FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: November 9, 2004
MEDIA CONTACT: Jennifer Hayes, Tourism Coordinator
TEL: 604-469-4693
E-MAIL: jennifer.hayes@cityofportmoody.com
PORT MOODY - The annual CP Rail Holiday Train will pull into Port Moody on Sunday, December 19 at 7:30p.m., spreading holiday cheer and supporting local food banks. A host of Canadian musicians traveling on the train, including The Moffats, will perform for spectators while hot apple cider, hot chocolate and other goodies will be available. A visit from Santa will top off this fun filled family evening.
The Holiday Train will embark on its two-week, cross-Canada journey on December 5 from St. Therese, Quebec and finish right here in Port Moody, B.C. on December 19. The event will take place at the new Queens Street Plaza, located at Clarke Street in historic Moody Centre.
This is the sixth year that CPR's Holiday Train will be taking to the rails for local food banks, where its message of hope and community support continues to grow each year. Two freight trains, each illuminated by thousands of festive lights, will visit more than 50 Canadian communities and over 25 American locations, staging special events to raise money and support for the thousands of Canadians and Americans forced to turn to food banks. Since its launch in 1999, the Holiday Train program has raised close to 213 tons of food and over $1.5 million for North American food banks. CPR also will make cash donations to local food banks in addition to the food and money collected along the way. All donations collected in a community remain in that community for distribution.
People are asked to bring a non-perishable food item or cash donation for the food bank.
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