Contact: Danelle Wettstein Page Content: The CP Holiday Train is rolling into the U.S. Midwest after a successful journey through the country’s Northeast helping out local food shelves. The ‘train of lights’, with 14 brightly-decorated rail cars, kicks off its Midwest rolling fundraisers in Gurnee, Illinois on Saturday, December 3[SUP]rd[/SUP].¤ Following Gurnee, it will make stops in communities in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota, ending its three-week journey in Carpio, ND on December 16[SUP]th[/SUP]. Led by veteran Milwaukee folk rocker Willy Porter, the U.S. Holiday Train kicked off its unique journey across eight states in Rouses Point, New York, on November 25[SUP]th[/SUP]. ¤The mission: to raise money, food and awareness with everything collected in a community staying in that community for local distribution. At the same time of the U.S. Holiday Train, a second train, also decorated with hundreds of thousands of lights and featuring live entertainment is moving through six Canadian provinces.¤ Together, the two trains will visit up to 150 communities. Since 1999, the CP Holiday Train has travelled more than 6,000 miles, entertaining thousands while raising about $5.6 million and collecting over 2.5 million pounds of food for local food shelf programs. The 2011 CP Holiday Train schedule, musician bios and other information is on cpr.ca. As well, both Holiday Trains can be followed on Facebook and on Twitter (@CPHolidaytrain). Editor’s Notes: High-resolution images are available on: www.cpr.ca Broadcast quality b-roll can be downloaded through CNW Video on Demand: http://cnw.pathfireondemand.com/viewpackage.action?packageid=498 MP3 recordings of 2011 Holiday Train music can be downloaded at: https://www.yousendit.com/download/T2djK3BGSWh0NjhVV01UQwXX Media Contacts: Canadian Train¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤U.S. Train Kevin Hrysak¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤Ed Greenberg 403-836-3874 (cell)¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤612-849-4717 (cell) Kevin_hrysak@cpr.ca¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤Ed_greenberg@cpr.ca *CP Media Line: 1-855-242-3674 (24/7-Toll Free) News Release Date: 12/2/2011 12:00 AM Location: Minneapolis, MN News Type: Community Is Featured: No More...
