[BCMA] FW: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - John Furlong donates his Blue Jacket to the BC Sports Hall of Fame

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PHOTO ATTACHED

 

005 – John Furlong’s signature on Blue Jacket Legacy Wall at the BC Sports
Hall of Fame

117 – John Furlong signing his Blue Jacket before donating to the BC Sports
Hall of Fame

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

BC Sports Hall of Fame set to celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of the Vancouver
2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games with a Red Mitten Weekend!

 

Vancouver, B.C. (February 11, 2012) – CEO of the Vancouver Organizing
Committee of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games attended the Red
Mitten Weekend and made a surprise donation of his one and only Blue Jacket.
The Blue Jacket was signed by John and will become a permanent part of the
Vancouver 2010 Gallery at the BC Sports Hall of Fame.

 

The Red Mitten Weekend continues 
. Did you find your red 2010 mittens? Find
them and wear them to the BC Sports Hall of Fame for the Red Mitten Weekend
- February 11 and 12th celebrating the 2nd Anniversary of the Vancouver 2010
Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The first 25 kids on Saturday and the
first 25 kids on Sunday wearing their 2010 Red Mittens will receive FREE
admission.

 

Red Mitten Weekend activities include:

·         All guests receive ½ price admission

·         NEW Vancouver 2010 Gallery – relive the exhilaration of the Games 

·         Blue Jacket Reunion – 2010 Games volunteers (with accreditation)
can sign the Blue Jacket Legacy Wall

·         Red Mitten Colouring Contest – your chance to win FREE Hall of
Fame Birthday Party

·         Go Canada Go! scavenger hunt

·         Face painting

·         Break a sweat in the Participation Zone where you can climb the
wall, run the track, kick the ball and slap the puck!

 

 

The BC Sports Hall of Fame is open daily at Gate A of BC Place from
10am-5pm. For more information please visit:

 

http://www.bcsportshalloffame.com/whats-happening/red-mitten-weekend-februar
y-11-12th-2012/

 

 

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About the BC Sports Hall of Fame and Museum

The BC Sports Hall of Fame has re-opened at Gate “A” of BC Place with a new
Vancouver 2010 Gallery and a new Hall of Champions and is open daily from
10am-5pm. The BC Sports Hall of Fame, a non-profit society, is the ‘go to’
organization for BC sport heritage. For over 40 years, we have honoured BC’s
teams, builders, athletes, pioneers, and media through the annual induction
ceremony the Banquet of Champions. To date 325 individuals and 54 teams have
been inducted onto the BC Sports Hall of Fame. The collection of the BC
Sports Hall of Fame and Museum includes over 25,000 artifacts and 20,000
archival documents representing 100 years of sporting accomplishments in
British Columbia. In everything it does, the BC Sports Hall of Fame honours,
educates, and inspires through the Hero In You© educational program.

 

 

Media contacts:


Allison Mailer


Director of Operations                                                

BC Sports Hall of Fame                              

Direct               604-687-5520                                    

Cellular             778-839-8576

 

 

 

 

Allison Mailer

Director of Operations

BC Sports Hall of Fame

Honouring the Past.   Inspiring the Future

 

Now Open at Gate A of BC Place

Corner of Robson and Beatty Streets

Vancouver BC  

 

Mailing Address: 777 Pacific Blvd South, Vancouver BC V6B 4Y8

T: 604 687 5520     bcsportshalloffame.com     MOBILE: 778 839 8576

 

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