MEDIA ADVISORY - NBA, Sun Life Financial and Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada Team Up to Launch New Grassroots Basketball Program in Quebec

WHO:            

Leah MacNab, NBA Canada Senior Director, Marketing Partnerships

Jacques Goulet, President, Sun Life Financial Canada

Mathieu Chantelois, Vice-President, Marketing & Development, Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada

30 youth basketball players

WHAT:         

Members of the NBA family, Sun Life Financial, Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada and local basketball community will come together in Montreal to launch the Dunk for Diabetes program in Quebec, and unveil a newly refurbished basketball court at the Dawson Boys and Girls Club.

Following the press conference, 30 youth from Verdun will take to the court for a basketball clinic.  

#SunLifeDunkForDiabetes

@NBACanada

@SunLifeCA

***PHOTO AND INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE***

**MEDIA MUST RSVP**

WHERE:      

Dawson Boys & Girls Club

666 Rue Woodland

Verdun, QC H4H 1V8

WHEN:         

Friday, February 1st, 2019

Media Check-in: 4:00pm

4:30pm – 5:30pm

CONTACT:

Ashton Lawrence, NBA, 416.788.6004 or ashlawrence@nba.com  

Mylène Bélanger, Sun Life Financial, 514-904-9739 or mylene.belanger@sunlife.com