BC Lions' fifth Orange Shirt Day game will feature special guests and attractions on Friday, Sept. 26, before and during the CFL team's football battle with Toronto Argonauts.
The annual game honours Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at Save-On-Foods Field/BC Place Stadium in Vancouver.
Players will wear special Orange Shirt Day warmup jerseys, to be raffled off in support of Orange Shirt Society and Indian Residential Schools Survivors’ Society (IRSSS).
The first 10,000 fans through the stadium gates will receive free orange t-shirts, according to a news release posted on bclions.com .
With ‘Surviving to Thriving’ as this year’s game theme, the club will also present a $20,000 cheque to Orange Shirt Society and host hundreds of residential school survivors and fami