Motorcity Saturn and RBC Royal Bank to send student home for the holidays in style
November 30, 2006
Student Association to announce winner of 2007 Saturn Ion Coupe and spread a little festive cheer
OSHAWA, Ont. - While the weather outside might not be frightful just yet, it's no secret that the sleet and snow of a good old-fashioned Canadian winter are right around the corner. Good thing one lucky student from Durham College, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) or Trent in Oshawa is about to trade in his or her snow boots and parka for the warmth and comfort of a new Saturn Ion Coupe.
On Wednesday, December 6, the Student Association at Durham College, UOIT and Trent in Oshawa (SA) will announce the winner of the Win a Saturn Ion Coupe contest. The winner will be revealed after Sami Jo Small, a goaltender with three Canadian Olympic Women's Hockey teams, draws six names and presents each student with the potential winning key. Small will also provide insight into competing at the Olympic level.
The winning student will be driving home for the holidays in style while also spreading some much needed festive cheer to families in need. Four Saturn Ion Coupes loaded with food collected via donations through the campus's Holiday Food Drive and from Motorcity Saturn and RBC Royal Bank will take to the ice at the Campus Ice Centre. Event attendees are being asked to bring a non-perishable food item to be loaded into the winning vehicle prior to the announcement of the contest winner.
The first 50 students, faculty and staff from the college, university and Trent in Oshawa who hit the ice - including members of the Durham College and UOIT men's and women's hockey clubs - will take part in a hockey shootout for several prizes.
Following the draw, the winning student will be driven off the ice - giving him or her an opportunity to get the feel of the new vehicle and gear up to join the other Ion drivers as they deliver the carloads of food to campus for sorting in time for the holidays.
Who:
- Canadian Olympic champion Sami Jo Small;
- Terry Johnston, host, CKDO Radio;
- Ray Richardson, vice-president and general manager, Motorcity Saturn;
- Anne Nurse-Richardson, retailer, Motorcity Saturn;
- Barry Lockwood, regional vice-president, RBC Royal Bank;
- Linda Binns, regional sales manager, RBC Royal Bank;
- Diana Iskander, mobile mortgage specialist, RBC Royal Bank;
- Evan Muller-Cheng, president, SA;
- Leah Myers, president, Durham College; and
- Students, staff and faculty at Durham College, UOIT, and Trent in Oshawa.
Campus Ice Centre
2200 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with announcement of winner to be made between 12:15 and 1 p.m.
For more information contact:
Scott Toole
Student Association
905.721.0457 ext. 227
scott.toole@dc-uoit.ca
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