The 35th edition of the Opération Enfant Soleil Telethon begins this Sunday on TV, but also on Twitch and several other platforms.
The television event in which Luc De Larochellière, France D’Amour, Jay Scøtt and Laurence Jalbert will participate, among others, will be broadcast on TVA, live from the Théâtre Capitole de Québec, starting Sunday morning.
The day will kick off at 9 a.m. with the entire “Salut Bonjour Week-end” team, for a special hour dedicated to the Telethon, which will then continue from 12:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on TVA.
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At the animation, Annie Brocoli, Maxime Landry, Camille Dg, Alain Dumas, Anick Dumontet, Louis-Georges Girard, Josée Lavigueur and Madame Labriski will take turns. Eve-Marie Lortie, Arthur L’aventurier, Annie-Soleil Proteau and Félix-Antoine Tremblay also participated in special filming for the event.
Many artists will give performances throughout the day, including Jeanick Fournier, who won “Canada’s Got Talent”, Bruno Pelletier, Les Sœurs Boulay, Pomme, Roch Voisine, Ariane Roy, Scott-Pien Picard and Krystel Mongeau, the winner of the last edition of “Star Académie”.
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“For 35 years, Opération Enfant Soleil has had an undeniable impact in the lives of children affected by the disease and in the daily lives of caregivers across Quebec,” said Jonathan Gendron, President and CEO of Operation Child Sun.
To ensure everyone’s health and safety, this year’s formula will be one without an audience.
On the sidelines of the TV event, several Quebec “gamers” met for the 3rd edition of Playing to Heal on the Opération Enfant Soleil Twitch channel, June 4 and 5. Several players, including Mathieu Roy, will play their favorite games for the sole purpose of raising the Telethon spreadsheet.
To donate: 1 833-9ENFANT (from 8:30 a.m. Sunday) or telethonenfantsoleil.ca. To donate on mobile, just text CHILD to 20222 to donate $10, or SOLEIL to donate $25.
Use the #childsun2022 hashtag to join the conversation on social media.