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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - April 30, 2015) - Canada's largest charity walk in support of child and youth well-being is back for another year of raising funds and awareness.

Kids Help Phone's Walk so Kids Can Talk presented by BMO is back for its 14^th year at more than 40 locations across the country on May 3^rd. Last year, nearly 10,000 Canadians participated and raised more than $3 million for Kids Help Phone - Canada's only 24/7 counselling and information service for youth.

The walk is Kids Help Phone's largest fundraising event of the year, raising a significant portion of the revenue needed to keep its valuable free, bilingual, confidential and anonymous 24-hour telephone and online counselling service available to youth across the country.

The 5-kilometre walk is a fun and inspirational opportunity for thousands of kids, adults, families, schools, community organizations and companies to come together in more than 40 communities across Canada.

For those who are interested in making a contribution or signing up for this year's walk, please visit www.walksokidscantalk.ca/ to register or donate.

WHEN: Sunday, May 3, 2015

*All times local

About BMO Financial Group

Established in 1817 as Bank of Montreal, BMO Financial Group is a highly diversified financial services organization based in North America. The bank offers a broad range of retail banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services to more than 12 million customers. BMO Financial Group had total assets of approximately $672 billion as of January 31, 2015, and more than 46,000 employees.

About Kids Help Phone

Kids Help Phone is a Canadian and world leader, known for its expertise and continuous innovation as Canada's only 24/7 professional counselling and information service for young people. Since 1989, it has offered kids, teens, and young adults a critical lifeline of hope and support through its free, anonymous service, which research shows significantly improves youth mental health. Young people reach out to Kids Help Phone's counsellors from every corner of the country via phone, Live Chat, and web post, and also benefit from its database of 40,000 local youth-serving programs. Kids Help Phone's websites and Always There app, both widely recognized models of youth-focused design, offer therapeutic tools, games, information, and counselling. As an organization that speaks with young people every day, Kids Help Phone works to share their perspectives and improve their well-being on a societal level. Kids Help Phone raises the majority of its revenue from individuals, foundations, corporations, and community fundraising; thanks to its generous donors, it can be there - always - for the 6.5 million young people in Canada between five and 20, in English and in French.