Hockey fans and collectors alike will therefore have until 9:00 p.m. tonight to bid on over 100 items auctioned online at
habs.signaturepro.ca
. Open to all, the digital auction will include many exclusive prizes, such as a gastronomic dinner for eight in the Canadiens dressing room with Guy Lafleur and Réjean Houle, a Forum seat autographed by Jean Béliveau, as well as an original painting by artist Michel Lapensée, which will also be featured on Lindt & Sprüngli's Advent calendars benefitting the Montreal Canadiens Children's Foundation this coming holiday season. While dozens of pieces of game-used Habs equipment will be up for grabs online, Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price has donated the mask he wore during the 2019-20 season and playoffs to the Foundation in order to raise funds to support its programs. The starting bid for this one-of-a-kind item, custom-designed by Toronto artist David Arrigo, has been set at $1.
Aware of the impact that the loss of such a major fundraising event can have on the ability of any organization to pursue its mission, many donors, sponsors and partners of the Club generously decided to maintain their contribution to the Foundation despite the cancellation of its tournament. The Montreal Canadiens Children's Foundation would like to warmly thank Bell, Cogeco Media, Ford, Imprimerie ANLM Inc., Jean-Paul Trahan (1890) Ltée, Molson Coors, Power Corporation, RDS, Stingray, Under Armor and all participants who have chosen to convert the purchase of a foursome or sponsorship at the 45th Canadiens Golf Tournament into a donation in order to support the adoption of a healthy lifestyle among kids from high-needs communities.
While the hundreds of thousands of students who recently returned to school across Quebec will be able to resume extracurricular sporting activities outside of their class group starting today, the Montreal Canadiens Children's Foundation intends to use funds raised through its virtual auction to relaunch its physical literacy as well as ball hockey and ice-skating programs in school as soon as next week. The proceeds generated by the auction will also help finance the last portion of construction work on the 12th
BLEU BLANC BOUGE outdoor refrigerated rink
located in Val-d'Or, which is scheduled to open in January 2021, as well as the next one to be built in Saguenay, which should be ready the following winter.