24 October 2006
Holiday Train Rolls In
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The CPR Holiday Train will be in Cambridge on
5 Dec 2006 at 5:45 p.m. at the former Galt Station, 10 Malcolm St.
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Cambridge Ontario - The Canadian Pacific Railway Holiday
Train is set to raise money, food, and awareness for food banks.
For more than 100 communities in Canada and the United States, the spirit of giving to local food banks will again be front and centre
with the CPR Holiday Train Program - North America's largest rolling fundraiser.
Two brightly decorated holiday trains will be collecting food and money, as well as raising awareness in the fight against hunger.
Across Canada, more than 70 towns, villages, and cities in six provinces will experience the holiday train spirit - starting in Quebec
on 1 Dec 2006 and ending in British Columbia on 19 Dec 2006.
The CPR Holiday Train will be in Cambridge on 5 Dec 2006 at 5:45 p.m. at the former Galt Station, 10 Malcolm St.
This is the eighth year the CPR's Holiday Train will be taking to the rails for local food banks, with its message of hope and community
support.
Since 1999, the Holiday Train program has raised more than $2.4 million and close to 1.3 million pounds of food for North American food
banks. In 2005, more than $500,000 and 454,022 pounds of food were raised by concerned Canadians and Americans. All donations collected
in a community remain in that community for local distribution.
This year, there is a user-friendly and interactive website and the release of a special CD-DVD featuring
songs and video of the train.
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