Media advisory - Extreme Endurance Bike Ride Ends at Montreal Children's Hospital

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MONTREAL, Aug. 10, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ - 25 riders arrive in Montreal tomorrow after completing a grueling 3-day 576 kilometre trip from Toronto as part of the CIBC 401 Bike Challenge, an initiative of the Piccoli family. Riders raised $175,000 for young cancer patients on Sarah's Floor at the Montreal Children's Hospital.

WHAT:	CIBC 401 Bike Challenge
WHO:	Gene Piccoli, Vice-President, Investment Advisor, CIBC Wood Gundy and founder CIBC 401 Bike Challenge
WHEN:	Friday, August 11, 2017 2 :30 p.m. (EST)
WHERE:	Montreal Children's Hospital P.K. Subban Atrium (S1) 1001, boulevard Décarie Montréal, QC, H4A 3J1

ABOUT THE MONTREAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
The mission of the Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation is to support excellence in patient care, teaching, and research at the Montreal Children's Hospital, the pediatric teaching hospital for McGill University's Faculty of Medicine. Since its inception in 1973, the Foundation has raised over $340 million, which has transformed the lives of sick children through innovative research and teaching projects, and cutting-edge care. The Foundation's Best Care for Children campaign raised $105 million to help build the new Montreal Children's Hospital on the Glen site. For more information, please visit childrenfoundation.com.

SOURCE The Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation

Kim Fraser, VP Communications, Marketing and Stewardship, Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation, 514-934-4846, ou [email protected]

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