Swift Current kicked off the World's Largest Truck Convoy on the weekend.

Three trucks started in Swift Current and made the over 275-kilometre journey to Regina.

Over the course of 11 years, the convoy has raised close to 100,000 dollars for the Special Olympics.

Jennifer Ellarma, a chair of the board for Special Olympics Saskatchewan, talked about where the money goes.

"The funding that's received from these events will go directly into our programming," Ellarma said. "We have communities all over Saskatchewan as far as La Rouge, and right here in Swift Current, and the money goes directly to our weekly program. Special Olympics is a 365 program, a lot of people think we just run the games like the regular Olympics but really our programs are running throughout the year, so it goes to things like coaching development, volunteer development things like that."

Ellarma added why they chose a convoy as a way to raise money.

"Well I think that when you are raising the money, it is important when you are looking at charity and support that you have to look at all of the different groups and individuals that can contribute," said Ellarma. "We are really excited that the people of Saskatchewan and this is part of the industry here are getting behind it, and showing their support differently, and I think it's a pretty flashy, it's a spectacle, I mean when you think of it, in Lumsden, we actually have enough trucks that it fills the entire Lumsden hills, and so when we are traveling down the highway people know who we are, it really brings awareness that’s one of the reasons I think is that it really does bring strong."

The person who raises the most money gets to lead the convoy.

Harold Robinson from Austin’s Courier in Swift Current was the lead truck of the whole convoy in the province. He raised close to $1,700 in pledges.