October 23, 2008 (Saint – Augustin-de-Desmaures) – Today, Louis Garneau launched his book, “In Business, I Have Learned…”, offering his insights about life and business. On the same occasion, Garneau presented an exhibtion series of twelve large tableaus painted on printed fabric. Profits from all book and painting sales will be donated to the Petits Frères des Pauvres.

Thoughts Book
In his 333 thoughts book titled “In Business, I Have Learned…”, Louis Garneau presents various thoughts about business world and everyday life. These thoughts, tinged with his experiences throughout his cycling and businessman careers, will make you smile through your reading of this book, which is easy to read straight through or in random sections.

Louis Garneau offered special thanks to Cascades, who generously provided the paper to print the book, as well as Imprimerie Sociale who greatly contributed to the entire project.

Opening of the Exhibition
Louis Garneau, bachelor of the Université Laval Faculty of Fine Arts in 1983, displayed a series of twelve tableaux recently painted on printed fabric. Each tableau will be sold $1,000 and will be displayed until November 16 at the Galerie Louis-Garneau, located at 40, des Grands-Lacs in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures. Further to this event, the gallery will be available for the final year students of the Université Laval Faculty of Fine Arts, giving them the opportunity to show their creations to a mass audience. Since it is located in the heart of his factory in Saint-Augustin Industrial Park, it will allow Louis Garneau’s employees to be introduced to modern art while becoming the 1st gallery in a a work environment.

Petits Frères des Pauvres
It is essential for Louis Garneau to help our “Old Friends” who are too often excluded and forgotten.For this the reason all profits from the thoughts book and tableaux sales will be donated to the “Petits Frères des Pauvres”.

These funds, thus earned, will have the precise purpose to buy a minibus for an easier mean of transport for the “petits frères”. This way, they will be able to visit cultural centers, museums, theaters, and even their cottage at Lac St-Joseph, in the Quebec City area. Louis Garneau already took the necessary steps in order to access and renovate this vacation camp, a Government of Quebec property that was abandoned. Since its opening in the summer of 2006, several visits to this cottage have been organized, weekly, in order to entertain and to keep company to the “Petits Frères” in need.