Boston Pizza Donates $300,000 To Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
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(Vancouver, BC) - Boston Pizza International Inc. (BPI) has announced a three hundred thousand dollar donation to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) from its newly established BPI Diabetes Research Fund. The donation was announced at the JDRF Vancouver chapter's 4th annual Rockin' for Research dinner at the Plaza of Nations. The donation, to be awarded over five years, will fund JDRF's Clinical Centre for Islet Cell Transplantation at the University of Alberta, home of the Edmonton Protocol. Islets cell transplantation has emerged as the most promising option for restoring normal blood sugar in people with juvenile (type 1) diabetes. In the procedure, islets - which contain the insulin producing cells that are destroyed in type one diabetes - are taken from a donor's pancreas and transplanted into as person with the disease. "Boston Pizza is thrilled to support the JDRF and pleased that its contribution will assist their efforts to cure this disease that afflicts on so many infants, children and young adults across Canada," says Jim Treliving, CEO and Owner, Boston Pizza International Inc. "Everyone at Boston Pizza is excited about the introduction of BPI Diabetes Research Fund and how it will support the JDRF in their quest to undertake important new research initiatives needed in the fight against diabetes," says George Melville, CEO and Owner, Boston Pizza International Inc. Boston Pizza International Inc. has over 175 restaurants in Canada, with 2003 sales in excess of $350 million. The company has been designated as one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies for the past nine years, as determined by Deloitte & Touche, CIBC Commercial Banking and The National Post. Last year Boston Pizza's President and COO, Mike Cordoba, was listed as one of Canada's Top 40 Under 40 by Report on Business Magazine. Boston Pizza International Inc. is headquartered in Richmond, B.C., and has a regional office in Mississauga, Ontario to support its expansion. ® Boston Pizza Royalties Limited Partnership. All Boston Pizza registered Canadian trade-marks and unregistered Canadian trade-marks containing the words "Boston", "BP", and/or "Pizza" are trade-marks owned by the Boston Pizza Royalties Limited Partnership and licensed by the Boston Pizza Royalties Limited Partnership to Boston Pizza International Inc.© Boston Pizza International Inc. 2003
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