Media Release - June 9, 2015

Marla Cole has had a dream for 12 years – and it is about to come true.

Since founding the Amati Quartet as the first violinist, Cole has wanted a professional recording and CD.

Thanks to the Cameco Touchdown for Dreams program – which grants dreams to women who have been diagnosed with life-threatening cancer - that wish is becoming a reality this year.

A remarkably talented musician, Cole was diagnosed with metastasized breast cancer in December 2014. Shortly afterward, friends and family, including Marla’s two teenage children, put together an application to the Cameco Touchdown for Dreams program.

The recording sessions started last month in the Emmanuel Anglican Church and continue this fall, with Marla planning to give all proceeds from CD sales to the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency.

Entering its fourth year, Cameco Touchdown for Dreams is a partnership between the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency and Cameco.

• The program granted a total of 16 wishes during the first three years.
• Due to tremendous support, the program will grant 10 wishes this year. All recipients will be introduced to the public this fall.
• Each October, the Cameco Touchdown for Dreams program visits Mosaic Stadium, where Cameco employees, Rider wives and Cancer Agency staff sell pink Roughrider merchandise to game-day fans. Sale profits will be used to help make the dreams come true. The October 24th home game in Regina has been designated for the Cameco Touchdown for Dreams program.

Contact:

Jonathan Huntington,
Manager – Communications & Community Investment, Cameco

306.251.2933