12 August 2004 Saskatchewan CPR Employees Raise Funds to Make a Child's Wish Come True Moose Jaw - Canadian Pacific Railway employees in Saskatchewan have raised $2,557.90 for a provincial charity by recycling water bottles used by the more than 1,000 mechanical, engineering, and operating employees. The donation was presented to the provincial chapter of the Children's Wish Foundation, which is dedicated to working with the community to provide children with high-risk, life threatening illnesses the opportunity to realize their most heartfelt wish.   CPR's Saskatchewan Service Area Manager of Mechanical Services, Jim Woodrow said employees were enthusiastically supporting this important new initiative. "For years the common practice was to use disposable water cups. "Now we simply use recyclable bottles instead," said Woodrow, who noted as the majority of employees work in the field, the railway supplies water as it is a necessity for optimal health and effective performance.   "The Children's Wish Foundation is thrilled Canadian Pacific Railway chose the Foundation as a charity to support," said Carla Loney-Tindall, Chapter Director. "Granting wishes is the most amazing gift we can give to children who are battling the fight of their life. Wishes provide children and their families with hope, happiness, laughter and memories to be cherished forever. We thank each employee who participated in the recycling program - you are special wish makers."   Since April 2004, about 25,500 plastic bottles were collected at CPR employee locations in Moose Jaw, Regina, Swift Current, Broadview, Wilkie, Wynyard, Bredenbury, Sutherland and North Portal at the Canada-U.S. border. Each bottle returned for recycling generated ten cents.   "We have a commitment to be a positive contributor to the community we live and work in. This recycling project gives our employees a chance to care for the environment and help others," said Field Operations' Service Area Manager, Scott Sutherland, who was joined by Woodrow and local health and safety committee co-chairpersons in a special presentation in Moose Jaw.   Sutherland indicated that with the recycling program in place for Saskatchewan CPR employees, the goal is to raise money for selected charities on an ongoing basis.