MONCTON, NB, Nov. 17, 2017 /CNW/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI)
announced today that the thirteenth edition of the CN Canadiens
Alumni Challenge will be held on Nov. 18,
2017, at the Jean-Louis-Lévesque Arena of Moncton University in Moncton. Since 2002, the CN Employees' and
Pensioners' Community Fund has raised $3.2
million for charity through this event.
A team of CN employees will face off against a team of former
Montreal Canadiens players coached by Guy
Lapointe and composed of Guy
Carbonneau, Gilbert Delorme,
Marc-André Bergeron and Stéphane Richer. All proceeds from
this friendly match will be donated to charitable organizations
supported by the CN Community Fund committed to supporting and
protecting children such as the University of Moncton and the CHU-Dumont Foundation.
Date:
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Saturday, Nov. 18,
2017
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Time:
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11:30 a.m.: Doors
open
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12.00 p.m.: VIP
skating
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2.00 p.m.: Start of
game
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Place :
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Arena
Jean-Louis-Lévesque
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450 Université
Avenue, Moncton
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Cost:
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Game: $10
for General Admission, free for children 12 years old or
younger
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VIP Skating and Game:
$50
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Tickets will be on sale at the doors.
For more information about the event, visit CN Canadiens Alumni
Challenge.
About the CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community
Fund
CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund
celebrates 50 years of giving and is run by CN employees and
pensioners acting on behalf of their colleagues and peers. Thanks
to the generosity of CN employees and pensioners and the diligence
of its many volunteers over the years, our Fund is one of the
largest and most successful of its kind in Canada. The Fund is
a non-profit organization that organizes fundraising activities and
annual campaigns in support of various Canadian charities.
Over the past ten years, the Fund has raised more than C$14.7 million in support of a range of
non-profit organizations to help the less fortunate.
About CN
CN is a true backbone of the economy whose
team of approximately 23,000 railroaders transports more than
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 of approximately 20,000 route-miles spanning Canada and mid-America. CN – Canadian National
Railway Company, along with its operating railway subsidiaries –
serves the cities and ports of Vancouver, Prince
Rupert, B.C., Montreal,
Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the metropolitan areas of
Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Chicago, Memphis, Detroit, Duluth,
Minn./Superior, Wis., and
Jackson, Miss., with connections
to all points in North America.
For more information about CN, visit the Company's website at
www.cn.ca.
SOURCE CN