OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 25, 2010) - The Forzani Group, Ltd.(TSX:FGL), a founding ten-year partner of the Canada Games and Canada's largest national retailer of sporting goods, has extended its support of the Canada Games to include fundraising efforts as part of a Canada Day promotion with its corporate and franchise locations across Canada.
From July 1 to July 4, donate $2 to support the Canada Games at any corporate Sport Chek, Sport Mart, Atmosphere, Hockey Experts or Athlete's World store and receive $5 off your next purchase. In Quebec, franchise Sports Experts, Atmosphere and Hockey Experts locations will match your donation when you donate $2 in support of the Canada Games.
"Every dollar that is raised through the promotion will go directly to help fund the Canada Games Movement," says Sue Hylland, President and CEO of the Canada Games Council. "The Canada Games is very fortunate to be able to partner with such a respected company as The Forzani Group. These dollars will help fund initiatives that will promote athlete development and grow physical activity amongst youth."
First held in 1967, Canada's largest multi-sport Games for developing athletes hold a key for the next generation of national, international and Olympic champions. Sidney Crosby, Hayley Wickenheiser, Catriona LeMay Doan, Steve Nash, Alexandre Despatie and 90,000 other Canada Games alumni speak regularly to the impact the Canada Games had on their lives. Canada Games alumni achieved great success at the recent 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, contributing 16 of the 26 medals Canada won, representing 61 percent of Canada's medal haul in Vancouver.
The Canada Games are a unique Canadian multi sport event that provides our athletes with the opportunity to compete in a first class competitive event that will help to develop their skills for future Olympic Games and world championships. '"With our fundraising initiative we are encouraging all Canadians to become sport ambassadors to support the games and our amateur athletes as we celebrate Canada's birthday week. We can all help our youth to follow their dreams in sport and to lead a healthy lifestyle," said Tom Quinn, President and COO of The Forzani Group, Ltd.
For more information on this promotion, check out the Canada Games website at www.canadagames.ca, or visit the Canada Games Facebook page at www.facebook.com/CanadaGames.
About The Forzani Group Ltd.
The Forzani Group Ltd. is Canada's largest national retailer of sporting goods, offering a comprehensive assortment of brand-name and private-brand products, operating stores from coast to coast, under the following corporate and franchise banners: Sport Chek, Coast Mountain Sports, Sport Mart, Athletes World, National Sports, Sports Experts, Intersport, Econosports, Atmosphere, Tech Shop, Pegasus, Nevada Bob's Golf, Hockey Experts, The Fitness Source, and S3. The Forzani Group Ltd. also has websites for several of its corporate and franchise banners which can be accessed through its main website at www.forzanigroup.com.
About the Canada Games
Held once every two years, alternating between winter and summer, the Canada Games represent the highest level of national competition for up and coming Canadian athletes. The Games have been hosted in every province at least once since their inception in Quebec City during Canada's Centennial in 1967. The Games are proud of their contribution to Canada's sport development system in addition to their lasting legacy of sport facilities, community pride, volunteerism and national unity.
The organization of the Canada Games is made possible thanks to the contribution and support of the Government of Canada, provincial/territory governments, the Host Societies, host municipalities and the Canada Games Council.