MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY - Mayor Tory to welcome participants and kick-off 5th Annual RBC Race for the Kids

TORONTO, Sept. 13, 2017 /CNW/ - Over  9,000 Torontonians are expected to come out and support the 5^th Annual RBC Race for the Kids Toronto on  Saturday, September 16 at Mel Lastman Square. Funds raised at the event will support Sunnybrook's Family Navigation Project, a unique program that helps youth struggling with mental health and/or addiction by partnering them with professionals that guide them to the specialized care they need.

WHEN:	Saturday, September 16, 2017
	7:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
WHERE:	Mel Lastman Square
	5100 Yonge Street
	Toronto, ON

Photo/interview opportunities include:

Time	What	Who
8:35 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.	Photo Op: 5 km start Interviews to follow	Mayor John Tory Dave McKay, President and CEO, RBC RBC Olympians Jason Burnett (trampoline gymnast), Samuel Effah (100m and 200m sprinter), Pierce Lepage (decathelon), Kevin Rempel (Bronze medal in sledge hockey) and Sarah Wells (400m hurdles) Patti Shugart, Managing Director and Head, Corporate Banking & Global Credit, RBC Capital Markets and Executive Champion, RBC Race for the Kids Toronto Dr. Andy Smith, President and CEO, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Dr. Anthony Levitt, Medical Director, Family Navigation Project and Chief, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Tracey Addison, Parent Advocate with Lived Experience, Family Navigation Project, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
8:45 a.m.	Photo Op:	5,000 participants at the 5 km starting line
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.	Photo Op:	RBC executives, RBC Olympians, and Sunnybrook senior leadership handing out medals at the finish line
9:45 a.m.	Photo Op:	RBC Olympians playing with kids in the Nickelodeon Kid Zone

SOURCE Sunnybrook Foundation

or to confirm attendance/interviews, please contact: Nadia Radovini, Communications Advisor, Sunnybrook, 416-480-4040 (647-204-3254 on event day), [email protected]; Megan Sampson, Pomp & Circumstance, 416-997-9797 (289-795-7761 on event day), [email protected]; Michelle Yao, Senior Manager, Brand Communications, RBC, [phone], [email protected]