VANOC to announce Vancouver 2010 Olympic Truce Northern Outreach Project on
Monday, January 4 at CFB Winnipeg

WINNIPEG , Dec. 30 /CNW/ - The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) will hold a news conference in Winnipeg , MB, on Monday, January 4 to unveil the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Truce Northern Outreach Project. The project, the latest initiative in VANOC's Olympic Truce Program, will deliver Olympic Spirit Boxes filled with donated sporting goods for young athletes in some of Canada's most remote communities.

The sporting equipment has been donated by Nike, the official high performance sporting goods manufacturer for the 2010 Winter Games, while the National Hockey League's Vancouver Canucks, Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames have provided hockey sticks.

    
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The media will have an opportunity to view the loading of the last of the Olympic Spirit Boxes onto a Canadian Forces' CC-130 Hercules transport aircraft at Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg . The plane will depart shortly after the news conference to start the delivery of the donated sporting goods, which will take place from January 4 to January 10 .

    
    When:
    Monday, January 4, 2010
    9:00 am CST
    Media are asked to arrive no later than 8:25 am to check in. Media must
    register in advance to attend the news conference. Please see details
    below.

    Where:
    10 Hangar
    Wihuri (west) gate of 17 Wing - Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg
    Located on west side of Winnipeg International Airport
    900 Wihuri (Whytewold) Road
    Winnipeg, MB

    Who:
    John Furlong, VANOC CEO
    Sam McCracken, general manager of Nike's Native Initiative in North
    America
    Brig.-Gen. David Millar, commander of Joint Task Force North
    Col. J.P.Y. Boilard, 17 Wing commander, CFB Winnipeg
    Kate White, executive director of United Nations Association of Canada
    (UNAC)
    Sharon Firth, four-time Olympian in cross-country skiing
    Blythe Hartley, Olympic bronze medallist and world champion in diving
    

Please note: Media must register in advance to attend the news conference. For security purposes, please provide the name(s) and contact information of all personnel attending this event no later than 9:00 am CST on January 3, 2010 by e-mailing: [email protected]. Media must show photo ID and credentials to gain access.

For further information: Media Contacts: VANOC Communications, [phone], [email protected]; Jennifer Taylor, public affairs adviser, Joint Task Force North, Tel: [phone] (ext. 6922), Cell: 1-867-444-9228, E-mail: [email protected]