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Esso Retailers Begin Sunshine Campaign to Raise Funds for BC Children's Hospital

Esso Retailers Begin Sunshine Campaign to Raise Funds for BC Children's Hospital

Published 04-05-07

Submitted by Imperial Oil LTD

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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