This year's results bring eight-year total to nearly
$11 million raised through the CN
Miracle Match program
EDMONTON,
Aug. 25, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - CN (TSX:
CNR) (NYSE: CNI) announced today that the CN Canadian Women's Open,
held at the Royal Mayfair Golf Club in Edmonton, Alta., raised $2.7 million for the Stollery Children's Hospital
Foundation through the CN Miracle Match program. The program was
created in 2006 to raise funds for children's hospitals by matching
funds raised through various initiatives connected with the
Open.
"Mission accomplished," said Claude Mongeau, CN president and
chief executive officer.
"The people of the Capital Region and from all over Alberta have every reason to be proud as they
have shown tremendous support for the CN Miracle Match program and
I want to thank them on behalf of CN for their generosity. We are
very proud to leave a long-lasting legacy to the Stollery
Children's Hospital Foundation that will benefit many children and
their families in Edmonton, across
the province, and beyond."
"What the people of Alberta and
Western Canada have accomplished
through their generous support, and that of CN's matching program,
will ensure that the sickest kids benefit from much-needed critical
care expansion, and enhancing the Hospital's already excellent
transport program," says an appreciative Mike House, President and CEO, Stollery
Children's Hospital Foundation. "We can only do what we do with the
public's support and the generosity of fantastic community-minded
organizations like CN."
Nearly $11 million worth of
miracles
With this year's results, CN has helped to raise almost
$11 million for children's health
since the CN Miracle Match was launched at the inaugural CN
Canadian Women's Open in London,
Ont., in 2006.
CN announced earlier this year that it is relinquishing its
title sponsorship of the Canadian Women's Open after the 2013
season, while continuing its title sponsorship of CN Future Links -
Canada's national junior golf
program - and increasing its support of grassroots junior golf
across Canada. But the Miracle
Match will live on. The next instalment of this great story will be
presented at a later date.
CN is very proud of its role as a backbone of the North American
economy. And the CN Miracle Match partnership over the course of
the CN Canadian Women's Open has given CN an opportunity to act as
a backbone to children's health initiatives, enabling children's
hospitals across Canada to
purchase needed equipment, to expand their programs and facilities
and to continue to make the most fundamental contribution
imaginable to families and communities - addressing the health
needs of our sickest children.
ABOUT THE STOLLERY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
The Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation is dedicated to funding
excellence at the Stollery. Excellence comes in many forms:
specialized equipment; sub-specialty medical education to attract,
retain and train the best and brightest medical minds; research
that paves the way to the discovery of new treatments and cures for
child health issues; and specialized programs that improve patient
and family outcomes. Donations also benefit the Stollery's neonatal
and pediatric emergency transport teams that provide critical care
to rural and remote communities throughout western and northern
Canada.
ABOUT CN
CN is a true backbone of the economy, transporting approximately
C$250 billion worth of goods annually
for a wide range of business sectors, ranging from resource
products to manufactured products to consumer goods, across a rail
network spanning Canada and
mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the
Gulf of Mexico. CN - Canadian
National Railway Company, along with its operating railway
subsidiaries -- serves the ports of Vancouver, Prince
Rupert, B.C., Montreal,
Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the metropolitan areas of
Toronto, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth,
Minn./Superior, Wis.,
Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points
in North America. For more
information on CN, visit the company's website at www.cn.ca.
ABOUT GOLF CANADA - LOVE THE
GAME. GROW THE GAME.
Golf Canada is the governing body
of golf in Canada, representing
more than 340,000 members at almost 1,500 clubs across the country.
Recognized by Sport Canada as the National Sports Organization
(NSO) for golf in Canada, Golf
Canada is responsible for promoting participation in and a passion
for the game of golf in Canada.
For more information about what Golf Canada is doing to support
golf in your community, visit us online at www.golfcanada.ca.
SOURCE CN