Vaughan to Host Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay Next Spring
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Oct. 1, 2014
The TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Torch Relay is coming to the City of Vaughan next spring. Three-thousand torchbearers will proudly carry the flame and share its welcoming Pan Am spirit on the 41-day journey towards the lighting of the cauldron on July 10, 2015 to officially open the Games.
Residents of Vaughan are invited to enter to be a torchbearer beginning today at TORONTO2015.org/torch-relay.
The highly-anticipated relay begins in May 2015 with the traditional Aztec lighting ceremony at the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico. The Canadian journey for the flame starts with its arrival in Toronto on May 30, 2015. It will then visit five other cities in Canada, as well as 130 communities in all corners of Ontario.
QUOTES
“It’s an honour for the City of Vaughan to have been chosen as a major celebration community for the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Torch Relay. One of Vaughan’s great strengths is its diversity and we look forward to welcoming the Pan Am flame next spring. As a growing community with a strong sporting tradition, we are excited to be participating in this incredible event that will unite people of all ages in a celebration of sport and culture.”
-Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua
“The TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Torch Relay is an invitation to the nation to join the journey, share the spirit and show community pride as we prepare to welcome the best to the biggest international multi-sport Games Canada has ever held.”
-Saad Rafi, chief executive officer of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Organizing Committee
QUICK FACTS
- The torch relay begins May 30, 2015 and concludes July 10, 2015
- Torchbearers must be a Canadian citizen or legal resident of Canada and 13 years of age or older (as of May 30, 2015)
- Along with the public application process, which closes Dec. 1, 2014, at 11:59 p.m. (ET), torchbearers will also be chosen by torch relay route communities and other Games stakeholders
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