Project Water receives $51,051 worth of bottled water from Nestlé Waters Canada for homeless across GTA. Bargains Group Canada

Bottled water best antidote to dehydration for those living on the streets

TORONTO, Ontario – Nestlé Waters Canada, Canada’s marketshare-leading manufacturer and distributor of healthy beverage choices, today announced that it has donated $51,051 worth of bottled water to Project Water, a volunteer organization that distributes bottled water to those living on Greater Toronto Area streets who suffer from dehydration during the summer months.

Project Water will distribute bottled water to more than 160 social service agencies over the next few months that work with the homeless and needy in Toronto and across the GTA. Agencies that receive the water include the Salvation Army, the Canadian Red Cross, Street Health Bus and the Scott Mission.

Nestlé Waters Canada will deliver 318,360 bottles of water to Project Water today. Since 2006, the Company has donated more than 1,514,808 bottles of water to the organization valued at $255,002.

“Our volunteer activities in support of those less fortunate who live on the streets of Toronto and elsewhere in the GTA would simply not be possible without the continuing generous donation of bottled water and volunteer manpower by Nestlé Waters Canada,” said Ms. Steinhauer. “Dehydration continues to be a significant health crisis in our community. The partnership of Project Water and Nestlé Waters is bringing us one step closer to resolving this challenge in the longer term while saving lives in the near term.”

“Project Water is doing great work – and we are very proud to be associated with this organization,” explained John Zupo, President, Nestlé Waters Canada. “Bottled water is the best antidote to dehydration for all human beings when they are away-from-home. Bottled water plays a key role in the continuing health and wellness of those who do not have access to potable water because they are homeless.”

About Project Water

Established in 2000 by Jody Steinhauer, President, The Bargains Group, Project Water is a volunteer organization that evolved in response to the dehydration health crisis that the homeless who live in the Greater Toronto Area face during the summer months. Since its inception, Project Water has distributed more than 1.5 million bottles of water to more than 160 frontline agencies in the GTA. For further information, please visit our web site at www.projectwater.ca or contact:

Lorne M. Simon
President
Michael Communications Media Group
Telephone: (416) 785-5037
Email : [email protected]

About Nestlé Waters Canada

Established in 1970, Nestlé Waters Canada is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nestlé Waters North America of Stamford, Connecticut. With headquarters in the Township of Puslinch, bottling facilities in Hope, British Columbia, and Puslinch and distribution facilities in Chilliwack, British Columbia; Puslinch and Laval, Quebec, approximately 400 employees support a network of more than 145 retailers across Canada.

For further information, please visit our web site at www.nestle-waters.ca or contact:

John B. Challinor II APR
Director, Corporate Affairs
Nestle Waters Canada
Telephone: 1 888 565-1445, Ext. 6441
Email: [email protected]

Jamie Jo Alton
National Public Relations
Telephone: (416) 848-1370
Email: [email protected]