Pan Am flame will visit Ken Cox Community
Centre, daytime celebration at Montgomery's Inn and evening
celebration at Albion Arena
TORONTO, July 4, 2015 /CNW/ - On Tuesday, July 7, Day 38 of the Pan Am Games Torch
Relay, presented by President's Choice® and OLG, the Pan Am flame
will visit several Toronto
neighbourhoods.
The relay day will begin with a visit to the Ken Cox Community
Centre before travelling to Montgomery's Inn for a community
celebration. Following the celebration, torchbearers will carry the
flame through the streets of Toronto. The relay will continue en route to
the Albion Arena for an evening celebration where Mustafa Ahmed, renowned spoken word artist, will
light the community cauldron.
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 (Relay
Day 38: Toronto, ON)
Ken Cox Community Centre – 11 a.m.
(ET) (28 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive, Toronto, ON)
Start of day celebration:
- Aras Janeliunas will be the
first torchbearer of the day and will depart this location at
11:30 a.m. carrying the Pan Am
flame.
Montgomery's Inn – (4709 Dundas
Street West, Toronto,
ON)
Day celebration:
- Dylan Moscovitch, Olympic silver
medallist, figure skating (pairs), will carry the Pan Am flame at
1:10 p.m. as part of this relay
segment.
- Terry Jeremie will arrive to
Montgomery's Inn at 2:25 p.m.
carrying the Pan Am flame and will light the community
cauldron.
Albion Arena – (1501 Albion Road, Toronto, ON)
Evening celebration:
- Scott Russell, CBC sports
journalist and host, to carry the flame at 6:50 p.m. as part of this relay segment.
- Perdita Felicien, two-time
Olympian and Pan Am multi-medallist in 100-metre hurdles, will pass
the flame to Mustafa Ahmed, renowned
spoken word artist, who will light the community cauldron at
7 p.m.
The Pan Am Games Torch Relay is a 41-day journey that will share
the Pan Am spirit in more than 130 communities. The torch relay is
one of the most exciting events as it sets the stage leading up to
the Games. There will be more than 3,000 torchbearers and 180
community celebrations taking place.
Media Materials
The following torch relay items are
available at TORONTO2015.org/torch-relay: relay route map, full
list of communities and dates, daily highlight summaries and media
vehicle registration information.
All torch relay media advisories and news releases are available
on CNW. Day 38 highlight images and videos are available on Flickr
by copying and pasting this URL into a web browser:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/133157263@N06/Wk42HK.
The torch relay can also be followed on Twitter.
About the TORONTO 2015 Pan
Am Games Torch Relay
The TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay,
presented by President's Choice® and OLG, is supported by community
partner CIBC, signature supporters Star Media Group and Metroland
Media, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Porter Airlines, and funding
parties the Government of Canada
and the Province of Ontario. The
torch relay will invite Canadians to celebrate and share the Pan Am
spirit throughout its 41-day journey towards Toronto, the Host City of the Games. The
torch relay starts May 30, 2015,
and concludes July 10, 2015,
with the dramatic lighting of the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony
in downtown Toronto.
The TORONTO 2015 Games are
funded by the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario, as well as Lead Partner CIBC and
other partners and sponsors.
To learn more about the torch relay and when the Pan Am flame
will visit a community near you, visit TORONTO2015.org/torch-relay
or download the official TORONTO
2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games app, presented by CIBC.
SOURCE Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan
American Games