MONTREAL,
Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - CN (TSX:
CNR) (NYSE: CNI) announced today that the eighth edition of the CN
Hockey Greatest Stars Challenge raised $350,000. The proceeds will benefit charitable
organizations supported by the CN Employees' and Pensioners'
Community Fund.
The Marie-Vincent Foundation, the Ted Nolan
Foundation, and Big Brothers Big Sisters (Canada and U.S.) will each receive
$75,000. The remaining sum will be
divided between beneficiaries located in Canada and the
United States.
Since its first edition, in 2003, the CN Hockey
Greatest Stars Challenge has raised $1.7
million for charity.
Vee Kachroo, CN vice-president of supply chain
solutions and co-president of the fundraising campaign of the CN
Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund, said: "At CN, we are
committed to giving back to the communities in which we
operate.
"We are very proud to make a significant
contribution that will help promote the causes of the organizations
selected for support this year by the CN Hockey Greatest Stars
Challenge. The money raised through the Challenge is a testament to
the dedication of our employees and retirees, who have raised funds
benefiting charitable organizations for many years through the CN
Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund."
Last Saturday at Montreal's St-Michel Arena, CN's hockey team
battled a team of former Montreal Canadiens, including Donald Audette, Patrice
Brisebois, Guy Carbonneau,
Stéphane Richer, and Guy Lafleur as
head coach.
CN -- Canadian National Railway Company and its
operating railway subsidiaries - spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans to the Gulf of
Mexico, serving the ports of Vancouver, Prince
Rupert, B.C., Montreal,
Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the key metropolitan areas
of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth,
Minn./Superior, Wis.,
Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points
in North America. For more
information on CN, visit the company's website at
http://www.cn.ca.
SOURCE CN