9 November 2005
CPR Confirms Golden Stop for Holiday Train
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Santa says: "Ho ho ho - Golden's kids will be excited to
see me roll into town."
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Golden - The CPR Holiday Train, North America's largest food bank fundraiser, will again
bring its spirit of giving and its holiday season magic to more than 100 communities in Canada and the United States.
Two brightly decorated Holiday Trains - one in Canada, the other in the U.S. Northeast and Midwest - will again be collecting food and
money, as well as raising awareness for local food banks.
All donations collected in a community remain in that community for distribution. This year, both Holiday Trains will glow even more
than previous years, as each train will be decorated with hundreds of thousands of LED Christmas lights to help shine an even brighter
focus on this important initiative. "Hunger knows no boundaries or borders, which is why Canadian Pacific Railway considers the
Holiday Train such an important initiative to help food banks across both Canada and the United States as they work hard to try to
satisfy increasing demands in their own communities", said CPR President and CEO, Rob Ritchie. "The Canadian and U.S. Holiday
Trains clearly demonstrate how hunger is a concern in both countries and in every community - large and small."
In Canada, the Holiday Train will kick off its cross-country journey on Friday, 2 Dec 2005 from Beaconsfield,
Quebec, near Montreal.
Over the next two weeks, the train will stop at more than 60 cities and towns in six provinces, wrapping up the excursion in Port
Moody, British Columbia on Saturday, 17 Dec 2005. Since its launch in 1999, the Holiday Train program has collected close
to 378 tons of food and taken in more than $1.9 million CDN for North American food banks. In 2004, 165 tons of food were collected
and $375,000 CDN was donated by concerned Canadians and Americans. CPR also makes cash donations to local food banks in addition to
the food and money collected along the way.
Golden stop: Wednesday, 14 Dec 2005, 5:30 p.m., across from 7-Eleven Store, 10th Ave.
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