Spruce Meadows' CP Grand Prix raises $50,000 for DIL Walk Foundation

CALGARY, June 18, 2017

CP would also like to congratulate Sameh El Dahan and Sumas Zorro on winning the CP Grand Prix and contributing two clear rounds for $20,000 of the $40,000 total towards CP's Clear Rounds for Heart initiative. CP donated $10,000 for each clear round (including time faults) during regular competition and during the jump off. Other contributions to the total include $10,000 from CP's employee Father's Day event. Since its inception in 2014, CP Has Heart at Spruce Meadows has raised more than $675,000 for heart health research and care.

"It was a great day to support our CP Has Heart initiative and celebrate Father's Day with our valued employees and their families," said Keith Creel, CP's President and Chief Executive Officer. "We are proud to partner with the DIL Walk Foundation and thanks to the efforts of Sameh El Dahan and Sumas Zorro and the other competitors, we were able to make another significant donation in the Calgary area."

The $50,000 will support operation of the DIL Walk Foundation's CHARM Clinic. Patients diagnosed with heart failure often have other conditions impacting their health and lengthy wait times to see a specialist can result in worsening of a manageable heart condition. CHARM Clinic patients receive immediate assistance and education, including how to make important changes to their lifestyle and optimizing medication use.

"For each dollar CP Has Heart invests into community heart failure management, it ends up saving 15 health care dollars," said Raman Kapoor, DIL Walk Foundation President. "Donations from the CP Grand Prix will help the CHARM Clinic to reduce hospitalizations, and improve the quality of life of heart failure patients in Calgary."

In 2016, the CHARM Clinic prevented 88 hospitalizations of heart failure patients, saving Alberta Health Services over $1 million.

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