AHL Toronto Marlies

Coins for Cancer Drive 2005 Launch

March 4, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Toronto Marlies News Release


The St. John's Maple Leafs and RealTime Cancer are please to announce that they will be bring the 5th annual Coins for Cancer Drive 2005 to Mile One Stadium starting this evening when the Maple Leafs take on the Hershey Bears.

Coins for Cancer is a 31-day drive that runs until Monday, March 28, 2005. The Coins Drive is all about distributing yellow and blue ribbons (symbolic of hope and faith), creating a mountain of coin, and sharing a positive attitude message with a variety of school, community and business groups.

"Coins for Cancer communicates the messages of Hope and Positive Attitude and supports RealTime Cancer's mission," notes Geoff. "We are continuing to build our online community of young people dealing with cancer through the RTC Portal and all funds raised in this year's Coins drive will support the growth of our on-line community and the expansion of our provincial school program."

This year, more people than ever have the opportunity to participate as RealTime Cancer Ribbons are at the following locations across Newfoundland and Labrador: A&W, Scotiabank, BMO Bank of Montreal, CIBC, RBC Royal Bank, The Extreme Pita, Needs convenience stores, Pipers, and selected credit unions.

About the organization:

RealTime Cancer was established in 2000, and is the first and only Canadian cancer charity focused on educating and supporting young people dealing with cancer. RealTime Cancer's vision is to be the #1 cancer resource for young Canadians when they are looking for inspiration, non-medical information and support.

The St. John's Maple Leafs host the Grand Rapids Griffins tonight & Wednesday. Game times are 7:35pm and will be broadcast live on Radio NL (930AM), www.sjmapleleafs.ca and Rogers Television.

Season Tickets, Flexpacs, Group Sales and Single game tickets are currently on sale and may be purchased by visiting or calling the Mile One Stadium box office (709) 576-7657, 1-800-361-4595 or online at www.admission.com. Box office hours are Monday thru Saturday, 9am – 5pm and Sunday 12noon - 5pm.

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