Media Advisory - Prostate Cancer Canada celebrates local Cape Breton hero

Wake Up Call Breakfast shines a spotlight on distinguished individuals in the fight against prostate cancer

CAPE BRETON, NS, Sept. 12, 2012 /CNW/ - Please join Prostate Cancer Canada and members of the Cape Breton community as we celebrate a local hero who has made an extraordinary contribution in the fight against prostate cancer through courage, inspiration and dedication.

Vince Maclean will be honoured on September 13 at the first-ever Wake Up Call Breakfast in Cape Breton. Maclean is the former Nova Scotia Liberal party leader and former mayor of Sydney. In addition, local Nova Scotia business icon Jim Kehoe O.N.S. will be this year's keynote speaker. He is also a prostate cancer survivor.

Prostate Cancer Canada is pleased to donate a portion of the event's proceeds to the Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation. These proceeds will directly benefit men in Cape Breton.

The Wake Up Call Breakfast is the only Canada-wide business breakfast series dedicated to the fight against prostate cancer. Over the past decade the event has attracted more than 18,000 business professionals and raised nearly $2.3 million for prostate cancer research, awareness, support and advocacy.

Media are invited to attend the event and hear first-hand the remarkable and inspirational stories of these local survivors.

What:	Wake Up Call Breakfast
Who:	Vince MacLean, Local Hero Jim Kehoe, O.N.S, Survivor Story Cecil Clarke, Committee Chair, Cape Breton, Wake Up Call Breakfast Peter Mallette, Atlantic Executive Director, Prostate Cancer Canada,
When:	Thursday, September 13, 2012
Time:	7 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
Where:	Membertou Trade and Convention Centre: 50 Maillard St., Membertou, NS B1S 3W4

For additional information on the Wake Up Call Breakfast, visit prostatecancer.ca/wakeupcall.

About Prostate Cancer Canada
Prostate Cancer Canada raises funds for the development of programs related to awareness and public education, advocacy, support of those affected, and research into the prevention, detection, treatment and cure of prostate cancer.  For more information visit prostatecancer.ca.

SOURCE: Prostate Cancer Canada

Peter Mallette
Prostate Cancer Canada Atlantic
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Caroline De Silva
Argyle Communications
[phone] ext. 231
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