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BMO Bank of Montreal, in cooperation with Groupe LSR, today announced that it is launching a new edition of the BMO Bank of Montreal Dream House philanthropic construction project. Following the success of the first edition, a second house valued at more than $950,000 will be built by Constructions De Royan in Laval in the Villas-sur-Rive development of Le Haut Ste-Doroth�e Inc. and Cadiberge de Laval Inc., subsidiaries of Groupe LSR and the Caisse de d�p�t et de placement du Qu�bec.
The main partners of the BMO Dream House include the city of Laval, which is providing communication support and the equivalent of a five-year municipal tax holiday, and Gaz M�tro. Designer Johanne Morency will once again be responsible for designing and decorating the house's interior.
Some 330,000 tickets at $10 each are going on sale today, December 17, 2007. They can be purchased at all BMO Bank of Montreal branches in Quebec and from around 60 participating charitable organizations (see attached list). Other points of sale will be announced early in the New Year. The sale of tickets for the draw will continue through the end of September 2008, while the first in the series of draws will take place in April 2008.
“We are extremely enthusiastic about supporting this philanthropic project for a second year,” said Fran�ois Hudon, Senior Vice-President, Quebec Division, BMO Bank of Montreal. “It will raise more than $1 million for non-profit organizations that work in various fields, most notably with sick and underprivileged children.” Mr. Hudon also encouraged non-profit organizations to take advantage of this opportunity to sell tickets for the BMO Dream House draw, as they are an attractive fundraising source, with 50 percent of the tickets' total value being returned to the participating organization.
The house will be open for visits from June through September 2008. The final draw will be held on Thursday, October 9, 2008.
For more information, visit the website: www.maisonderevebmo.com
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List of Organizations Selling Tickets
(as at December 17, 2007)
- All BMO Bank of Montreal branches in Quebec
- Several clubs of the F�d�ration du patinage artistique du Qu�bec
- Aide aux personnes �g�es, d�favoris�es et/ou handicap�es de Laval *
- Arr�t-Source, Maison pour jeunes femmes en difficult�, L'
- Association amicale des jeunes et parents (AGAPE) inc. *
- Association B�n�vole PAT/ME inc.
- Association de la Rive-sud pour la d�ficience intellectuelle (ARSDI)
- Association de spina-bifida et d'hydroc�phalie du Qu�bec (1981) inc.
- Association des loisirs pour personnes handicap�es psychiques de Laval inc. (ALPHPL) *
- Association des Personnes Handicap�es Visuelles de Lanaudi�re (A. P. H. V. L.)
- Association des pompiers de Laval (Fondation Laval Action jeunesse scolaire) *
- Association dysphasie *
- Association qu�becoise du syndrome de la Tourette
- Association sportive Monteuil Laval inc *
- Auberge communautaire Sud-Ouest
- Auberge du coeur l'Envol�e (Maison d'h�bergement L'Envol�e) *
- Cap-Vie *
- Centre d'action b�n�vole Chambly-Carignan
- Centre de pr�vention et de traitement de la cod�pendance et des multiples d�pendances(CAFAT) *
- Centre de Ressources et d'intervention Pour Hommes Abus�s Sexuellement dans leur Enfance (CRIPHASE)
- Citad'Elle de Lachute, La
- Club du bonheur de St-L�onard, Le
- �glise Baptiste Saint-Jean l'Ap�tre
- En Coeur, La fondation qu�b�coise pour les enfants malades du cœur
- �pilepsie Montr�al M�tropolitain
- Fabrique Ste-Marie-du-Lac
- Fondation Autisme Montr�al
- Fondation d'Aide � la Jeunesse
- Fondation pour la recherche sur la moelle �pini�re (Association de la paralysie c�r�brale du Qu�bec)
- Fondation des enfants de l'�cole Jean-Piaget *
- Fondation du Centre hospitalier Anna-Laberge
- Fondation du centre hospitalier de Verdun
- Fondation Marie Enfant
- Fondation Pinocchios
- Fondation sous les Ailes de Saint-Michel Archange, La
- Initiatives et Changement
- Jewish Women International of Canada
- L'Entraide (Pont-Viau et Laval-des-Rapides)
- Magn�toth�que, La
- Maison de Jonathan Inc., La
- Maison de Quartier de Fabreville inc. *
- Maison des parents d'enfants handicap�s de Laurentides/Lanaudi�re, La
- Maison-R�pit Oasis
- Pavillon Marguerite de Champlain
- Phobies-Z�ro
- Projet �questre Goldie
- Regroupement des professionnels pour la sant� du sein (RPSS)
- Regroupement pour la Trisomie 21, Le
- R�seau-Ado du Qu�bec
- Revivre (Association qu�b�coise de soutien aux personnes souffrant de troubles anxieux, d�pressifs ou bipolaires)
- Scouts de Ste-Doroth�e, 187e Groupe *
- Sida-Vie Laval *
- Soci�t� canadienne de la Scl�rose en Plaques, Division du Qu�bec
- Virage (Groupe d'entraide de l'h�pital Notre-Dame pour personnes atteintes de cancer et leurs proches)