this, you know, saying that we are this community acknowledgement, but it honestly does take an uh community to put this on.
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  SPEAKER_01: And for more information, where can our listeners connect with you more?
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay, well, we are please uh find us on our website at S O C Med Hat 2026.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and then you'll find us in lots of great information on that website.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we're always looking for people to help.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're a couple hundred short.
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  SPEAKER_00: We have people that have a background and any type of medical background, so we need doctors and nurses to help us with a lot of those aspects.
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  SPEAKER_00: We are still looking for people to help in the sports area and um and a lot of opportunities for just showcasing our hospitality.
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  SPEAKER_00: So lots of things that we can find a fit for, I'm sure, anybody who is interested.
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  SPEAKER_00: This has been the Windspeaker Radio Network, Community Champion of the Week.