Pan Am flame will visit Ontario Place West
Channel, daytime celebration at Ontario Science Centre and evening
celebration at Humber College
TORONTO, July 4, 2015 /CNW/ - On Monday, July 6, Day 37 of the Pan Am Games Torch
Relay, presented by President's Choice® and OLG, the Pan Am flame
will visit several neighbourhoods in Toronto.
The flame will first visit S.H. Armstrong Community Centre and
then travel through the streets of Toronto to the Ontario Science Centre for a
community celebration. In the afternoon, torchbearers will carry
the flame to Ontario Place West Channel, where it will be carried
by world champion Whitney McClintock
in an alternative mode of transportation: waterski. The relay day
will conclude at Humber College's
Lakeshore campus when Natalie
Spooner, Olympic gold medallist in ice hockey, lights the
community cauldron.
Monday, July 6, 2015 (Relay Day
37: Toronto, ON)
S.H. Armstrong Community Centre – 10 a.m. (ET) (56 Woodfield Road, Toronto, ON)
Start of day celebration:
- Adelle Dubczak will be the first
torchbearer of the day and will pass the flame on to Patrick Chan, three-time world champion and
two-time Olympic silver medallist in figure skating.
Regent Park Aquatic Centre – 11:05
a.m. (ET) (640 Dundas Street
East, Toronto, ON)
Photo opportunity:
- Rahul Bhardwaj, president and
chief executive officer of the Toronto Foundation and chair of
TO2015's IGNITE program, will carry the Pan Am flame at
11 a.m. as part of the relay segment
leading into this location.
- Sureya Ibrahim, Regent Park
resident, will arrive carrying the Pan Am flame.
Thorncliffe Public Library – (48 Thorncliffe Park Drive,
Toronto, ON)
Photo opportunity:
- Steven Gorgievski will arrive at
12:50 p.m. and will pass the Pan Am
flame to Jaime Deane who will depart
this location carrying the flame.
Ontario Science Centre – (770 Don Mills Road,
Toronto, ON)
Day celebration:
- Jamaal Magloire, former NBA
player for the Toronto Raptors, will arrive carrying the Pan Am
flame at 1:30 p.m. and will light the
community cauldron.
- Marissa Papaconstantinou will
depart the celebration at 2:30 p.m.
carrying the Pan Am flame.
Ontario Place West Channel – 2:50
p.m. (ET) (Marilyn Bell Park,
851 Lake Shore Boulevard West, Toronto,
ON)
Photo opportunity:
- Whitney McClintock, Pan Am
multi-medallist and world champion, waterski, will carry the Pan Am
flame while waterskiing.
Humber College, Lakeshore
campus – (3199 Lake Shore Boulevard West, Toronto, ON)
Evening celebration:
- Jason Burnett, Olympic silver
medallist in trampoline, will carry the Pan Am flame at
6:40 p.m. as part of the relay
segment leading into the evening celebration.
- Natalie Spooner, Olympic gold
medallist in ice hockey, will arrive at 7
p.m. carrying the Pan Am flame and will light the community
cauldron.
- Quique Escamilla will perform at
the celebration.
The Pan Am Games Torch Relay is a 41-day journey that will share
the Pan Am spirit in more than 130 communities. The torch relay is
one of the most exciting events as it sets the stage leading up to
the Games. There will be more than 3,000 torchbearers and 180
community celebrations taking place.
Media Materials
The following torch relay items are
available at TORONTO2015.org/torch-relay: relay route map, full
list of communities and dates, daily highlight summaries and media
vehicle registration information.
All torch relay media advisories and news releases are available
on CNW. Day 37 highlight images and videos are available on Flickr
by copying and pasting this URL into a web browser:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/133157263@N06/081v3f.
The torch relay can also be followed on Twitter.
About the TORONTO 2015 Pan
Am Games Torch Relay
The TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay,
presented by President's Choice® and OLG, is supported by community
partner CIBC, signature supporters Star Media Group and Metroland
Media, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Porter Airlines, and funding
parties the Government of Canada
and the Province of Ontario. The torch relay will invite Canadians
to celebrate and share the Pan Am spirit throughout its 41-day
journey towards Toronto, the Host
City of the Games.
The torch relay starts May 30,
2015, and concludes July 10,
2015, with the dramatic lighting of the cauldron at the
Opening Ceremony in downtown Toronto.
The TORONTO 2015 Games are
funded by the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario, as well as
Lead Partner CIBC and other partners and sponsors.
To learn more about the torch relay and when the Pan Am flame
will visit a community near you, visit TORONTO2015.org/torch-relay
or download the official TORONTO
2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games app, presented by CIBC.
SOURCE Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan
American Games