Invitation - 3rd Tournée de l'espoir - À moto pour Monique et Sophie Thibault - Ride for Multiple Sclerosis

MONTREAL, May 29, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Make it a date! The Quebec Division of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada is hosting the 3^rd Tournée de l'espoir - À moto pour Monique et Sophie Thibault on Saturday, June 1^st. Over 110 participants will ride 243 km through Quebec's most beautiful scenery to raise funds for multiple sclerosis research and to provide services for people with the disease and their families.

The day's agenda, below, also provides interview opportunities with Sophie Thibault, spokesperson and honorary chair of the event.

Saturday, June 1, 2013
6:30 to 7:40 a.m.	Moto Internationale boutique in Montreal - Interview opportunity with Sophie Thibault
8 a.m.	Official start (in groups of 10 motorcyclists, every 5 minutes)
8 to 9:15 a.m.	Ride
9:15 to 9:45 a.m.	Break at Fromagerie Fritz-Kaiser cheese factory in Noyan
9:45 to 10:30 a.m.	Ride
10:30 to 11 a.m.	Break at the Community Centre in Saint-Armand
11 a.m. to noon	Ride
noon	Lunch (with speeches) at the Hotel Horizon in Sutton
Around 12:50 p.m.	Announcement of the amount raised - Interview opportunity with Sophie Thibault
1:30 to 3:30 p.m.	Ride
3:10 p.m.	Arrival in Orford - Interview opportunity with Sophie Thibault
Who will be there?	Sophie Thibault and Colette Provencher with Éric Ménard, Franco Nuovo and Robert Poëti.
Where to go?	Montreal: Moto Internationale boutique, 6695 Saint-Jacques Street West, Montreal, H7E 2T7
	Sutton: Hotel Horizon, 297 Maple Road, Sutton, J0E 2K0
	Orford: Manoir des Sables, 90 Avenue des Jardins, Orford, J1X 6M6

 

SOURCE: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY OF CANADA

Jeanne Sanchez-Bradley, Communications Coordinator
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, Quebec Division
514 849-7591, extension 2245, 1 800 268-7582 (toll-free in Quebec)
Cell phone: [phone] (the day of the event)
[email protected]