• Express Employment Professionals London to Host the Express Clydesdales in support of United Way


    LONDON, ONTARIO - September 8, 2015 Express Employment Professionals is hosting the world-renown Express Clydesdales at Queen’s Park, Western Fair on Sunday, October 4 and Monday, October 5, 2015 – just after the World Clydesdale Show.

    The award-winning Express Clydesdales from Express Employment Professionals are attending the World Clydesdale Show and some of our Express Clydesdales (gentle giants) will be sticking around London for some fun events on Sunday and Monday. We will be offering wagon rides, pictures with the Clydesdales, and show prep demonstrations with a Question and Answer period!

    Express will also take this opportunity to donate any proceeds to United Way. “I look forward to providing this unique opportunity to our community and surrounding areas, while also supporting United Way.” said Sharon Mercer, Express franchise owner. 

    Of a rare black and white color, the Express Clydesdales stand 17-18 hands high and weigh more than 2,000 pounds each. Their shoes are the size of dinner plates and weigh more than three pounds each.

    In addition to competing on a national stage, the Express Clydesdales have participated in some of North America’s most recognized parades and promotional events, including Calgary Stampede Parade, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Tournament of Roses Parade, Chicago St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Fiesta Bowl Parade, Orange Bowl Parade, Hollywood Parade, Kentucky Derby Pegasus Parade, the International Finals Rodeo and the Professional Bull Riders World Finals.

    The Clydesdales are most famous for escorting William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, during their visit to the Calgary Stampede in 2011.

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    About Express Employment Professionals and Express in Canada
    The London Express Employment Professionals franchise began operation as Contact Personnel in 1979 and serves the London and surrounding communities with temporary help and direct hire employees in a variety of fields, including administrative, commercial, technical, skill trades, engineering, and more.
    The London office, located at 300 Dundas Street, 2nd Floor is currently accepting applications.
    Express is on a mission to put a million people to work annually. With offices in the U.S., Canada and South Africa, Express put more than 456,000 people to work in 2014. Sales for the Oklahoma City-based company totaled more than $2.85 billion in 2014.

    About Express Clydesdales
    In 1998, Bob Funk, owner of Express Ranches and CEO and Chairman of Express Employment Professionals, visited the longstanding Canadian Western Agribition in Regina, Saskatchewan. While visiting, he met and fell in love with the rare and beautiful black and white Clydesdales. Mr. Funk saw an opportunity to bring something entirely new and different to his home state of Oklahoma, a state steeped in its own rich equestrian history. He intuitively knew that the Clydesdales would become an unusual tourist attraction. And they have! Not only do the Express Clydesdales meet thousands of visitors each year at home in the beautiful and historical Clydesdale barn (originally built in 1936 by H.I Grimes, an Oklahoma City oilman and farmer and restored especially for the Clydesdales by Amish Carpenters in 1998), but they travel across North America as ambassadors for Express Employment Professionals and help raise millions of dollars for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and other charities. Each year, they star in some of the world’s most famous parades like Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, The Tournament of Roses Parade, The Chicago St. Patrick’s Day Parade and the Kentucky Derby Pegasus Parade, just to name a few.

    For More Information
    Sharon Mercer, Owner                                      
    Express Employment Professionals                  
    300 Dundas Street, 2nd Floor                             
    London, Ontario                                                 
    N6B 1T6                                                             
    1 (519) 672-7620                                                
    Sharon.Mercer@ExpressPros.com

    Krystie Haire, Public Relations
    Express Employment Professionals                  
    300 Dundas Street, 2nd Floor                             
    London, Ontario                                                 
    N6B 1T6                                                             
    1 (519) 672-7620                                                
    Krystie.Haire@ExpressPros.com