25th Annual CPKC Holiday Train program raises a record $1.8 million and collects more than 160,000 pounds of food in 2023
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Friday, December 22, 2023
CALGARY, AB, Dec. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) today proudly announced that the 2023 CPKC Holiday program raised a record $1.8 million and collected more than 160,000 pounds of food for local food banks and food programs in the United States and Canada over the last four weeks.
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- CALGARY, AB, Dec. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) today proudly announced that the 2023 CPKC Holiday program raised a record $1.8 million and collected more than 160,000 pounds of food for local food banks and food programs in the United States and Canada over the last four weeks.
- Completing its 25th year, the CPKC Holiday Train has raised more than $24.3 million and collected approximately 5.3 million pounds of food for community food banks in Canada and the United States since its inaugural journey back in 1999.
- Additionally, the CPKC Holiday Express train this year visited 20 communities in Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi raising US$200,000 for the Salvation Army.
- CPKC Holiday Train concerts ran between Nov. 21 and Dec. 19, featuring performances by musical artists Virginia to Vegas, Trudy, Anyway Gang, Tyler Shaw, Kiesza, Seaforth, Tenille Townes, Breland, MacKenzie Porter and Dallas Smith.