Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity - Third Annual Toronto West Halloween Fest moves to Bloor West Village
St. Joe's Toronto West Halloween Fest 2014 is taking over Bloor Street West (between Jane and Runnymede) to host a FREE street festival, including a parade (in costume!) and a concert, featuring Canada's Queen of Soul Jully Black. (CNW Group/St. Joseph's Health Centre Foundation)
FREE Event to help support St. Joe's, including caring for kids
TORONTO, Oct. 24, 2014 /CNW/ - On Sunday, October 26, 2014, St. Joseph's Health Centre Foundation is holding its third annual Toronto West Halloween Fest, in the heart of Bloor West Village. This year's best and most exciting family-friendly Halloween event is FREE and features a street festival, a parade (in costume!), and a concert, featuring Canada's Queen of Soul Jully Black.
This community-wide Halloween event will be hosted by CityNews Meteorologist Natasha Ramsahai, and will include the Scotiabank Hockey Zone, where attendees can meet NHL Alumni Curtis "CuJo" Joseph and Johnny "The China Wall" Bower. There will also be the Toronto Maple Leafs Mobile Fan Zone, LEGO fun, Halloween arts and crafts, pumpkin decorating, a bouncy castle, photo booth and tons of treats for kids of all ages. Prizes will be awarded for best adult, child and team/family costumes.
Toronto West Halloween Fest will celebrate St. Joe's real heroes with the community's help. Friends and family are encouraged to form a team of heroes or register alone to raise funds in support of the most critical needs of St. Joe's, including the Just for Kids Clinic. As Toronto's first children's walk-in clinic in a hospital setting, more west-end Torontonians turn to the Just for Kids Clinic for help with their children's urgent care issues than anywhere else in the city. The clinic, which has more than 11,000 visits each year, is hoping to increase the number of children it cares for from 11,000 to 17,000, annually.
For more information about the event, please visit www.torontowesthalloweenfest.ca.
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WHO: |
Elizabeth Buller, President and CEO, St. Joseph's Health Centre | |
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Bernadette Testani, TWHF Co-Chair and Foundation Board member | ||
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David Kincaid, TWHF Co-Chair and Foundation Board member | ||
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Maria Dyck, President, St. Joseph's Health Centre Foundation | ||
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Curtis "CuJo" Joseph and Johnny "The China Wall" Bower, NHL Alumni (at the Scotiabank Hockey Zone between 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.) | ||
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WHEN: |
Sunday, October 26, 2014 | |
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10:30 a.m. – Toronto West Halloween Fest opens | ||
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1:00 p.m. – Parade begins | ||
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2:30 p.m. – Jully Black performs | ||
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3:30pm – Costume prizes awarded | ||
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4:00 p.m. – Festival ends | ||
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WHERE: |
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Toronto West Halloween Fest |
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Festival – Bloor Street West between Jane and Runnymede |
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Parade – starts at Bloor at Beresford |
SOURCE St. Joseph's Health Centre Foundation
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For further information: For media interested in interviews and attending the Festival/Parade/Concert, or to register, please contact: Jade Towle, MAVERICK, 416-640-5525 x 233, jadet@wearemaverick.com