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BMO Hosts Celebration of GivingBMO Employee Charitable Foundation distributes funds to 56 Greater Toronto Area charitable organizations

TORONTO, April 28, 2009 – BMO Financial Group employees and representatives from various supported charitable groups will gather tonight to celebrate the culmination of a year of employee-driven fundraising efforts by the BMO Employee Charitable Foundation. The 2008 Campaign raised a total of $2.7 million for both the United Way Toronto and many individual GTA charities.

WHAT:
BMO Employee Charitable Foundation

WHO:
Bill Downe, President and CEO, BMO Financial Group
Alexandra Dousmanis-Curtis, SVP, Greater Toronto Division, Personal & Commercial Banking, BMO Bank of Montreal
David Montgomery, Director, Ontario Region, BMO Employee Charitable Foundation

WHEN:
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

WHERE:
68th Floor, First Canadian Place, 100 King St. West, Toronto

All media who wish to attend may register by contacting Peter Scott at 416-867-4711 or PeterE.Scott@bmo.com.

Listed below are recipient organizations expected to attend:

Alzheimer Society - Ontario Division
Arthritis Society - Ontario Division
Autism Society of Ontario
Bloorview Kids Rehab Foundation
Boost Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention
Boundless Adventures Association - Toronto
Breakfast Club for Learning
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - Ontario Chapter
Canadian Cancer Society
Canadian Diabetes Association
Canadian Liver Foundation
Canadian Red Cross - Ontario Division
Canadian Women's Foundation
Centre for Addiction & Mental Health Foundation
Children's Aid Foundation
Children's Wish Foundation
Covenant House - Toronto
Credit Valley Hospital Foundation
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada
Daily Bread Food Bank - Toronto
Doctors Without Borders
Geneva Centre for Autism - Toronto
Habitat for Humanity - Toronto
Heart and Stroke Foundation - Toronto & GTA Division
Horizons for Youth
Hospital for Sick Children Foundation
Humane Society - Toronto
Ian Anderson Hospice Foundation
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Kids Help Foundation (Kids Help Phone)
Make a Wish Foundation -Toronto & Central Region
Mon Sheong Foundation - Chinese Home for Aged - Toronto
Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation
Multiple Sclerosis Society - Ontario
National Ballet of Canada
Nellie's
Oakville Hospital Foundation
Parkinson Society Canada - National
Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation
Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada
Salvation Army
Second Harvest Food Support Committee
Sharelife
Southlake Regional Health Centre Foundation
St. Michael's Hospital Foundation
Stephen Lewis Foundation
Sunnybrook Foundation - Toronto
Toronto General Hospital Foundation
Toronto Kiwanis Boys and Girls Clubs
Toronto Star Children's Charities
Trails Youth Initiatives
Trillium Health Centre Foundation
United Way Toronto
Variety Village
Yonge Street Mission
York Central Hospital

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