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Hudson’s Bay Company celebrates the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games with support for Sherbrooke young athletes and 2010 Olympic hopefuls
August 6, 2009 (Sherbrooke, QC): Hundreds of Hudson’s Bay Company customers, associates and friends showed their Olympic Spirit today at a community BBQ to celebrate the upcoming Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Held at The Bay – Carrefour de l'Estrie, the afternoon included a cheque presentation of $2010 to the Sherbrooke Speed Skating Club, and guests had the opportunity to meet Canadian National Freestyle Ski Team members Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau and Vincent Marquis.
“Hudson’s Bay Company is proud to be a Premier National Partner of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and we’re committed to supporting Canada’s amateur athletes. It’s an honour to be able to share that with the Sherbrooke Speed Skating Club, and I hope the young athletes watching Vincent and Pierre-Alexandre will be inspired to strive for their own Olympic gold,” said Serge Coursol, Regional Vice-president for Eastern Canada, the Bay.
Today’s event included a pick up street hockey game with the Vancouver 2010 mascots , free giveaways and the opportunity to enter to win a prize package to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Hudson’s Bay Company is hosting similar community celebrations across the country this summer to help generate Olympic Spirit and offer Canadians the opportunity to meet our 2010 hopefuls.
“Making it to the podium means having access to the very best coaching and training and corporate partners like Hudson’s Bay Company,” said Marquis. “My sport is my career, so support from Hudson’s Bay Company means I can work on being successful without financial worries.”
“It takes such focus and financial commitment to be a world-class athlete. Support from Hudson’s Bay Company means I can attend some of the best training camps around the world and keep my concentration on my goal of representing Canada in 2010,” said Rousseau.
Hudson’s Bay Company is a Premier National Partner and the General Retail Merchant of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. In partnership with Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), the company is designing and manufacturing the official uniforms for the Games-time workforce; it will also be outfitting the athletes' villages, in both Vancouver and Whistler, with quality products to make the athletes comfortable in 2010.
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