Media notice - Invitation - 259,200 pedal turns over 48 hours to help
Québec's sick children - This weekend: A 48-HOUR RIDE to benefit the
Make-A-Wish Québec Foundation!

MONTREAL , Sept. 17 /CNW Telbec/ - Mr. Steve Aikins , Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Make-A-Wish Québec Foundation, Mrs. Jocelyne Vautour , Executive Director, and the members of the organizing committee are pleased to invite media representatives and all those concerned by the plight of Québec's children with life-threatening medical conditions to the start of the 48-HOUR RIDE, the Foundation's main fundraising campaign.

The first pedal turns will occur Friday, September 18 , at noon, with the participation of the 40 teams of six cyclists each and the hundreds of friends on hand to encourage these brave cyclists and support Québec children with life-threatening conditions whose courage can only inspire us all to surpass ourselves.

For a third consecutive year, it is on the Gilles-Villeneuve Circuit of Jean-Drapeau Park, in parking area P4 near the paddocks, that our 240 cyclists await you.

The ceremony to kick off this unique event will be hosted by well-known imitator and master of ceremonies Mr. Nicolas Landré.

    
    What:     The 48-HOUR RIDE by the Make-A-Wish Québec Foundation

    Where:    Gilles-Villeneuve Circuit, Jean-Drapeau Park, parking P4

    When:     Friday, September 18, 2009

    Hour:     11:30 a.m.

    Who:      Make-A-Wish Québec Foundation

              We hope to have you among us, this is our wish!
    

For further information: Fabrice O. Giguère, PGPR/relations publiques, PR, [phone], ext. 26, Cell: [phone], [email protected]