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4.05.2007 - 03:15pm ET
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Esso Retailers Begin Sunshine Campaign to Raise Funds for BC Children's Hospital
(CSRwire) April 4, 2007 - Starting Sunday, 65 Esso retailers across the Lower
Mainland and Victoria will sell Sunshine Icons in hopes of raising $50,000
for the 20th annual BC Children’s Hospital Miracle Weekend.
"e 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 Sunshine Icon 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 2007 HSBC
Childrun.
Esso is a gold sponsor of the 22nd annual HSBC Childrun, taking place on
June 3, 2007 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 officer 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."
Sunshine Icons 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 Children's Hospital to
support the purchase of life-saving equipment, research into the
treatment, prevention and cures of childhood diseases, recruitment and
educational programs for caregivers and programs in communities throughout
the province. Children’s Hospital is British Columbia’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
With a goal to being an active member of the community and to building a
life-long learning system in Canada that ranks among the best in the
world, Imperial Oil Limited has been contributing to communities across
Canada for the past 126 years. Imperial Oil contributed more than $12
million to enhance the well-being of communities across Canada in 2006,
building on a tradition of corporate giving that began with the company's
inception in 1880.
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