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Esso retailers begin Miracle Balloons campaign to raise funds for BC
Children’s Hospital
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March 31, 2006
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Starting tomorrow, 65 Esso retailers across the Lower Mainland and Victoria
are selling Miracle Balloons in hopes of raising $25,000 for the 19th annual
BC Children’s Hospital Miracle Weekend.
"We are proud
to support the BC Children’s Hospital," says Joe Calderone, Retail Sales
Manager, Imperial Oil Limited. "It provides vital health services to the
children of British Columbia and the Yukon."
In addition
to the Miracle Balloon sales, Esso retailers in conjunction with the Esso
Community Fund are donating $35,000 to sponsor various BC Children’s Hospital
Foundation community events such as the 2006 HSBC Childrun.
Esso is a gold sponsor of the 21st annual HSBC Childrun, taking place June 4,
2006 to raise funds for childhood cancer research. This year approximately
4,000 people are expected to run or walk a 1km or 5km route. The race has
raised over $2 million since 1985.
"We’re delighted to have
Esso join us in our mission to help sick children get better," says Sue
Carruthers, president and chief executive office of BC Children’s Hospital
Foundation. "By raising awareness of Childrun and raising money for BC
Children’s Hospital, Esso retailers are demonstrating their commitment to BC’s
children and communities."
Miracle Balloons are on sale
for $2 each for the entire month of April at participating Esso-branded retail
stations and On the Run stores in the Lower Mainland and Victoria.
Donations to the Miracle Weekend go directly to the Children’s Hospital to
support the purchase of life-saving equipment, research into the treatment,
prevention and cure of childhood disease, recruitment and educational programs
for caregivers and programs in communities throughout the province. Children’s
Hospital is the province’s only full-service pediatric acute care hospital and
serves the more than one million children living in BC and the Yukon.
About Imperial Oil
Imperial Oil has been a proud part of
Canada for 126 years, contributing to communities from coast to coast since
its inception in 1880. That tradition of giving continues today and in 2005,
Imperial contributed more than $12.0 million to 500 organizations across
Canada with an emphasis on youth, education and important community services.
About Children’s Miracle Network
Children’s Miracle
Network is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping kids by raising
funds for 170 hospitals across North America. Through its year-round efforts,
Children’s Miracle Network has raised more than $200 million since its
inception for the 14 children’s hospitals in Canada.
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