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TORONTO, May 6, 2009 – The Canadian Women's Foundation, in partnership with Winners and HomeSense and BMO Financial Group, is holding a cross-Canada “Shop ‘til it Stops” sales event on Thursday May 7^th. A percentage of all purchases made at Winners and HomeSense on this day will be donated to “Shelter from the Storm”, Canada's largest national fundraising and awareness campaign dedicated to ending violence against women. And when shoppers pay with their BMO MasterCard^� an additional percentage will be donated to the campaign.

Funds raised will support more than 450 shelters for abused women and their children across Canada and community violence prevention programs that are breaking the cycle of abuse.

For more information visit www.shelterfromthestorm.ca

To find a Winners or HomeSense location near you visit www.winners.ca or www.homesense.ca

Also, tune into the Shelter from the Storm telethon on May 7^th from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Breakfast Television in Vancouver, or listen to the Shelter from the Storm radio-thon on May 7^th from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on participating radio stations across Canada:

107.7 The River, Lethbridge
LITE 96 FM, Calgary
98.1 CHFI FM, Toronto
96.7 CHYM FM, Kitchener
105.3 EZ Rock, Sudbury
105.3 Kiss FM, Ottawa
102.3 Clear FM, Winnipeg
The Coast FM, Kincardine
K-ROCK 105.7, Kingston
KIX 106, Kitchener

Shelter from the Storm is an annual fundraising and awareness campaign of the Canadian Women's Foundation and its campaign partners: Winners and HomeSense, BMO Financial Group and Rogers Media.

The Canadian Women's Foundation is Canada's only national public foundation dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls. The Foundation researches, shares and funds the best approaches to ending violence against women, moving low-income women out of poverty, and empowering girls with confidence, courage and critical thinking skills.

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