Last year's SaskAbilities Superhero Bowl: Walk, Wheel, Run fundraiser is getting a sequel.

Announced yesterday, the fundraiser born from COVID-19 restrictions last year will be starting again on August 14th.

Candace Toma is the Community Relations Coordinator with SaskAbilities.

"We were really excited about the success of last year and the number of people that took part. People who had been faithful to SaskAbility for a number of years and some new faces. So we thought, you know, let's keep it going. It's the best of both worlds; the old and the new and it was very successful financially."

Unlike the traditional Ability Bowl that preceded it, which was a long-running tradition of bowling and fundraising until the pandemic forced its cancellation, the Superhero Bowl: Walk, Wheel, Run event features both team or individual participation and encourages people to get active in whatever way they feel comfortable.

With last year's event pulling in more than $50,000 dollars to support SaskAbility programs and services, and Toma would like to see that bar set even higher, hoping for a goal of $70,000.

"We're feeling pretty good so far, but of course that's always dependent on the generosity of those that wanted to fundraise and take part as well. So of course that is always contingent on the human factor, and we're just really really excited to be back out in the community and being able to put on an event that's not only encouraging active living, which is such a big part of overall wellness but also that is inclusive so individuals regardless of any ability can take part in whatever way they feel comfortable. We're really proud of being able to continue as we have with our vision statement to build inclusive communities for people of all abilities."

While Toma calls the Superhero Bowl the "best of both worlds", she says that she would love to return at some point to the old format. Frontier Bowling Lanes is now under new ownership, and she says that they've had good conversations with Social Bowl, hopefully building up that same strong relationship that SaskAbilities had with previous owner Judy Kress.

"We're really confident moving forward that we'll be able to come up with a solution that gets us back into that format because we understand and respect how much that means to so many people and we love keeping those traditions and that history alive."

In the meantime, however, Toma remains excited about her organization's ability to pivot into the now-sophomore event that she says not only meets the non-profit's goal of raising funds but does so while including people from all walks of life and from farther afield across the province.

Similar to last year, the top ten individual fundraisers will receive prizes for their efforts, which will be announced in the coming days, while all participants will receive official event shirts.

Interested residents can visit the SaskAbilities Superhero Bowl website for more information on how to participate.