The Forzani Group Foundation is a non-profit corporation incorporated under the Canada Corporations Act. It provides financial support to other registered charities, Canadian amateur athletic associations and other qualified donees whose activities involve the promotion of physical fitness, health and wellness, the prevention and relief of sickness and disability, or the participation and education in sports across Canada.

Funding for the Foundation is provided through annual events such as the Sport Chek Mother's Day Run and Walk, Forzani Ironman Golf Invitational, Calgary Stampeder Golf Tournament as well as a number of other fundraising initiatives and general donations throughout the year.

In the last six years, The Forzani Group Foundation has donated over six million dollars in support of health and wellness and amateur sport programs across Canada.

This year, the Sport Chek Mother's Day Run & Walk will be hoping to raise over $500,000 at an estimated cost of $200,000.

For additional information about The Forzani Group Foundation, please contact:

The Forzani Group Foundation
824-41st Avenue NE
Calgary, Alberta
T2E 3R3
(403) 717-1400

Email: foundation@forzani.com

Visit: www.forzanigroup.com

Charitable Registration #86661 5123 RR0001

The Forzani Group Foundation is a major supporter of health care in our community. Its annual Sport Chek Mother's Day Run & Walk directs a portion of event proceeds to advancing health care in our hospitals. In 2009, $200,000 from the event was generously donated and used to purchase the very best technology for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Foothills Medical Centre, and Special Care Nurseries at Rockyview General Hospital and Peter Lougheed Centre.

This year's event will again support exceptional infant care.Funds raised will help purchase Giraffe phototherapy technology which will make it easier to treat jaundice and promote development in newborns while enabling infant-parent bonding. Other useful equipment that will be purchased include: a portable ECG monitor; Veinviewers which will make IV access easier and minimize the number of pokes a baby will receive; and three new Infant Flow® SiPAP™ units which will gently and effectively provide non-invasive respiratory support to infants with respiratory disease.

Thank you for supporting the 33rd Annual Mother's Day Run & Walk. Your participation impacts the lives of patients and families accessing health care in our community every day.