Montreal, QC - DROP ZONE is back for the sixth consecutive year in Montreal! Members of the media are invited to witness brave participants rappel down 26 stories in the middle of downtown Montreal to raise funds for the Quebec Society for Disabled Children / Easter Seals Quebec. This is a great photo opportunity!

REMINDER

WHAT: Invitation to an event : Drop Zone

WHO: Quebec Society for Disabled Children / Easter Seals Quebec

WHEN: Wednesday, September 22 at 10 :00 AM

WHERE: 1010, Sherbrooke Street West; Montréal, corner Metcalfe

Contact:
Paul de la Plante
(514) 843-2332
pdelaplante@national.ca

On September 17, 2010 in Halifax, an expected 40 participants of Easter Seals’ Drop Zone will rappel 23 storeys from the top of 1801 Hollis St (at Hollis and Duke Streets) in support of Nova Scotians with physical disabilities.

In its 7th year in Halifax, the Easter Seals Drop Zone is a special fundraising event of Easter Seals Nova Scotia. In order to take the Easter Seals Drop Zone Challenge, community minded individuals from all over the province raise a minimum of $1,500 each.

All money raised through this event stays in Nova Scotia in support of Easter Seals Nova Scotia’s programs and services for children, youth, and adults with physical disabilities in areas of Active Living, Assistive Devices, and Family and Community Support. In 2009, this event raised $124,000 in Nova Scotia.

The Easter Seals Drop Zone is a National fundraising event sponsored by CREIT and Amway, taking place across Canada between August 31, 2010 and October 8, 2010 in the following cities: Charlottetown, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Saskatoon, Regina, Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg and Halifax. In 2009, the Easter Seals Drop Zone raised a record breaking $950,181 for Easter Seals across Canada.

RAT (Remote Access Technology) trains and supervises the safe rappel of all participants. Participants are required to attend a two-hour safety training session prior to their rappel on September 17.

Spectators are invited to watch from the sidewalk at Hollis and Duke Streets as participants rappel.

Other fundraising events of Easter Seals Nova Scotia this fall include: the Zip Zone where participants rappel the Macdonald Bridge on October 2, and the Adventure Challenge, a high-tech team treasure hunt on October 16. Registration for these events is still open online at www.easterseals.ns.ca.

For further information please contact Erin Laende at (902) 453-6000 x 231, e-mail e.laende@easterseals.ns.ca, visit www.easterseals.ns.ca and www.thedropzone.ca.

Easter Seals has operated in Nova Scotia since 1931. Easter Seals Nova Scotia has been previously known as the Abilities Foundation of Nova Scotia.