Canadian icons hit the trading floor to help raise funds for
local kids
MONTREAL, Dec. 5, 2016 /CNW/ - CIBC (TSX: CM)
(NYSE: CM) invites media to join former Ultimate Fighting
Championship (UFC) world champion Georges
St-Pierre as he helps make miracles happen for kids-in-need
at the 32nd CIBC Miracle Day.
Last year CIBC Miracle Day raised more than $6 million globally for over 550 children's
charities. All money raised in Montreal stays in the community and helps
support local children's charities.
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WHEN:
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Wednesday, Dec. 7,
2016, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. EST
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WHO:
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Celebrities:
Georges St-Pierre
(GSP), Canadian professional mixed martial artist and former
UFC world champion
Paul Doucet,
Actor and spokesperson for The Fondation Centre de cancérologie
Charles-Bruneau
Trevor
Williams, Former Canadian National Men's Basketball player,
Founder of the Trevor Williams Basketball Academy/ Trevor Williams
Kids Foundation
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Charities:
The Georges St-Pierre
Foundation
Fondation Centre de
cancérologie Charles-Bruneau
Cystic Fibrosis
Quebec
Trevor Williams Kids
Foundation
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WHERE:
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600 de Maisonneuve
Ouest, 31st Floor, Montréal
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Photo
opportunities:
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- GSP and other celebrities
locking in trades via client calls on the trading floor
- Celebrities interacting with
kids
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Join the #CIBCMiracleDay conversation on Twitter @CIBC and
Facebook (www.facebook.com/CIBC) or follow on Instagram
@CIBCNow.
About CIBC Miracle Day
CIBC Miracle Day is the annual flagship fundraising event for
the CIBC Children's Foundation. On CIBC Miracle Day, CIBC's Capital
Markets employees and CIBC Wood Gundy Investment Advisors donate
their fees and commissions to organizations that support kids in
our communities. Through the efforts of employees and clients
$5.2 million was raised in 2015, for
a total of more than $85 million
donated to hundreds of children's charities across Canada since 1984. To learn more, visit
www.cibc.com/miracleday.
About CIBC
CIBC is a leading Canadian-based global financial institution
with 11 million personal banking and business clients. Through our
three major business units - Retail and Business Banking, Wealth
Management and Capital Markets - CIBC offers a full range of
products and services through its comprehensive electronic banking
network, branches and offices across Canada with offices
in the United States and around the world. Ongoing news
releases and more information about CIBC can be found
at www.cibc.com/ca/media-centre/ or by following on
LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/company/cibc), Twitter @CIBC,
Facebook (www.facebook.com/CIBC) and Instagram @CIBCNow.
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