The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train, North America's largest rolling fundraiser, is less than two weeks away from starting its annual journey across Canada, the Northeastern and Midwestern United States.
From Dec. 1 to Dec. 19, the Holiday Train entertainers will perform their festive show in more than 100 cities, towns and villages in both countries.
The train rolls into the Elgin St. rail yard in Greater Sudbury Tuesday Dec. 5.
On the Canadian Holiday Train, crowds will rock out with
Wide Mouth Mason and be treated to the soulful sounds of
country singer Lisa Brokop. It will be the first time these
musicians will experience playing on a train covered with
thousands of lights performing to more than half a dozen
communities a day, raising money, food and awareness for local
food bank programs.
"I've seen a lot of Canada from the highway so I'm really
excited to get a different perspective on our country on the
train," said Shaun Verreault, lead vocalist and guitarist for
Wide Mouth Mason in a news release.
"But more than that, it's about the opportunity to perform and
make such a positive impact on food banks from one end of the
country to the other."
Since 1999, the Holiday Train program has raised more than $2.4
million and close to 1.3 million pounds (about 584 tons) of
food for North American food banks. All donations collected in
a community remain in that community for local distribution.
For more information, visit www.cpr.ca.
