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Tourism, Culture and Recreation November 8, 2007 The following is being distributed at the request of Sport Newfoundland and Labrador: Meet St. John�s and Mount Pearl�s Very
Own Special Olympics Athletes Local Special Olympics athletes will visit STAPLES Business Depot stores in St. John�s and Mount Pearl to help support the company's eighth annual Give a Dollar. Share a Dream fundraising campaign. Athletes from the Team Newfoundland and Labrador Floor Hockey team will be at both locations from 1:00 � 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 10. Eddie Furlong and Mark Peddle will be at the St. John�s location, while Andrew Ash, Travis Sceviour, Davis Wells and Andrew Hynes will be at the Mount Pearl location. These athletes will be representing Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2008 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games in Quebec City. The Give a Dollar. Share a Dream campaign is conducted annually at all STAPLES Business Depot and Bureau en Gros store locations across Canada. Money raised through the annual fundraising campaign helps support Special Olympics athletes from communities across Canada. This year�s campaign runs from Thursday (November 1) to Saturday (November 17). Upon checkout, customers will be asked to add a donation to their purchase to help contribute to the fundraiser. This is the eighth year that STAPLES Business Depot/Bureau en Gros has run this program. "Our customers have given so generously over the past seven years of the campaign," said store general managers, Bob Brown and Sean Hanlon. "Last year�s campaign raised an incredible $527,202 for Special Olympics Canada, and with the help of all our customers we look forward to raising even more money this year." About Special Olympics Newfoundland and Labrador Special Olympics Canada is dedicated to enriching the lives of Canadians with an intellectual disability through sport. It is a national not-for-profit grassroots organization that provides sport training and competition opportunities for over 31,000 athletes of all ages and abilities. More than 13,000 certified volunteer coaches are currently involved with Special Olympics programs every day in virtually every community nationwide. For more information, please checkout the Web site at www.specialolympics.ca STAPLES Business Depot Founded in Toronto in 1991, The Business Depot Ltd. is Canada's largest supplier of office supplies, business machines, office furniture and business services for the small business and home office customer. The company is an everyday low price retailer, operating stores in every province across Canada under the banners STAPLES� Business Depot� and Bureau en GrosMC. The company employs over 13,500 associates serving customers through more than 280 office superstores, catalogue, and e-commerce. More information is available at www.staples.ca .-30- Media contacts:
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