Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation to launch One Million Kilometres, one
million dollars on September 25 at Parc Mont-Royal with Olympic medalists
Alexandre Bilodeau and Jennifer Heil

MONTREAL, Sept. 24 /CNW Telbec/ - To launch One million kilometres, one million dollars, a year-long initiative sponsored by Club Athlétique Mansfield, to promote health and raise funds, The Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation will be staging a flash mob style event to take place September 25 at 3:00pm at Parc Mont-Royal. The event will be filmed for a video to be produced by the directors of the UQAM "I Gotta Feeling" viral video, and will be posted on YouTube.

Olympic medalists Alexandre Bilodeau and Jennifer Heil will be on hand to participate and motivate the crowd to be healthier, to do more, and to push themselves harder in the spirit of the countless children who have been helped by the Hospital since its founding in 1904.

Invitations for the event are being distributed via Twitter and Facebook and it is open to everyone. Hundreds of people are expected to attend to be part of this video and to help launch the project. Funds from One million kilometres, one million dollars will go towards building the Family Resource Centre at the new Children's hospital.

For more information, visit www.1millionkm.com

About the Hospital and its Foundation:

The Montreal Children's Hospital is a tertiary care pediatric teaching hospital affiliated with McGill University. It is also the only pediatric facility serving the McGill Réseau Universitaire Intégré Santé (RUIS). Over the years, the hospital has become known for its wealth of experience in various fields, particularly cardiology and cardiac surgery, trauma care, neurology and neurosurgery, developmental pediatrics and mental health.

The mission of The Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation is to support excellence in care at the Montreal Children's Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre. This objective is attained by contributing to the advancement of teaching and research, and by purchasing cutting-edge medical equipment.

For further information:

Marie-Josée Gariépy, [phone] or [email protected]