Media Advisory/Interview and Photo Opportunities-BMO Sponsors Cycle for Sight: 140 Kilometre Ride to Support Sight Saving Research
(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 06/14/12 -- More than 200 cyclists, including as many as 30 blind and partially sighted cyclists, will gather at York University on Saturday June 23, to begin a 140km bicycle trek called . The event, voted the Best Cycling Event in Eastern Canada last year by Get Out There magazine, is a one-day fundraiser supporting the (FFB) -- Canada's leading charity funding research to end blindness.
Media are invited to attend and interview participants, who include:
World Champion Paralympic Rower , who is blind and will represent Canada at the 2012 Paralympics in London this summer, will be at the start line -- providing opening remarks to inspire cyclists along their lengthy ride.
Sponsored by , Cycle for Sight has raised over $1 million since it launched in 2009 to fund innovative eye research. FFB's mission is to find the causes, treatments, and, ultimately, cures for retinal degenerative eye diseases like retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration, which affect more than 1 million Canadians.
BMO employee Michael Ovens is a co-founder and top fund raiser for the event. "Going blind is a scary prognosis and really difficult to talk about, even with friends and family," said Michael Ovens. "Being part of this ride gives me the courage to share the daily struggles I face because of my vision loss. It's great to have my colleagues along with my friends and family supporting the cause -- either through their pledges or by riding with me on Team BMO."
BMO has been a corporate sponsor of the event since it launched in 2009. A Cycle for Sight event has also been held in Ottawa since 2010. The 2012 Ottawa fund raising ride was held on June 3 and raised $47,000, a 25 per cent increase from 2011. The Toronto ride aims to raise $300,000, a 50 per cent increase from last year.
See and to get a sense of the photo and video opportunities available at the upcoming event.
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BMO Financial Group
Carol Greene, Toronto
(416) 867-3996
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The Foundation Fighting Blindness
Karen Sung
(416) 360-4200 ext 225
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Datum: 14.06.2012 - 10:00 Uhr
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