Tourism Services would like to invite you to a special fundraising train excursion on February 6th, 2010.
On January 18th, Destiny Tours announced a special dinner excursion of the Guelph Junction Express train to raise money to aid earthquake victims in Haiti. The train which is currently on winter hiatus will be put back into operation for this 2 ½ hour excursion which will run on the Guelph Junction Railway from downtown Guelph to the end of line near Campbellville and back. Passengers will be treated to rail experience which will include an entrée served at their table with dessert, coffee, or tea. Optional Cash-bar will be available onboard.
Details:
Date: Saturday February 6th, 2010
Departure Time: 4:30PM
Departing From: Guelph Youth Music Centre, 75 Cardigan Street Guelph ON
Duration: 2.5 hours
Menu: Chicken Pot Pie Entrée with Salad plus dessert, coffee and/or tea
Entertainment: John Zadro
Price: $100 per person + GST
All funds raised will be sent to Doctors Without Borders Canada who are currently on the ground in Haiti.
· Tax receipts will be provided for a portion of the ticket price
A huge thank you goes out to:
– The Guelph Junction Express for donating the use of the passenger railcars and staff
– Destiny Tours for facilitating ticket sales
– Ontario Southland Railway for donating their locomotive and crew to operate the train
– Guelph Junction Express for donating track time
– Guelph Youth Music Centre for donating their front lobby to provide a warm place to wait for boarding.