Suncor’s Petro Canada renews commitment to Canada’s paralympic athletes
Posted Sep 9, 2016 9:32 pm.
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It’s been the corporate face of Canadian athletes for an entire generation, Friday night it renewed their company’s commitment to Canadian paralympians.
Suncor made it official on behalf of Petro Canada at Canadian Paralympic Village in Rio in front of a crowd of athletes, coaches, families and friends.
They’ll be a sponsor and premier partner of the Canadian Paralympic Committee moving forward for the next eight years.
“This partnership renewal is fantastic news for today’s athletes and coaches, as well as for the teams of tomorrow,” said para-swimmer Sabrina Duchesne.
It first began in Calgary back in 1988 and since then it has helped more than 2,700 athletes on their way to competition.
Every year, 52 promising athletes are also awarded the $10,000 Fuelling Athlete and Coaching Excellence (FACE) grant which has since doled out $9.5 million in the last 28 years.
“We couldn’t be more proud of this partnership, which began in 1988 and is still going strong today,” said Steve Williams, president and CEO of Suncor in a news release.
The 2016 Paralympic Games are underway now in Rio and they will continue until September 18th.
