A celebration hosted by High River's Minor Soccer association to honour Canada's 150th birthday was a chance for one little girl to be in the spotlight as she got  to flip a coin to start the game.

Krista Collins daughter Adele, 3, helped to sing O' Canada with a big group of kids and then tossed a toonie into the air to start the first game of the day.

Collins says the soccer community has been very welcoming of Adele, who has Down Syndrome, so she wrote a Facebook post thanking everyone, then the association asked for Adele to do the coin toss.

"She ended up doing pretty good, it ended up being heads and it bounced off her head so it was perfect," said Collins.

Tony Walker, director of community relations, says the first game was for charity.

One team featured Canadian, Mexican and Latino players squaring off against a team of firefighters, EMTs and local sponsors.

"It is a way to combine bunch of all the cultures into one Canada for an event."

A later game saw the parents and the kids take to the field for a game.

The goal of the event was to raise awareness in High River of the sport.

"We are under-showed in High River. We have 400 kids in our league this year. It was a way to showcase what High River soccer has."

And they wanted to raise some money for a good cause.

"We are giving back to High River Jump Start, and all the money stays here and goes to any sport."

Jump Start helps families who can't afford to put their children in sports pay fees, traveling expenses and for equipment.