18 Thousand Canadians support First-Ever Bell Walk for Kids

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MAY 07 2002 - 09:58 EDT

18 Thousand Canadians support First-Ever Bell Walk for Kids


Most successful Kids Help Phone event ever 

Canadians turned up in the thousands to support a worthy cause --
our kids -- in the first-ever Bell Walk for Kids. More than 20
communities from coast-to-coast participated in walks bringing
together thousands of parents and children, friends and neighbours,
who trekked thousands of kilometres to help Kids Help Phone. It was
the first national event for the charity and the most successful in
its 13-year history. Based on initial estimates, walkers, pledgers
and other supporters helped to raise $1.3 million for Kids Help
Phone to date for this one-day event.

"The success of this first-ever Bell Walk for Kids is thanks to the
sheer dedication of hundreds of volunteers and the positive energy
of thousands of Canadians who walked and made donations on May 5th
to support Kids Help Phone," said Bill Saul, President & CEO, Kids
Help Phone. "The funds we've raised ensure that our professional
counsellors can continue to be there for the approximately 1, 000
Canadian children and families who call us every day," he added.

"Bell Canada is delighted to have been a part of this wonderful day
to benefit Canadian kids," stated John Sheridan, President, Bell
Canada and National Honourary Chair of the Bell Walk for Kids. "It
is truly gratifying to see Canadians answer the call and rally
together, many of whom were our own Bell employees."

Along with Bell Canada, national event sponsors include CTV, The
Globe and Mail, Sympatico.ca, Bank of Montreal, Cossette
Communication-Marketing, Kellogg Canada Inc., Minacs, Nestlé Canada
Inc., Parmalat and Subway. 

The Bell Walk For Kids was held on Sunday, May 5th, 2002 in cities
across

Canada including: 

British Columbia: Victoria, Vancouver, White Rock
Alberta: Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge
Saskatchewan: Regina, Saskatoon
Manitoba: Winnipeg
Ontario: Sarnia, London, Hamilton, Toronto, Kingston, Ottawa
Quebec: Gatineau, Montreal, Quebec City
Nova Scotia: Halifax, Truro
Prince Edward Island: Charlottetown
New Brunswick: St. John
Newfoundland & Labrador: St. John's, Springdale 

About Kids Help Phone
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Kids Help Phone is Canada's only 24-hour, toll-free, bilingual and
anonymous phone counselling, referral and Internet service for
children and youth. Professional counsellors answer approximately
1,000 calls every day from young people who call about a range of
concerns, including relationships, substance abuse, violence and
suicide. For more information please visit
www.kidshelp.sympatico.ca. 

About Bell Canada
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Bell Canada, Canada's national leader for communications in the
Internet world, provides connectivity to residential and business
customers through wired and wireless voice and data communications,
high speed and wireless Internet access, IP-broadband services,
e-business solutions, local and long distance phone and directory
services. Bell Canada is owned by BCE Inc. of Montreal (80%) and by
SBC Communications Inc. of San Antonio, Texas (20%). For more
information please visit www.bell.ca. 

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For further information: Marie-Michèle Nadon, Media Relations, 
Bell Canada, (514) 391-2007, 1-877-391-2007,
marie-michel.nadon@bell.ca; 
Karyn McMahon, Manager, Marketing & Communications, Kids Help
Phone, (416) 581-8974, 
karyn.mcmahon@kidshelp.sympatico.ca 

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