2014 CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP REPORT OUR CLIENTS OUR CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS OUR AWARD RECIPIENTS OUR CONSULTANTS OUR EMPLOYEES OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Our vision...... 3 OUR CONSULTANTS...... 24 Corporate profile...... 5 Taking good work on the road...... 25 President’s message...... 6 Empathy in high heels...... 27 People who care and dogs that serve...... 28 OUR CLIENTS...... 7 Successful cancer partnership leads to spinoff...... 29 Investors Group Charitable Giving Program...... 8 Hamilton team donates (double) OUR CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS...... 9 time for Habitat...... 30 Supporting the new Canadian Museum Sharing in the ‘goal’...... 31 for Human Rights...... 10 Curing hunger with kindness...... 32 Financial literacy: Helping people Victoria Consultants prove they have the make better decisions...... 11 ‘Power To Play’...... 33 Celebrating our athlete of the year...... 12 OUR EMPLOYEES...... 34 We support what you support...... 13 Employees in Action...... 35 OUR AWARD RECIPIENTS...... 14 OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS...... 40 Herbert H. Carnegie Community National Region...... 43 Service Award recipient Ken Hendriks...... 15 Atlantic Region...... 43 Jon Jurus, Herbert H. Carnegie Community Quebec Region...... 44 Leadership Award recipient...... 17 Ontario Region...... 46 Herbert H. Carnegie Awards...... 19 Mid-west Region...... 51 Michèle Bouchard – 2014 President’s Lifetime Volunteer Achievement Award...... 20 Alberta Region...... 54 Employee Volunteer Award recipients...... 22 BC Region...... 56 Winnipeg Region...... 58
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OUR VISION
IS TO improve our clients’ financial well-being
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AT INVESTORS GROUP: We relate to our diverse clients through Comprehensive Planning
In all of our endeavours we are Diligent In Our Efforts
We respect each other and the communities we serve by being People Who Care
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Corporate profile
Investors Group is a national leader in delivering personalized financial solutions to nearly one million Canadians through a network of over 5,100 Consultants located throughout Canada. In addition to an exclusive family of mutual funds and other investment vehicles, Investors Group offers a wide range of insurance, securities, mortgage and other financial services. Investors Group is a member of the IGM Financial Inc. (TSX: IGM) group of companies and has $73.5 billion in mutual fund assets under management. Investors Group is committed to making a contribution to the many communities across Canada in which we operate by supporting local and national activities, events and organizations. In doing so, we hope to help our communities be more vibrant places to live and work. Investors Group is a founding member of Imagine Canada and is committed to donating at least one per cent of our average annual pre-tax income to charitable and other non-profit organizations. In 2014, this amounted to more than $6.5 million donated to over 1,400 organizations. For 18 years, Investors Group has partnered with Volunteer Canada and is a founding member of the Corporate Council on Volunteering, a corporate initiative to encourage employer supported volunteering across Canada.
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President’s message
The 2014 Corporate Citizenship Report reaffirms why Investors Group is well recognized for its unique culture of caring in our communities. We support that culture by encouraging the generosity of our people through programs like Employees in Action and the Community Investment Program. We succeed by attracting, developing and retaining Consultants and employees who are both proficient in their professions and dedicated to their communities. Each year we honour some of our most outstanding community-minded individuals. In 2014: • Niagara Consultant Ken Hendriks received the Herbert H. Carnegie Community Service Award for his fundraising efforts on behalf of special-needs children; • Jon Jurus, Regional Director for Hamilton West, received the Herbert H. Carnegie Community Leadership Award for his extraordinary leadership with a variety of non- profit organizations in southern Ontario; and • Michèle Bouchard, a Project Support Coordinator in Banking Operations, took Volunteer Canada, Free the Children, the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education, home the President’s Lifetime Volunteer Achievement Award for her unfailing efforts AthletesCAN and the Coaching Association of Canada. We are proud to recognize to improve cancer care in Manitoba and to engage our head office employees in them for improving the world around us. volunteerism. This report introduces you to some of our many dedicated Investors Group volunteers. We also help our clients to demonstrate their philanthropic nature through the Investors Their community leadership and their contribution of time, talent and resources can Group Charitable Giving Program, which enables them to create a focused and inspire us all. I thank each of them for making our communities better places in which enduring legacy. to live and work. Investors Group has developed long-standing partnerships with leading national Murray J. Taylor organizations that support a range of important community efforts in the areas of President and Chief Executive Officer civic engagement, financial literacy and amateur sport. This includes Imagine Canada,
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GIVING BACK AS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL PLAN
At Investors Group, we have been providing Canadians and their families with personal financial solutions for almost 90 years.
For many clients, their financial plans include giving back to the community through acts of philanthropy.
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Investors Group Charitable Giving Program LONDON REGION OFFICES PUT IT TO GOOD USE
Many Consultants have heartwarming success stories to The offices have several fundraising activities to continue share when they recommend that clients use the Investors funding the foundation account, including: Group Charitable Giving Program to create a personal CREATING A LEGACY OF GIVING or family legacy of charitable giving. Clients value the • The annual Investors Group London Children’s The Investors Group Charitable Giving Program program because it’s tax-efficient and makes it easy to Charitable Fund Golf Tournament, which in 2014, saw allows you to shape and define your legacy. create, direct and maintain their legacy over time. 112 golfers participate and raise $25,000; Whatever your interest, whatever your passion, Three London-area region offices have also started their • Title sponsorship of the new Illuminate London run, you can make a difference. own charitable success story by using a collaborative which provided a guaranteed $2,500 for the foundation account, along with opportunities for Investors Group approach for their offices’ charitable activities. It’s not necessary to be wealthy to take action: volunteers to participate; and sometimes, a well-placed gift of a few hundred Regional Directors Tim Grant (London South), David dollars can make all the difference to a charity in Irwin (London-Bluewater) and then-Regional Director • A variety of smaller inter-office events throughout the delivery of its programs and services. Brent Allen (London) wanted to align and manage the the year. three offices’ local charitable efforts. Together, they had To date, the London regions have raised $32,000 for The program also provides you with a legacy of big dreams: they planned to eventually raise $1 million the foundation account, and the account has provided giving by allowing you to involve your family in for local children’s causes. two grants: a computer lab for a local school and $5,000 philanthropic decision-making, both now and in the future. Involving heirs in the account and They soon realized that the Charitable Giving Program toward a new public playground. setting them up as successors in your will allows was the right tool for the job. you to pass on your most essential values – the “The three offices – London, London South and London- importance of giving back to your community Bluewater – are off to a great start,” said Executive Assistant and helping those less fortunate. Jackie McMannis. “We joined forces and between corporate Through the Charitable Giving Program, Investors donations and the 12 Investors Group “founding families” Group is committed to giving you the opportunity who each made a personal donation, we established the to achieve all of your philanthropic objectives. Investors Group London Children’s Charitable Giving Foundation account.”
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ENDURING PARTNERSHIPS, THRIVING COMMUNITIES
It takes just one person with vision, passion and courage to set the wheels of progress in motion. But it takes the commitment and effort of many to sustain the things that matter most and give meaning to our lives. That’s what inspires us to dedicate not only funding, but also our most powerful and valuable resource – our people – to improving the quality of life where we live and work.
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Supporting the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights
The CMHR is the first national museum to open in Canada since the country’s 1967 centenary. It is also Canada’s first national museum to be located outside of the National Capital Region. More than 8,000 private and public donors contributed to its creation and construction. “Investors Group is very proud to support the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, as a place where we can record and share stories about Canadians and their experiences,” said Murray Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are also pleased that the museum will become a destination for people across Canada and around the world to meet, learn and talk about human rights and the importance of treating all people with dignity and respect.” The museum, which stands at the historic forks of Winnipeg’s Red and Assiniboine Canada’s newest national museum, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR), rivers, explores human rights through a uniquely Canadian perspective. Ten core galleries held its much anticipated opening weekend in September 2014, welcoming 9,000 contain diverse stories, from Canada and around the world, and strive to connect visitors people for tours through its galleries and stunning architectural spaces. to human rights issues through interactive presentation and multimedia technology. Investors Group and affiliated companies Power Corporation of Canada, Great-West IGM Financial, the parent company of Investors Group, has committed through its Life, Canada Life and London Life had enhanced their commitment to the museum Corporate Responsibility Statement to support and respect internationally proclaimed earlier in the month, giving an additional $1 million to the historic venture. This brought human rights. the companies’ combined total contribution to $3 million.
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Financial literacy: Helping people make better decisions
“Teachers are too busy to create teaching units on their own,” said John Wiltshire, Senior Vice-President, Marketing. “In some cases, teachers didn’t feel confident they had the knowledge to build students’ financial literacy.” Building Futures in Manitoba introduces a series of detailed teaching units pre-tested with Manitoba teachers. It’s such a hit with teachers and students that Building Futures has now been developed for Ontario teachers, work is underway in Saskatchewan, will soon begin for adaptation for Quebec, and discussions are taking place with the Atlantic provinces. Materials are also being developed for use in Aboriginal and First Nations communities, as well as in French. Building Futures leverages the 2013 update of the popular Money and Youth: A Guide to Financial Literacy book produced by CFEE, with funding from Investors Group. Since the publication of the first edition, more than 360,000 copies have been distributed to youth across Canada. ‘Do nothing and nothing happens. Life is about decisions.’ – best-selling author Mhairi McFarlane FINANCIAL LITERACY MONTH Now into the 18th year of their partnership, CFEE and Investors Group are always Every day is decision-day in the financial lives of Canadians, young and old. But many looking for fresh ways to build financial literacy. To promote Financial Literacy Month lack the knowledge, skills and confidence to make responsible financial decisions. in November, Investors Group hosted a live Twitter chat featuring a group of financial Happily, 2014 saw big progress in the effort to create financial literacy among children and literacy experts and posted a financial literacy video on YouTube as new ways to reach youth. In March, Investors Group and its long-time partner, the Canadian Foundation for – and help – people. Economic Education (CFEE), built on the two organizations’ earlier work by partnering “It’s important for youth to understand that their daily financial decisions also shape with the Manitoba government to launch Building Futures to integrate economic and the bigger-picture financial decisions they’ll soon need to make,” said John. “Financial financial education into the school curriculum of Manitoba students in Grades 4 to 10. literacy is every bit as important for youth as it is for adults.”
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Celebrating our athlete of the year
The 2014 winner of the Lou Marsh Trophy is the first The fund is administered by AthletesCAN, the association bobsledder ever to win it and the first athlete with such of Canada’s national team athletes, with whom Investors BURSARY SUPPORT FOR OUR close ties to Investors Group. Group has partnered since 2000. The money assists elite OLYMPIANS AND PARALYMPIANS athletes with the costs of training and competition. It’s a The award, for Canada’s best athlete – professional or major boost for promising amateur athletes as they strive These bursary recipients competed at the 2014 amateur – went to Kaillie Humphries, winner of three to reach their full potential. Olympics and Paralympics, earning nine medals: Olympic gold medals and two World Cups, and daughter of Senior Financial Consultant Ray Simundson and Since its inception, the bursary program has awarded $1.5 2014 Winter Olympics athletes Assistant Cheryl Simundson, both of the Investors Group million in bursaries. • Meghan Agosta-Marciano, Ice Hockey, Gold Calgary South office. “The bursary program was created to reflect the unique • David Bissett, Bobsleigh • Lascelles Brown, Bobsleigh Kaillie has gone where no woman has gone before in two- Investors Group culture of caring,” said Trevor Krahn, • Alexandra Duckworth, Halfpipe woman bobsled, and she beat some standout finalists for Manager, Community Affairs. “So the bursary recipients • Meagan Duhamel, Figure Skating the national award: tennis players Eugenie Bouchard and aren’t solely selected for their athletic abilities or athletic • Daria Gaiazova, Cross-Country Skiing Milos Raonic; NHL defenceman Drew Doughty, who won achievements, though those are important.” Judges’ • Jayna Hefford, Ice Hockey, Gold a Stanley Cup with the Los Angeles Kings and selection criteria are centred on athletic achievement, • Melissa Hollingsworth, Skeleton an Olympic gold medal in 2014; and financial need and community involvement. • Kaillie Humphries, Bobsleigh, Gold the 21-year-old lacrosse sensation • Lucas Makowsky, Speed Skating Johnny Powless. Kaillie is the second bursary recipient to win the coveted • Denny Morrison, Speed Skating, Two Silvers Lou Marsh trophy. Kayaker Adam Van Koeverden, who • Caroline Ouellette, Ice Hockey, Gold In 2009, one year before won athlete of the year in 2004, is also a former recipient. • Lyndon Rush, Bobsleigh winning her first Olympic Adam has won eight world championship medals and • Brittany Schussler, Speed Skating gold in Vancouver, Kaillie four Olympic medals, including Olympic gold at the • Cody Sorensen, Bobsleigh received a $5,000 bursary 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. • Marianne St-Gelais, Speed Skating, Silver from Investors Group 2014 Paralympic athletes To see which of our Canadian athletes received a bursary – one of 20 awarded • Billy Bridges, Sledge Hockey, Bronze from the Team Investors Group Amateur Athletes Fund each year through the • Sonja Gaudet, Wheelchair Curling, Gold Team Investors Group in 2014, visit AthletesCAN. • Matthew Hallat, Para-alpine skiing Amateur Athletes Fund. • Robbi Weldon, Para-Nordic
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We support what you support
“It doesn’t feel like volunteering to me,” said Lisa Whitlock, Region Coordinator VOLUNTEER SUPPORT PROGRAM in the Victoria Downtown region office, after more than three years as a Big Lisa is delighted that her volunteerism is encouraged and supported by Sister with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria Capital Region. Investors Group. Through the Volunteer Support Program, she was Every Sunday, the 2014 Volunteer Support Program grant recipient spends provided with a cheque for $1,100 to support the Big Brothers Big four hours with her (now 16-year-old) “little sister,” engaging in a variety of Sisters chapter she’s been working with, on behalf of her involvement activities: baking, doing crafts, going to the lake or visiting a park. It’s special with the organization. time, just for the two of them. Through chapters across Canada, Big Brothers Big Sisters matches Lisa is a role model, mentor and reliable friend to her little sister. They have volunteers with children to teach, by example, the importance of developed a close bond as the girl advances through her teen years. For giving and giving back, staying in school and respecting her little sister, the interactions with Lisa broaden her experiences beyond family, peers and community. It offers a wide those in her everyday environment. “It opens her eyes to new friendships range of mentoring opportunities. One- and possibilities,” explained Lisa. on-one matches, like Lisa and her little sister, often become long-term Lisa was first attracted to Big Brothers Big Sisters when, as a teen, she had a relationships. friend who benefited from being a little sister. “It’s something I’d always wanted to be involved with,” she explained. The final push came when a Consultant “They were so grateful! And in her office returned from playing hockey with his little brother during lunch. for me, it was really rewarding She has now volunteered more than 600 hours for the organization. to present them with the cheque,” she said. At Lisa’s workplace, community involvement is strongly encouraged. Volunteer activities include everything from breakfast with Santa to gardening at a low- income housing complex. “Being a Big Sister is an incredibly rewarding experience. If you have the opportunity, take it.”
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HONOURING OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS
Each year, Investors Group recognizes our outstanding volunteers through the presentation of several distinguished awards. The Herbert H. Carnegie Community Service Award and Community Leadership Award recognize Consultants and Field Directors, respectively, who demonstrate outstanding long-term community service and business excellence. We also honour our employee volunteers for their tireless dedication to community service through the President’s Lifetime Volunteer Achievement Award and the quarterly Employee Volunteer Award.
We extend our congratulations to the following 2014 award recipients.
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Inspired to do ‘a little bit more’ HERBERT H. CARNEGIE COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENT KEN HENDRIKS
Since then, he has committed – many times – to doing “a little bit more” to help Red Roof meet growing demands. Today, the organization runs respite programs and day camps on a picturesque 11-acre hobby farm with fully accessible walking trails, a fishing stream, therapeutic gardens, a horseback riding ring and lots of animals. Founder Steffanie Prins Bjorgan appreciates Ken’s involvement as a Red Roof board member and tireless fundraiser. “Every year, I don’t know how he does it, but we make more money than the year before.” Ken also founded a Boy’s Club to provide constructive When Red Roof Retreat was created in rural Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, in 2001, activities for six- to 12-year-olds in his Niagara-on-the-Lake area. Niagara Consultant Ken Hendriks’s wife Carrie – a caregiver for special-needs children “I enjoy providing kids with opportunities to do meaningful things and it – inspired him to get involved. enables me to be involved in my own kids’ activities.”
As the Herbert H. Carnegie Community Service Award recipient, Ken admitted that ANSWERING THE CALL TO DO MORE he has had lots of inspiration over the years to help his local community as well as A turning point in Ken’s charitable work came in 2007 when he won an Investors Group communities thousands of miles away. Sales Achievement Award, which included some award money. “I felt a calling to do With Red Roof Retreat, Ken instantly recognized the important work the group was doing more,” he said. Inspired by Investors Group President and Chief Executive Officer for special needs children, youth and their families. He committed to help with fundraising. Murray Taylor, Ken used the award money to establish the Hendriks Family Foundation.
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This enabled the Hendriks family to take their charitable a chance to meet heroes Herb Carnegie and hockey giving to a new level. legend Jean Béliveau. Today, Ken is a major supporter of organizations like As part of his own Carnegie award, Ken received a $25,000 Wells of Hope, which works in Guatemala to provide, Investors Group Charitable Giving Program contribution, among other things, fresh-water wells that replace the which he chose to direct to his family’s charitable foundation contaminated water available in many mountain towns. account. He plans to build the foundation account’s A new well often saves the lives of infants and toddlers balance, so they can leave a significant legacy to the who otherwise would die of unsafe water. A well can also charities they care about. save mothers and older children hours of walking each day – otherwise spent walking kilometres to pick up DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE water – time that could be spent in school or boosting Ken said that he and Carrie will never stop volunteering. family income. They are thinking of doing mission work when their children are older. He acknowledged that he’ll continue IN GOOD COMPANY to try to “do a little bit more” because so many people At the 2014 President’s Elite conference, Ken was formally need so much help. recognized with the Carnegie award. It came as a big surprise – he didn’t even know he had been nominated He is enthusiastic about the many ways Investors Group by close friend and fellow Consultant Mark Ewert and encourages and supports Consultants and employees to Regional Director Lloyd Tylee. give back to their communities. He encourages everyone to put their talents to work, to help others – even if it’s Ken is honoured to receive the prestigious award that a little bit – to make a difference in the lives of others. honours outstanding client service and exceptional long-term community service. He thinks back to the presentation of the first Carnegie award, when he got
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Their favourite ‘chair’ JON JURUS, HERBERT H. CARNEGIE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENT
In fact, he does a wide variety of things right, including fundraising, attentive governance of a non-profit’s scarce resources and creating connections to others in the community who can contribute to the organization’s success.
EXEMPLARY SERVICE “Jon exemplifies community service,” said Division Director Bill Rattner. “His community respect is second to none.” Jon’s community involvement is so extraordinary that the entire Hamilton West region office supported his nomination for the Herbert H. Carnegie Community Leadership Award, an award that honours outstanding client Most people’s homes have a favourite chair; it’s the go-to place where everybody service and exceptional long-term community service. wants to be. A FOCUS ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH Hamilton West Regional Director Jon Jurus is an entirely different kind of favourite For years, Jon has devoted his time to a range of community organizations, often being “chair.” The 2014 recipient of the prestigious Herbert H. Carnegie Community named to each organization’s board of directors. For 13 years, he served on the board Leadership Award is such a generous, committed and skilled leader that regardless of of directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Guelph, occupying every role on the board which volunteer role he takes on with a community organization, he often ends up as (including president) during his tenure. He is currently serving as the chair of both the the chair of the board. Guelph Wish for Children and the Dofasco Centre for the Arts’ Theatre Aquarius boards. “I always seem to end up as chair sooner or later,” Jon said with a laugh. “I must be Jon has contributed countless hours of leadership and service to youth residence doing something right, if so many non-profit organizations welcome my involvement.” Wyndham House in Guelph, McMaster Children’s Hospital and the Hamilton Child Abuse Council.
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“I feel that children and youth are the most vulnerable “I’m incredibly humbled to receive this award and to be resources in our society. We are surrounded by so many among tremendous company like Herb Carnegie and the stories of families struggling with sick children or economic past recipients,” said Jon. “My parents always instilled in me hardships. If there’s anything I or the office can do to ease that no matter what I did or accomplished, I had a moral a family’s life, I’m going to do it.” obligation to help others. That’s what I’ll continue to do.”
Jon’s interest in youth protection and development was A MODEL AMBASSADOR shaped by raising his three children with wife (and Investors Group Consultant) Janice Jurus. “One of my primary responsibilities as Regional Director is to carry the Investors Group flag in our community,” Jon insists that volunteerism is a two-way street. He said explained Jon. “I try to be the best ambassador for he gets back a great deal from community organizations Investors Group I can be, so that the community knows like Guelph Wish for Children. that Investors Group can be trusted and counted on to help.” “When you find a volunteer experience that you really care about, that moves you emotionally, that makes the community better – everyone wins.”
MANY TO BENEFIT As a recipient of the Herbert H. Carnegie Community Leadership Award, Jon received a $25,000 foundation account through the Investors Group Charitable Giving Program, enabling him to direct proceeds to charities of his choice. He plans to donate 10% of the account each year to support the work of a variety of charities like Hamilton Child Abuse Council, Theatre Aquarius and Ancaster Community Services.
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Herbert H. Carnegie Awards
Herbert H. Carnegie embodied the spirit of community HERBERT H. CARNEGIE COMMUNITY HERBERT H. CARNEGIE COMMUNITY commitment and business excellence during his 32 years SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS with Investors Group. He was also the inspiration behind the Future Aces program, which encourages ethical behavior Presented yearly to a Consultant with a record of Presented every second year to a Field Director with and educational achievement among Canada’s youth. outstanding client service and exceptional long-term a record of outstanding client service and exceptional community service. long-term community service. We are proud to recognize Consultants and Field Directors who share this spirit through special awards named in Ross Elliott – Halifax (2004) Linda Hancock – Ottawa West (2006) his honour. Vince O’Shea (deceased) – Edmonton Southside (2005) Michael Buhr – Winnipeg West (2008) Mark Ewert – Niagara (2006) Chuck Ealey – Mississauga Central (2010) Reine L’Écuyer-Hébert – Sherbrooke (2007) Paul Demay – Okanagan (2012) Miles Schiller – Saskatchewan Northwest (2008) Jon Jurus – Hamilton West (2014) Bruce Morrison – Kootenay (2009) The Carnegie legacy has meant that Dennis Hunt – Western Manitoba (2010) Debbie Mealia – Greater Vancouver North (2011) over $1,000,000 has been committed Jim Mignault – London South (2012) to Canadian charities, and this legacy Gerry Doyle – Ottawa South (2013) will continue to grow each year as the Ken Hendriks – Niagara (2014) award is presented.
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What she sees, is what you get MICHÈLE BOUCHARD – 2014 PRESIDENT’S LIFETIME VOLUNTEER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
organizations, organizing events at head office, and representing Investors Group at community events.
‘I WANT TO HELP’ Michèle, who is a Project Support Coordinator in Banking Operations at head office said “I see a need and I want to help. I have seen first-hand the impact volunteering has within our community, country and globally. Any time you are able to give, helps.” Michèle’s colleagues nominated her for this award, in appreciation for the amazing work she does for others. “Michèle is the most giving person of her time, hands, feet and heart that I have ever had the pleasure of meeting,” said Sherry Heppner, now- retired Director of Banking Operations. “You cannot put a price on the generosity of her efforts...look at the life impact she has had on those around her.” “What can you do?” Most say it with a shrug or gesture of helplessness when we hear of illness or social problems that seem too big to tackle. COUNTLESS VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES “What can I do?” is how Michèle Bouchard responds. It has been her response countless Much of Michèle’s volunteering supports health care needs in Winnipeg. One of her times, to the benefit of people across Winnipeg and beyond. Her impressive and enduring first major experiences was as a volunteer coordinator for the Canadian Breast Cancer commitment to doing what she can is why she was selected as the 2014 President’s Foundation Run for the Cure. Lifetime Volunteer Achievement Award winner. “I was inspired by my sister, who had just completed two years of treatment from When she sees a problem, she learns what she can do to help and then she gets to Stage 4 breast cancer.” Michèle took on a huge responsibility: recruiting, scheduling, it – coordinating hundreds of volunteers, raising money for dozens of events and managing and recognizing run volunteers and also managing the foundation’s Winnipeg volunteer database.
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VOLUNTEERING AT INVESTORS GROUP CANCERCARE MANITOBA TO BENEFIT To start, Michèle joined the Social Committee, coordinating Michèle chose the CancerCare Manitoba Foundation to blood donor clinics. Then she became her floor’s Social benefit from the $10,000 corporate donation she received Committee treasurer. This gave her experience managing along with her award. a budget, coordinating logistics, communicating to employees and promoting event participation. “I learned so much about CancerCare Manitoba’s vision to reduce the impact of cancer on all Manitobans – through For nearly a decade, she’s been involved with the Investors early detection, care, research, education and most Group Community Outreach Committee, since 2009 as importantly to me, prevention, with their Kick Cancer co-chair. It’s a busy role. She has helped organize drives campaign,” said Michèle. “I am thrilled the donation will for clothes, toys, books and school supplies, and has also support the extraordinary work they are doing. organized annual events including many of the company’s holiday dinners. “Thank you to members of the Challenge for Life team for all of their efforts raising funds for the CancerCare She is instrumental in organizing Investors Group teams Manitoba Foundation,” said Michèle. “Great job everyone in community events, including the Alzheimer Society’s – because we can!” Memory Walk and CancerCare Manitoba’s Challenge for Life (as co-captain). “My inspiration to be involved with the Challenge for Life was my sister, who, after two years battling breast cancer, as she was transitioning back to work, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. I was very mad at this disease and wanted to get even!” explained Michèle.
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Employee Volunteer Award recipients
FIRST QUARTER RECIPIENT SECOND QUARTER RECIPIENT Karen Horwood Kathleen Seymour Region Coordinator – Client Service Administrator II – Fredericton region office Richmond division office Karen’s interest in volunteering started through her role at Investors Group. As an Assistant Kathleen began volunteering at her church at age in the St. John’s region office, she first got involved with co-workers volunteering with nine by serving tea after services and the drive to groups such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, Young Adult Cancer Canada and the Canadian volunteer gained momentum throughout her life. She Red Cross. Her passion for volunteering has moved with her to the Fredericton region has generously given her time to many organizations, office. She currently serves on the board of directors for the Fredericton Food Bank including BC Cancer Foundation, United Way, BC and is also a member of their capital campaign committee. Parkinson Society, Heart & Stroke Foundation, and most recently the Richmond Hospice Foundation. “Volunteering is far more than doing a good deed. It can help develop skills personally and professionally and “Besides getting that great feeling inside, my volunteer experiences it’s a great opportunity to meet new people, network have led to me meeting some amazing people, acquiring many life skills with other professionals and, most importantly, and experiences, learning a lot about myself and witnessing many awesome events.” help others!” All this taught her to be the person she is today. And the volunteer spirit does not stop with her. Kathleen has made sure to pass her values on to her children who all volunteer as well.
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Employee Volunteer Award recipients
THIRD QUARTER RECIPIENT FOURTH QUARTER RECIPIENT Lisa MacKenzie Colleen Bauman Program Manager – Region Coordinator – Winnipeg head office Okanagan South region office Lisa had no idea that volunteering with Habitat for Humanity’s Cycle of Hope would Colleen used to think that in order to assist in ignite a love for volunteering. developing parts of the world, you had to be a doctor or a nurse or directly involved in social She really found her place in 2005 when she was looking for a new fitness challenge justice issues. She now knows firsthand how valuable and heard about Pan Am Boxing. By 2006 she was leading the Youth at Risk boxing administrative skills are to these areas too. classes, obtained her Level 2 Boxing Coach Certification and implemented a morning class offering at the Club. In 2009, Her first volunteer experience overseas was in 2010, spending Boxing Manitoba selected Lisa as Assistant Coach three weeks volunteering with Burmese migrant schools and for Team Manitoba, giving her the privilege of leading in a Burmese refugee camp on the Thai/Burma border. Since then, the provincial youth boxing team to compete at Colleen has given countless hours in Canada as a volunteer, but has still made time for Junior Nationals. two subsequent volunteer trips overseas. “I am very grateful to the individuals who nominated “My hope in receiving this award and thus sharing my story is that others will be me for this award – each of whom has come out encouraged to follow their passions, go out and make a difference.” to Pan Am and become a part of its fabric.”
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE FROM COAST-TO-COAST
For Investors Group, our long heritage of grassroots involvement, corporate funding and project initiation by many of our people has created a strong corporate culture of caring for our communities. We have a long history of attracting people who are ambitious and people who care for those they serve, which translates into a deep interest in community needs. When you combine these characteristics, you end up with a strong sustainable focus on corporate citizenship.
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Taking good work on the road
Investors Group has long given back to the communities in which our people live and “Sometimes during our busiest working days we can lose sight of things that are very work, and in 2012 this principle was expanded to include the communities – in Canada important,” said participant Andrew Lekas, Mortgage Planning Specialist. “The ‘Go and around the world – that the company visits for its annual conferences. Blue’ project let us share a real-life learning experience with the kids that will help them be self-sufficient in the future. Seeing how excited and grateful the kids were to be part “We’ve added something really special and meaningful to the agendas of these events,” of our team, and us theirs, was a great experience.” said Mark Kinzel, Executive Vice-President, Financial Services. “We got feedback from attendees that wherever we were holding the conferences, there were non-profit PRESIDENT’S ELITE CONFERENCE, organizations that needed a hand in meeting the needs of the less fortunate. So now, wherever our conference is being held, attendees pitch in and work right alongside MAY 28 – JUNE 4 local or global aid organizations in whatever way we can, to help.” Vilshofen, Germany Here’s how our conference attendees joined together to benefit local communities At our President’s Elite conference on the Danube, attendees in 2014. took time after the first day’s meetings in Vilshofen to fill backpacks with school supplies for underprivileged children. STAR PERFORMERS CONFERENCE, APRIL 8–13 Senior Executive Financial Consultant Faye Afshar Honolulu, Hawaii (Edmonton Southside) made a special connection At our Star Performers conference in Honolulu we partnered with one of the children who came to help – a five- with Impact 4 Good – a socially conscious teambuilding year-old girl from Afghanistan who recently arrived company – to benefit the K-12 students at the ‘Iolani School. in Germany and didn’t speak the language. The little girl’s eyes lit up when she discovered that Faye Event attendees got a chance to “surf” in Hawaii by spoke her language. “It was so meaningful for me, it participating in a “Go Blue” solar surfing event designed to had great impact,” she said. showcase the importance of recycling, alternative energy, and the preservation of the world’s oceans. Teams first Investors Group also partnered with a local agency and assembled solar surfboards and wooden ramps (or waves), AmaSonata’s management team to donate leftover food and then raced their creations against those of their peers. from the ship to local food banks. In an email to President After the event, representatives from the school received and Chief Executive Officer Murray Taylor, a contact from the event’s surfboards and 120 solar classroom curriculum kits the agency expressed thanks for the support. “So it shows to foster environmental education, creativity and innovation in again – being connected and using every potential opportunity for the classroom. cooperating holds the opportunity for good things,” she said.
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PRESIDENT’S CLUB, ROUND TABLE ELITE AND Giving back was also the theme of a presentation by “Wine ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE, JUNE 6 – 11 to Water” founder Dickson Hendley. “Doc,” a North Carolina Sintra, Portugal bartender, took to the stage to talk about the non-profit organization he founded in 2004 to provide clean water to In the picturesque town of Sintra, conference attendees people around the world. He spoke passionately about the rallied to assemble bikes and wagons for local children people he has worked with in poverty-stricken communities, from who too often struggle for life’s basic necessities. The Darfur to Port-au-Prince. To date, more than 250,000 people in 17 group knew they were helping a local organization, The countries have been helped by his efforts. Compassion Network, and were happy to participate. They didn’t know that the real joy would come from presenting the Doc’s presentation resonated with the audience. Julie Bissonette (Ontario Northeast) equipment, along with toys, to the children that day. “There wasn’t called his talk amazing and inspirational. “As a new Consultant, that really helped me a dry eye around when the kids came in,” said Upper York Consultant with my business because it’s something that I really believe in. That’s what we do – we Mary Hope. “They were so appreciative!” help people.”
APEX SUMMIT, SEPTEMBER 14–16 Quebec City People were eager to sign up for a volunteer event held one day before the 2014 Apex Summit in Quebec’s capital. About 250 participants gathered to create more than 75,000 nutritious meal packets for Stop Hunger Now, a hunger-relief agency that coordinates the distribution of food and other lifesaving aid to children and families around the world. “It was a high-energy event,” said Victoria Metro Consultant Amrit Lalli, who enjoyed the competitive spirit of the participants. “We all have so much. Being able to do something to give back is part of who we are.”
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Empathy in high heels
Fredericton Regional Director Ian Wilson came away from difference with a small effort. And I was reminded that one fundraiser with a good feeling, a better understanding empathy isn’t enough. Unless you’re actually doing ... and sore feet. something to address a problem, it doesn’t get solved.” When Ian heard about Fredericton’s first Walk a Mile Consultants Sherry Hamilton, Robert Miner and Mac in Her Shoes fundraiser, in which teams of local men MacFarlane found their own way to contribute, raising would raise money for a women’s shelter by walking a money through a charity barbecue. mile through downtown in shocking red high heels, he jumped at the chance. Ian would like to see men across Canada get involved with the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes fundraiser. Each event He’d heard of Women In Transition House, which supports is locally organized, with national support from the Royal victims of domestic violence, so he organized a team of LePage Shelter Foundation, which sources man-sized good-natured guys who could take some ribbing for a red high heels and other support for hosting a successful good cause. local event. “It was quite a sight, me wearing those bright red four-inch “Sure it takes self-confidence for a man to walk a mile heels,” Ian laughed. He and fellow teammates hobbled down Main Street in high heels, but if you can support a across the finish line in last place but were the day’s top local women’s shelter and have fun doing it, that’s really money-raisers, raising $5,000 toward the overall goal worthwhile.” of $10,000.
GOOD FUN FOR A GOOD CAUSE “I have new respect for the well-known saying about walking a mile in another person’s shoes,” Ian said. “I gained a lot of respect for women who can walk gracefully in those killer high heels. I learned that if there’s a fundraiser that captures people’s imagination, it can make a huge
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People who care and dogs that serve
Fernand Loiselle is surrounded by people who care. The money goes to breeding, training and matching guide dogs to Canadians with visual and motor disabilities, The Québec Ste-Foy Regional Director remembers and to children with developmental disorders such as the day in 2004 when Consultant Denis Bergeron and autism. Each dog is intensively trained to meet the specific client Hugues Henry came to him with an idea to raise needs of the person the dog will support. money to train guide dogs. They were inspired by the core principle of the MIRA Foundation: “anything that Fernand now serves on MIRA’s board of directors and is accessible to the public at large should be accessible is a big believer in the foundation’s professionalism and to handicapped individuals.” efficiency. Other Investors Group people are also excited about MIRA. Their original fundraising idea – a bike ride from Vancouver to Quebec City – proved too ambitious and risky, so over “Life really changes for recipients of a MIRA dog,” said the years, their recipe for success evolved. It’s now a fun Quebec Marketing Director Martin Caron. “We are so one-day event, Les Yeux du Coeur with 80 cyclists from proud that Les Yeux du Coeur was born and raised at a number of Investors Group’s Quebec region offices Investors Group.” and the Quebec General Office joining clients, family and friends cycling in Sainte-Madeleine, near Montreal’s South Shore. “We didn’t want a cycling event just for elite athletes,” Fernand explained. “We are successful because cyclists of all abilities can enjoy the day and raise funds.” In one day, the cyclists raise a remarkable $55,000 each year! It’s a fun day of camaraderie that leaves everyone feeling good, especially after a visit to see the Labrador retriever and Bernese Mountain dogs demonstrate their skills.
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Successful cancer partnership leads to spinoff
Kids, which takes place on the open road, the Inside Ride raises pledge money when participating teams ride on stationary bikes in fundraising events. “If you think that riding a stationary bike is boring, you should see our Inside Ride event,” said Toronto Downtown Regional Director Sue Neal, who organizes a lively event at Yonge and Dundas in downtown Toronto. Energizing music, team uniforms and keen competition make it a fun event. And it has raised $100,000 in the past five years. “You should see our people!” said Ontario Marketing Director Brian Keegan. “Consultants and regional employees in teams of six really compete. They want the highest mileage.” There are team prizes for most mileage completed, most dollars raised and for team spirit. Volunteers bring a lot of enthusiasm to Coast to Coast Against Cancer Foundation activities. The events are organized to be fun for participants, but knowing that corporate partners, like Investors Group, cover all administrative costs of the foundation also make a difference. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Wisely, the Coast to Coast Against Cancer Foundation “Every penny that a participant fundraises goes directly to the charities the foundation ignored that cautious advice. So did their longtime partner, Investors Group. supports,” Brian said. “There are no professional fundraisers and corporate sponsors cover Instead, the foundation decided to build on the huge success of their Tour for Kids all foundation administrative costs. So, as an Inside Ride participant, it feels extra good event – in which cyclists take to the streets in Ontario and Alberta, raising money to knowing that you’re helping some really great kids in a way that’s 100% cost-effective.” provide a health care-supported camping experience for children and adolescents living with cancer. In Ontario, Investors Group is the title sponsor of Tour for Kids, which has raised more than $10 million. So when the foundation created the Inside Ride, a spinoff of Tour for Kids, naturally Investors Group people wanted to get involved. Unlike Tour for
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Hamilton team donates (double) time for Habitat
“Time is money.” That famous phrase by Benjamin Franklin But she was worried. She was working two jobs to support is nearly 300 years old, but it still holds true. her kids. Between the jobs and her parental responsibilities, she didn’t know how she’d manage to contribute the 500 Thirteen members of the Hamilton region office team hours of “sweat equity” volunteering that Habitat for who volunteered to spend a day helping build three Humanity requires for families to be approved for a home. Habitat for Humanity townhouses learned an important lesson. Hamilton Regional Director Todd Moser had TIME IS MONEY rounded up the volunteers, assuring them – based on his own experience – how worthwhile it is to volunteer with Because money was so tight in her family, she had little Habitat for Humanity. spare time. Too little spare time would mean no new home for her family. Habitat for Humanity is famous for bringing volunteers and community partners together to build affordable The Investors Group volunteers quickly put their heads housing for people struggling to break free from the together and decided to “donate” their combined 104 hours cycle of poverty. of volunteering that day to the hard-working mother’s sweat-equity accumulation. So she got a meaningful So, on May 29, 2014, a cross-section of Hamilton-area 104-hour boost toward becoming qualified for the home. Field Directors, Consultants, Associates, Assistants and Planning Specialists arrived at the construction site, ready “It was an easy decision,” explained Todd. “We chose to help. They were assigned their construction tasks, rolled Habitat because they encourage families to become up their sleeves and got to work. financially independent. This was an extra boost for someone who needed it.” In the course of the day, some of the Investors Group volunteers met a working mother – also volunteering that day – who explained that she and her children hoped their family would be assigned one of the homes to live in. She wanted a safe, suitable home.
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Sharing in the ‘goal’
For the past three years, Investors Group’s Winnipeg West region office has supported a group of Winnipeg boys and girls by partnering in an innovative hockey program created by the Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation. The students, now in Grade 7, are participating in the Winnipeg Jets Hockey Academy (WJHA), a program with goals that go beyond teaching the skills of the game. The initiative is helping more than 500 children from economically and socially challenged schools to discover their own strengths and interact with positive role models. Every Tuesday from October to May, the students are bused to the MTS Iceplex – the practice facility of the Winnipeg Jets – where they’re met by members of the Winnipeg West team, led by Regional Director Don Courcelles, Consultant Kevin Kaiser and Region Coordinator Lynn Rowan. WJHA’s off-ice support begins with help getting everyone suited up in their hockey gear, which is provided by the True North Foundation. On the ice, Investors Group volunteers share the coaching and drills- training responsibilities with university students. “We’re there to help, whether it’s adjusting equipment or coaching the students for their next game against other WJHA opponents,” Lynn said. “But some of the benefits are less obvious. Their school attendance is higher on hockey days. They’re learning to cooperate and support each other as a team.” The Winnipeg Jets Hockey Academy, now in its eighth year, targets students in Grades 2-10 and has more than 125 volunteers from local companies, 45 student volunteers, and 40 paid university students to guide the more than 500 children in the program.
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Curing hunger with kindness
It was an overcast morning in Lethbridge but community Lethbridge is home to approximately 90,000 people and spirit was shining brightly at the Lethbridge Food Bank is rapidly growing, making the food bank an important pancake breakfast held in August 2014. part of the community. As a non-profit organization, Lethbridge Food Bank largely depends on donations Every Investors Group Consultant in the Alberta South from individuals and businesses. region office was out to support fundraising efforts for the food bank and to serve breakfast on a grand scale. The pancake breakfast, organized by Consultant Jewel Harvey, was the first of its kind hosted by the Alberta “We fed 500 people in two hours,” exclaimed Regional South office. Director Barbara Wensley, who cooked more than 1,000 sausages that morning. Barbara said there’s plenty of interest in hosting another pancake breakfast. The Investors Group team banded together to cook and serve a free hot breakfast – consisting of pancakes, “Absolutely, in fact we hope to double those numbers.” sausages, coffee and juice – in exchange for cash donations to the food bank. The event was held in conjunction with Whoop-Up Days, a family festival, exhibition and rodeo held every summer in Lethbridge. As the pancake batter flowed and sausages sizzled, clients and neighbouring business people came out to enjoy the food and camaraderie. Together, they raised funds to restock the food bank’s shelves with much-needed items. Though many people across Canada generously donate food to their local food bank, it’s less common for food banks to receive cash donations, which are also welcome. Cash donations permit food banks to stock shelves with seldom-donated items.
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Victoria Consultants prove they have the ‘Power To Play’
Scaling walls, canoeing and crawling through mud…those cool and wet, which added to the atmosphere and fun aren’t things Victoria Downtown region office members of the outdoors.” watched on TV. They were barriers and challenges to overcome in the May 25 charity adventure race Power To The Downtown Victoria office took its involvement Play, an annual fundraising event for the British Columbia seriously. The office’s team, the IG Incredibles, had charity, Power To Be. impressive results, finishing in the top five of the 35 teams in four categories, as follows: Victoria Downtown Consultant Michael Kucherawy has • second for providing most volunteers been leading the office’s involvement with Power To Be for more than five years and his efforts have been gaining • fourth in amount fundraised support and participation each year. • fifth for fastest race time “I was introduced to Power To Be by a client who supports • second for best costumes their work,” Michael said. “It’s a great organization that The IG Incredibles also organized special fundraising offers adventure and nature-based programs designed events and canvassed for individual donations – raising for youth and families in need of support.” over $15,000 for Power To Be! Along with Michael’s Associate, Tanner Holtman, seven “Last year, 835 local families benefitted from the Power Victoria Downtown Consultants were involved in the To Be programs,” Michael said proudly. “There are some 2014 fundraising efforts for the race while many more inspiring programs these people put on, like a wilderness Consultants, Field Directors and family members took school where the kids experience more than 40 weekend part in other ways. programs a year. Our efforts at this event alone account “Power To Play is an outdoor adventure race where for making a difference to six local families. four-person teams go through an obstacle course with “I’m proud of our team and proud to be part of Investors challenges similar to what you see on the TV show, Group. It’s very gratifying to witness this level of support Survivor,” Michael explained. “May in Victoria can be for our community.”
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BUILDING THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY
Employees in Action (EIA) gives Investors Group employees greater opportunities to take part in workplace and community activities and provides recognition for employees who are active in their community. Under the direction of the EIA steering committee, these groups have worked to enhance existing initiatives and add several new ones. This has led to increased engagement in volunteer activities by employees throughout the company.
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Employees in Action
Our Employees in Action committees plan activities and events throughout the year that During a week-long campaign in October 2014, help support community needs by encouraging volunteerism and collecting monetary Investors Group employees were invited and material donations for local causes. Through our partnerships with local community to give to the United Way to be part of a organizations and funding programs that support employee giving and recognition for growing community of care and support employees who volunteer, we hope to inspire and motivate employee volunteerism in for the people of Winnipeg. our workplaces and our communities. The week featured a variety of events UNITED WAY: UNITED IN GIVING AND CARING to inspire employees to give to the agency, which combines the donations of “We give. We grow.” thousands of people across Winnipeg to support programs that focus on creating opportunities for individuals, families, and communities. The campaign raised an impressive $533,547, mainly through employees pledging monthly payroll contributions. The company matched all donations from employees who didn’t contribute to United Way in the previous year. Highlights from the week included the wheeling and dealing excitement of “Let’s Make a Deal” in the cafeteria, a chili fundraiser, and the ever popular 50/50 bingo games that brought in $1,550 for the cause. In addition, an employee forum at the Winnipeg Art Gallery brought together all head office employees to hear how United Way makes a difference in the lives of Winnipeggers.
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Later in the month Investors Group Nathalie uses skills from her “day job” as Assistant Vice-President, Product Utilization hosted a United Way Day of and Planning, to get a head-start on the Investors Group Centraide workplace campaign Caring, which saw employees planning. As early as March each year, she’s working with her team leads, to keep them pick up paint rollers and brushes informed and involved in planning. to brighten up the apartment suite at the Elizabeth Fry Society Her team draws inspiration from Centraide’s principles: protection and diversity, which of Manitoba. The non-profit are captured in Centraide’s slogan: Coming together to help. Helping to come together. group provides counselling, Again in 2014, the Investors Group campaign exceeded all its goals, with increases in the crisis intervention, and support number of donors, the number of new donors and the number of donors who achieve for women in conflict with the Leader recognition for a contribution of $1,000 or more. There were nine Leaders in law, whose challenges often include the 2014 campaign, up from just one Leader four years ago! mental illness, poverty, addictions and abuse. Sometimes, it’s not the big contributions that create the most awareness, though. One popular event that Nathalie and her three-person committee undertake is “squeegee Of the support shown for United Way, “It’s day,” when committee members go to each person’s desk at QGO, offering to clean not surprising,” said campaign co-chair Chris computer monitors and even eyeglasses – for a small contribution to Centraide. It Greenhalgh. “Investors Group employees are known creates a sense of fun, but also a chance to talk with employees about the needs of for being people who care, and we understand the strengthening of community that one in seven people in Greater Montreal. happens thanks to United Way’s efforts.” Investors Group shows real leadership in the Centraide campaign, she said. Not only does SHARING THE SPIRIT OF GIVING the company encourage employees and Consultants to contribute, but the company Every fall, the high-profile March of 1,000 Umbrellas is the official kickoff of the also makes a corporate contribution and matches, dollar for dollar, contributions from annual Centraide of Greater Montreal fundraising campaign. (United Way is known any new donor. She is very proud of the support she and her Centraide team get from as Centraide in Quebec, Ottawa and other French-Canadian communities.) But for the company. Nathalie Godbout and her Centraide committee at Investors Group’s Quebec General Office (QGO), the effort begins much earlier.
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FIGHTING HUNGER ONE MEAL AT A TIME “If you ever get a chance to be involved with Stop Hunger Now, please do it,” said Kim Feeding the hungry, here and abroad, was the theme Kirshenbaum, Manager of Special Products, who was part of the team. “I feel fortunate behind a number of employee and Consultant to work for a corporation that empowers each of us to help in this fight against hunger.” initiatives in 2014. Since it began in 1998, Stop Hunger now has provided over 180 million meals in 65 countries. Every food package, which feeds six people, is distributed through feeding Helping a community mainstay programs operated by partner organizations in developing countries that promote Investors Group employees lent a hand at Siloam education, encourage children to attend school, improve students’ health and nutrition, Mission in Winnipeg in April, serving meals, cleaning address gender inequalities, stimulate economic growth, and fight child labour. up, and sorting clothing for the mission’s clothing room. Volunteers also helped by bringing with them five boxes of toiletries, which had been collected at head office throughout the year. Since 1987, Siloam Mission has provided meals, clothing, and hope services to Winnipeg’s poor and homeless community. In 2011 Siloam expanded its facilities, services and programs and now offers supportive housing and employment training programs in the inner city.
A record breaking day for Stop Hunger Now As part of Hunger Awareness Week in early May, 150 Investors Group volunteers worked together at Winnipeg’s RBC Convention Centre to put together 65,000 food packages for our event partner – the international hunger relief agency Stop Hunger Now. Not only did the efficient volunteers surpass the goal and make 66,000 packages, they were the fastest group of volunteers that Stop Hunger Now had ever worked with – more than doubling the average two-hour package count of 30,000.
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Feeding our future all the fixings to diners at Investors Group’s head office (400 people in two sittings), Thousands of Canadian families rely on free or subsidized school-based lunch the Main Street Project (75), Andrews Street Family Centre (150) and the North Point programs from September to June. But during the summer holidays, many go without Douglas Women’s Centre (200). nutritious lunches. At each event, participants received a goodie bag to take home. Every child received a To help with this challenge, Sodexo – the food service provider at Investors Group’s head gift from Santa, wrapped with care, and purchased by the Investors Group Community office – established theFeeding our Future program through its Sodexo Foundation. Outreach Committee. The program donates the food and labour necessary to provide summer lunches to Volunteers also hosted an afternoon tea for a group of appreciative seniors at the Good children who need them. Neighbours Active Living Centre. In Winnipeg, Sodexo joined with Winnipeg Harvest prepare and deliver 150 lunches per day to community programs for one week in August. Investors Group volunteers HIGH-ENERGY RIDE MOVES RESEARCH FORWARD pitched in, helping their Sodexo co-workers with meal preparation and cleanup. The need to continue the promising research on juvenile diabetes has caught the imagination of the Quebec General Office (QGO), Montreal-area Consultants and Hot meals, served with caring regional employees. It’s heartening when meaningful traditions live on from year to year. For four years, they have focussed on raising money – in a fun, participative Investors Group served its holiday outreach dinners to way – for one charity that is the world’s leader in funding juvenile 825 people in 2014, marking the 15th straight year that diabetes research. In Québec alone, 60,000 people live with volunteers helped to prepare a hearty meal for those juvenile diabetes, also called type 1 diabetes or T1D. less fortunate. The dinners are in partnership with The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) community-based agencies that serve family and supports T1D research in pursuit of prevention, better community resource needs. treatment and a cure. This year, employee volunteers – together with Johanne Blanchard, Assistant Vice-President and Legal Sodexo, the company’s food service provider, Counsel, leads Investors Group’s participation in the who handles the cooking – served turkey and JDRF Ride for Diabetes Research. It’s a popular way
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for Consultants and employees to raise money, participate and raise awareness of a Men participate each November by growing moustaches and raising funds, and they serious disease. are encouraged to become men’s health advocates for the month. Women can also raise funds and build awareness. The JDRF Ride for Diabetes Research is a high-energy stationary bike-a-thon, held each fall in more than 20 communities across Canada. It has grown to raise more than $7 Offices across the country hosted events to create awareness and have some fun. million a year – more than $1 million in Montreal alone. The one-day event in Montreal The Toronto General Office put a new spin on a children’s party game with their well- is held just a couple of blocks from the QGO office, at Place Ville-Marie. attended “Pin the moustache on ‘70s Burt Reynolds” event. “It’s a big and boisterous event,” Johanne said. “We walk over from the office in our The temporarily moustached Wolodarsky brothers – David, Associate Manager, Investors Group People Who Care t-shirts and the sound and energy are really something. Marketing Planning; and Joel, Director of Planning and Product In 2014, we had a record 13 teams of five riders and all 65 of us were on stationary bikes Development – co-chaired this year’s successful Movember in one big group, spinning away!” campaign. The Investors Group participants were proud to raise $11,144 toward the cause. “Movember has become a global phenomenon,” Joel said. “It has provided funding to more than Johanne said she has become really inspired by the stories of children and their 580 men’s health programs around the world families bravely managing T1D. She has become a JDRF organizer, reaching out to and major medical breakthroughs are being non-financial companies in Montreal, asking them to join in the 2015 JDRF Ride for made. Our head office team raised more Diabetes Research. She tells the story of one eight-year-old girl who “was so mature in than anyone else in Manitoba and was a dealing with her disease, yet is so young – it really makes you want to help.” leader, Canada-wide.” MOVEMBER: CHANGING THE FACE OF MEN’S HEALTH “Each moustache is making a difference,” Movember is a big deal at Investors Group, and the 2014 Movember campaign raised said David. “When you see a moustache nearly $70,000 for men’s health initiatives, bringing the total raised by Investors Group on the face of a colleague who is usually men and women to $360,000-plus over the past six years. clean-shaven, it’s a real motivator as each one makes it possible for conversations to The Investors Group team is part of an annual worldwide campaign that is making take place about important men’s health a difference in men’s health as it relates to prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and issues and about going for an annual checkup.” mental health.
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PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY 2014
Investors Group provides financial assistance to non-profit groups and organizations in which our employees, Consultants, retirees and their immediate families are involved as active volunteers and donors. We recognize the essential contribution our people can make to their communities and our programs aim to encourage and support this contribution through the granting of financial assistance. As the stories in this corporate citizenship report have shown, we support many different community needs in many different ways. What is common is the appreciation of the people whose lives are enriched by these volunteer and charitable efforts.
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PERCENTAGE BY AREA
Investors Group is committed to making a contribution to the many communities across Canada in which we operate by supporting local and national activities, events ALBERTA 4.54% and organizations. Locally, our funding supports the volunteer efforts and charitable ATLANTIC 2.85% giving of our Consultants and employees, while corporately, we have developed BC 5.92% long-term relationships with national organizations whose efforts support those MIDWEST 6.68% of local volunteers and community needs. In addition, as one of a small number of NATIONAL 31.23% national companies headquartered in Winnipeg, Investors Group plays a leadership ONTARIO 16.18% QUEBEC 10.50% role in our home community through our support of a wide range of organizations WINNIPEG 22.10% and events.
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PERCENTAGE BY PROGRAM
Investors Group’s Community Investment Program delivers our financial support in a way that we believe is meaningful and relevant to our Consultants and employees and the communities where they live. A significant component of our program ARTS & CULTURE 7.43% funding is determined by Consultants and employees at the grassroots level. The CIVIC 19.85% organizations and causes that we as a company support are the ones that our people EDUCATION & YOUTH 18.49% support through their volunteer time and financial donations. We are proud to be HEALTH 18.86% SOCIAL SERVICES 24.66% able to encourage and reward the valued efforts of Consultants and employees in AMATEUR SPORT 10.71% this way.
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NATIONAL REGION Indspire deCoste Entertainment Centre Society (The) Ship Hector Foundation Rideau Hall Foundation Ducks Unlimited Canada Tapa Cat Rescue Society civic Forget Me Not - Cenotaph Fund Inc. Town of Wolfville health Boston College Center for Fredericton Arts and YMCA of Greater Saint John Inc. Corporate Citizenship Canadian Cancer Society Learning Incorporated education & youth Business Council of Manitoba La Fondation du Cancer du Sein du Québec Fredericton SPCA Inc. Business for the Arts Movember Canada Free The Children Brigadoon Children’s Camp Society C.D. Howe Institute Happy Valley-Goose Bay SPCA Cape Breton University social services Canada West Foundation Historic Sites Association of Girl Guides of Canada (The) Canadian CED Network Food Banks Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Inc. Junior Achievement of New Brunswick Canadian Centre for Ethics (The) Lighthouse, Children and Families (The) Humber Community “YMCA” Kingswood University Kings County Branch, Nova Scotia - Gambia Association & Corporate Policy sports Canadian Chamber of Commerce Nova Scotia SPCA (The) Prince Edward Island AthletesCAN (The) Conference Board of Canada Kings Historical Society Writers’ Guild B2ten Free The Children Maritime Greyhound (The) Royal Life Saving Society Coaching Association of Canada Imagine Canada Adoption Program Canada, Ontario Branch True Sport Foundation (The) Nature Conservancy of Canada Moncton West Rotary Charities Inc. St. Thomas University Partnership for A Drug Nova Scotia Society for the (The) University of New Brunswick Wee Care Developmental Free Canada Inc. ATLANTIC REGION Prevention of Cruelty to Animals True Patriot Love Foundation Philae Temple Crippled Children Day Care Centre Travel Fund in Trust Volunteer Canada arts & culture Portage Atlantic Foundation health education & youth Beaverbrook Auditorium Prince Edward Island Humane Society Ability New Brunswick Inc. Halifax Dance Association (The) Banff Centre Rotary Club of St. John’s (The) Arthritis Society New Brunswick Youth Orchestra, Inc. Canadian Foundation for East Foundation Inc. (The) Arthritis Society - Nova Scotia Division Economic Education civic Sackville Rivers Association Sackville Seniors Advisory Council (The) Burin Peninsula Health Care (The) Duke of Edinburgh’s Cambridge - Narrows Regional Library Saint John Arts Centre Inc. Foundation Inc. Award in Canada Cape Breton Branch of The Saint John Rotary Club Charitable Trust Canadian Breast Cancer Herbert H. Carnegie Future Nova Scotia Society for The SCRI - Social, Cultural, Foundation - Atlantic Chapter Aces Foundation Prevention of Cruelty Recreational Inclusion Society 43 OUR CLIENTS OUR CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS OUR AWARD RECIPIENTS OUR CONSULTANTS OUR EMPLOYEES OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
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Canadian Cancer Society QEII Health Sciences Feed Nova Scotia Summer Street Industries Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Centre Foundation (The) Food Bank Network of the Bay Sussex Sharing Club Canadian Diabetes Association Saint John Regional of Islands Ministerial Association, Inc. Teen Mania-Canada Canadian Mental Health Association Hospital Foundation Fredericton Community Services Inc. Touchstone Counselling Group Canadian Paraplegic Saint John Regional Hospital Friends of MUN Botanical Garden Inc. Twelve Baskets Food Bank Association (Nova Scotia) Foundation Inc. (The) Gideons International in Canada United Way of Canada Coast to Coast Against Cancer South and Central Health Foundation Grand Falls-Windsor, Bishop’s Fall United Way of Cape Breton Colchester East Hants Branch Western Shelburne County Health Community Food Bank Inc. United Way of Central New Brunswick Canadian Mental Health Association Care Charitable Society Greater Moncton Association (The) Upper Room Community Mental Health Initiative Inc. Yarmouth Hospital Foundation for Community Living Hospitality Ministry Inc. Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada (The) Greater Moncton YMCA West End Food Bank Ltd. Easter Seals Newfoundland social services Hampton Food Basket and Women in Transition House Inc. and Labrador Big Brothers Big Sisters Clothing Centre Inc. Youth Safe Harbour Emergency Relief and of Pictou County HomeBridge Youth Society Transitional Services Inc. Development Overseas Big Brothers-Big Sisters of P.E.I. Inc. Inner City Churches Loaves YWCA of Moncton Friends of the Moncton Big Brothers-Big Sisters and Fishes Society Hospital Foundation, Inc. of Saint John Inc. International Children’s Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Camp Kerry Society Memorial Place Ltd. QUEBEC REGION John T. McMillan Jr. Memorial Canadahelps Canadon Iris Kirby House arts & culture Foundation Inc. (The) Canadian Red Cross Society Link 127 Humanitarian Aid Society Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Carlton-Kirk United Church Loads of Love Humanitarian Comité culturel de Piopolis inc. Leukemia & Lymphoma (The) Children’s Wish Aid & Mission Society Young Musicians of The World Society of Canada Foundation of Canada McLeod Hill Assembly of Christians Inc. (La) Fenêtre Mindcare New Brunswick Foundation Chisholm Foundation for Children Open Door Ministries (La) Fondation Jean Duceppe Movember Canada Chisholm Youth Services Royal Lepage Shelter Foundation (Les) Grands Ballets Canadiens Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada Community Food Basket Saint John Seafarers’ Mission Inc. (Les) Idées heureuses Muscular Dystrophy Canada of Saint John Inc. (The) Salvation Army civic (The) New Brunswick Heart Community Food Sharing Association School Lunch Association, Inc. and Stroke Foundation (The) Endowment Fund of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Amnistie internationale Prince County Hospital Auxiliary Inc. United Way of Central N.B. Inc. Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation Canada francophone
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Association “Rimouski Ville Cyclable” Camp du Lac Vert Association des Bénévoles du Fondation de l’hôpital Camp D’Été pour Jeunes Diabétiques Commission Scolaire des Affluents Centre de Santé et de Services Maisonneuve-Rosemont de l’Est du Québec Inc Commission scolaire des sociaux de Chicoutimi Fondation de l’Hôpital régional (The) Canadian Federation of Grandes-Seigneuries Association du cancer de de Saint-Jérôme Humane Societies: CFHS Concordia University l’Est du Québec Fondation des maladies du Centre de Resources de la Fondation Bruny Surin Autisme Québec coeur du Québec Basse-Ville d’Ottawa Inc. Fondation Cavelier-De-Lasalle Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Fondation des maladies du Comité des Oeuvres Charitables Fondation Collège de Montréal Canadian Cancer Society coeur et de l’AVC de l’assemblée Mgr Jean- Fondation HEC Montréal Centre de pédiatrie sociale Fondation du Centre Hospitalier Baptiste Martel 2159 Forces Avenir de Trois-Rivières de Granby Inc. Comité Des Oeuvres Charitables Forum-Jeunesse Charlevoix-Ouest Centre d’intégration à la vie Fondation du Centre hospitalier du Conseil Ste-Agathe 2802 La Fondation de L’Université Laval active pour les personnes vivant universitaire de Sherbrooke Fondation du Centre Jeunesse Perspectives Jeunesse avec un handicap physique Fondation du Centre hospitalier (The) Kiwanis Foundation of Queen of Angels Academy Foundation CORAMH régional de Trois-Rivières Canada Incorporated Royal Institution for The Advancement Dystrophie Musculaire Canada Fondation du Centre Régionale La Fondation du YWCA de Montréal of Learning McGill University Fondation autisme Laurentides de Santé et de Services Les Fiduciaires Des Oeuvres Université de Montréal Fondation canadienne du foie Sociaux Rimouski Inc. Charitables du Club Université Laval Fondation Centre de Fondation du CHU de Québec Richelieu St-Lambert Université de Montréal - Institut Réadaptation Estrie Inc. Fondation du CHU Sainte-Justine Maison Revivre de Recherche en Immunologie Fondation Charles Bruneau Fondation du Dr Julien Musée de Charlevoix et en Cancerologie Fondation CURE Fondation de l’Hôpital de (La) Fondation Portage Fondation de la Maison de soins la Baie des Ha! Ha! SPA de Québec health palliatifs de Vaudreuil-Soulanges Fondation les petits trésors Sierra Club of Canada Foundation Alzheimer Society of Lanark County Fondation de la recherche Fondation Néz pour vivre Association Canadienne sur le diabète juvénile Fondation québécoise du Cancer Inc. education & youth des Ataxies Familiales Fondation de l’Hôpital Brome- Fondation Regionale Pour La Corps de cadets 2793 Chambly Association de paralysie Missisquoi-Perkins Santé de Trois-Rivières Sun Youth Organization Inc. cérébrale Régions Mauricie Fondation de l’Hôpital général Fondation sur les leucodystrophies Académie Zénith et Centre-du-Québec juif Sir Mortimer B. Davis Fonds de Dotation du Centre Black Academic Scholarship Fund Hospitalier Jonquière Inc.
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Go, le Grand défi inc. social services Fondation du Centre de Moisson Saguenay Groupe d’entraide cancer et vie Association des enfants handicapés réadaptation Estrie PHACES Foundation of Canada (The) Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish de Boucherville et Varennes Fondation du Centre jeunesse Réseau de soutien et de services General Hospital Foundation Aux Sources du Bassin de Chambly des Laurentides pour mères monoparentales Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Banque Alimentaire La Vigne Fondation du Club de hockey (Le) Réseau Enfants Retour Canada (La) Fondation de l’Hôpital de Banques alimentaires Québec Canadien pour l’enfance Société de protection et Montréal pour Enfants Centraide du Grand Montréal Fondation Mab-Mackay d’amenagement de l’Ile aux Pommes Les Diabetiques de Québec Centraide-Haute-Cote- (La) Fondation Mira St. George Orthodox Leucan Nord-Manicouagan Fondation Père-Ménard Church of Montréal Leukemia & Lymphoma Centraide Outaouais Fondation québécoise Aidons un Enfant Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation Society of Canada Centre de bénévolat et Moisson Laval Fondation Rêves d’enfants Théâtre Parminou Lupus Canada Centre de prévention du Fondation Robert Piché Trait d’Union Outaouais Inc. (The) Monique Malenfant- suicide de Québec Fondation Tel-jeunes West Island Youth Project Pinizzotto Cancer Foundation Centre de Stimulation l’Intercom Fondation-Jeunesse de la Côte-Sud Vision Mondiale Canada (The) Montréal Children’s (La) Corporation de L’entre- Centre d’écoute et de Prevention sports Hospital Foundation du Suicide Drummond jeunes de Rivière-Du-Loup Montréal Heart Institute Foundation Centre missionnaire des (La) Fabrique de la Paroisse Fondation Père Sablon Movember Canada Auxiliaires franciscaines de St Honoré de Shenley Sports-Québec Operation Enfant Soleil Chenail Roule pour l’espoir (La) Fondation du Patro Cardiovascular Health de Jonquière Inc. Club des petits déjeuners du Canada ONTARIO REGION Action Association Comptoir Le Grenier Fondation Jean-Monbourquette Ressource pour personnes (La) Fondation Lina Cyr Fondation Annette-Cimon-Lebel arts & culture handicapées, Abitibi-Témiscamingue Fondation Honoré-Mercier Maison le Prélude Academy Theatre Foundation / Nord Du Québec Fondation Claude Turcotte (L’)Ancre des Jeunes Actors Fund of Canada Royal Victoria Hospital Foundation Fondation Cordillera (L’)Arrêt-Source Bluewater Summer Playhouse Société Alzheimer Centre-du-Québec Fondation de la Tablee Populaire (Le) Phare Enfants et Familles Brampton Arts Council Société canadienne de la sclérose Fondation des Amis de (L’)O.E.I.L. Chorus Niagara en plaques - Division du Québec l’Enfance (Québec) Inc. Moisson Mauricie/Centre du Québec London Fringe Theatre Festival Société canadienne du cancer YMCAs of Québec Foundation Moisson Montréal Make A Gesture Society Moisson Rive-Sud Lyndesfarne Theatre Projects
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Oakville Symphony Orchestra Community Foundation (The) Markdale Rotary Vaughan In Action Community Oshawa - Whitby Kiwanis for Kingston & Area Club Charitable Trust Program Inc. Music & Theatre Festival Community Living St. Mary’s and Area (The) Niagara Community Foundation Victim Services of Peel St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival Credit Valley Conservation Foundation No. 6 RCAF Dunnville Volunteer and Information Quinte St. Michael’s Choir School Ducks Unlimited Canada Museum 1999 Inc. (The) Volunteer Centre of Shaw Festival East Scarborough Storefront Ridgetown and Area Adult St. Lawrence-Rideau Theatre Aquarius Fixed “Fur” Life Activity Centre World Wildlife Fund Theatre Aurora Free The Children Robert Land Community Association Canada Foundation (The) Georgian Bay Rotary Club of Belleville civic Treatment Centre Inc. Charitable Trust education & youth Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc. Grey Bruce Animal Shelter Rotary Club of East York Algonquin College Foundation Brampton Safe City Association (The) Guelph Community Foundation Rotary Club of Guelph Bishop’s University Foundation Brant Waterways Foundation Habitat for Humanity - Sarnia/Lambton Rotary Club of Guelph South Brescia University College Foundation Caledon Parent-Child Centre Habitat for Humanity Canada Charitable Foundation Inc. Canadian Friends of Yeshiva University Canadian Arab Institute Habitat for Humanity Rotary Club of Kitchener-Westmount Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities Canadian Centre for Child Greater Toronto Area Rotary Club of Sarnia Bluewaterland Cardus Hamilton Protection Inc. Habitat for Humanity Rotary Club of St. Catharines South Carleton University Canine Vision Canada Peterborough and District Rotary Club of Toronto Centennial College of (The) Charitable Trust of the Hockey Ministries International West Charity Trust Applied Arts & Science Rotary Club of Hamilton “AM” Jewish Community Services (The) Rotary Foundation (Canada) CODE Chatham-Kent Family John Howard Society of St. John of the Cross Parish (The) Conestoga College Institute of YMCA Foundation Hamilton, Burlington & Area Sandy Pines Wildlife Technology and Advanced Learning Chinese Christian Mission of Canada Kawartha Trans Canada Centre Incorporated Douglas College Foundation Christian Community Concern Trail Association Special Olympics Ontario Inc. Durham Catholic District School Board Centre (4C’s Food Bank) (The) Kinsmen Club of Sunshine Centres for Seniors Education Foundation of Chinese City of Burlington Lindsay Foundation Town of Ajax Professionals Association of Canada City of Hamilton Koinonia Christian Fellowship Inc. Town of Milton Education Foundation of Niagara City of OwenSound Korean Society of London Turkish Community Heritage First Book Community Action Resource Lambton Seniors Association Centre of Canada George Brown College Foundation Centre in Toronto
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(The) Governing Council of Ranji Singh Foundation ALS Society of Ontario Canadian Friends of Aniquem Health The University of Toronto St. James Town Family Literacy Services - London Chapter Development Corporation Grand Erie District School Board (The) Sanfilippo Children’s Alzheimer Society of Canada Canadian Hemochromatosis Society Guild Festival Theatre Research Foundation Alzheimer Society of Canadian Institute of Child Health (The) Hamilton-Wentworth District Scouts Canada Cornwall & District Canadian Mental Health School Board Foundation Seneca College of Applied Alzheimer Society of Dufferin County Association, Haliburton, Herbert H. Carnegie Future Arts & Technology Alzheimer Society of Elgin-St. Thomas Kawartha, Pine Ridge Branch Aces Foundation Simcoe County District Alzheimer Society of Grey-Bruce Canadian Pulmonary Huron University College Foundation School Board (SCDSB) Alzheimer Society of Huron County Fibrosis Foundation Junior Achievement of Central Ontario Southwestern Ontario Youth for Christ Alzheimer Society of London Canadians for Children at Health Risk Junior Achievement of Peterborough Spelling Bee of Canada and Middlesex (The) Carpenter Hospice Lakeland Muskoka Thames Valley District School Board Alzheimer Society of Ontario (The) Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre Kiwanis Club of Oshawa Timothy Rose Memorial Fund Alzheimer Society of York Region Children’s Health Foundation Education Foundation Toronto Community & Culture Centre Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Children’s Hospital of Eastern Lapani Dramatic Theatre Inc. Toronto District School Board Society of Canada Ontario Foundation Lindsay Centre for Preschool Toronto Kiwanis Boys and Girls Clubs (The) Arthritis Society Ontario Division Children’s Wish Foundation of Enrichment Inc. Trillium Lakelands District School Board Autism Society Ontario - Guelph and Wellington (The) Literacy Group of University of Guelph Simcoe County Chapter (The) CHML Children’s Fund Waterloo Region University of Ottawa Heart Bluewater Health Foundation Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation McGill University Institute Foundation Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada CIBC Run for the Cure McGill University - Medicine University of Toronto Breast Cancer Action Coast to Coast Against Cancer McMaster University University of Western Ontario Cambridge Memorial Community Association for Medeba University of Windsor Hospital Foundation Riding for The Disabled (The) Orillia Museum of Waterloo Education Foundation Inc. Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Community Living Huronia Foundation Art and History Wilfrid Laurier University Canadian Cancer Society Community Memorial Owen Sound Family YMCA York Region District School Board Canadian Celiac Association Hospital Foundation Peterborough Victoria York University Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Crohn’s and Colitis Northumberland and Clarington Canadian Diabetes Association Foundation of Canada Catholic District School Board health Canadian Diabetes Association CURE Foundation Queen’s University AIDS Committee of York Region - Hamilton & District Branch Doctors Without Borders Canada
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(The) Dorothy Ley Hospice (The) Kidney Foundation of Canada Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation (The) Down Syndrome Lakeridge Health Foundation Hospital Foundation St. Joseph’s Lifecare Foundation Association of Hamilton Lakeridge Health Whitby Foundation Oshawa Community Health Centre Stevenson Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Dreams to Memories Foundation Markham Stouffville (The) Ottawa Hospital Foundation Sudan (Canadian) Medical Care Inc. Easter Seals Ontario Hospital Foundation Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation Terry Fox Foundation Easter Seals Society McMaster Children’s Hospital Owen Sound Regional Thames Valley Children’s Epilepsy Waterloo-Wellington (The) Mikey Network Hospital Foundation Centre Women’s Auxiliary ErinoakKids Centre for Treatment (The) Milton District Palgrave Rotary Foundation Tim Hickman Memorial Fund and Development Hospital Foundation Palliative Care Network for York Region Toronto East General Hospital (The) Ewings Cancer Mission Aviation Fellowship of Canada Pathways Health Centre for Children Foundation Inc. Foundation of Canada (The) Mount Forest Louise Philip Aziz Centre for Hospice Care Toronto Rehabilitation Foundation of Chatham- Marshall Hospital Foundation Port Perry Hospital Foundation Institute Foundation Kent Health Alliance Mount Sinai Hospital (The) Princess Margaret Tour for Kids Gateway Centre for Learning Foundation of Toronto Cancer Foundation Trillium Childhood Cancer Georgian Bay Cancer Support Centre Movember Canada (The) Prostate Cancer Support Centre Georgian Bay General Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada Fight Foundation Trillium Health Centre Foundation Hospital Foundation Multiple Sclerosis Society of Reena Foundation (The) Volunteer Association Gilda’s Club Simcoe Muskoka Canada, Brant County Chapter Residential Hospice of Grey-Bruce of Macassa Lodge Greater Niagara General Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, Ronald McDonald House Southwestern VON Middlesex-Elgin Foundation Hospital Foundation Durham Regional Chapter Ontario Children’s Care Inc. Waterloo Region Family Network Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation Multiple Sclerosis Society of (The) Ross Memorial Welland Hospital Foundation Heart and Stroke Foundation Canada, Sarnia Chapter Hospital Foundation Windreach Farm Kingston Office Niagara Tournament of Hope Rouge Valley Health Wingham and District Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Niagara’s Cancer Care Run Foundation System Foundation Hospital Foundation Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario Norfolk General Hospital Foundation Royal Victoria Hospital Foundation Hospice Georgian Triangle North East Grey Health Clinics Inc. Sears National Kids Cancer Ride social services (The) Hospital for Sick Children Ontario Lung Association SickKids Foundation A Place Called Home (The) Hospital for Sick Kids Foundation Ontario March of Dimes Southlake Regional Health Across U-Hub Huntington Society of Canada Ontario Medical Foundation Centre Foundation Agape Centre (Help to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Ontario Society for Crippled Children Spinal Cord Injury Ontario Needy) Cornwall Inc.
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Amici Camping Charity Blessings in a Backpack: Feeding Community Living - Grimsby, Indwell Community Homes “Argus” - Residence for Young People the Future of Canada Lincoln and West Lincoln Infundo Ephakemeyo Scholarship Fund Asha Jyoti Community Welfare Borden Family Resource Centre Community Resource & Interim Place Society of Canada Boys and Girls Club of Durham Employment Service International Teams Aurora Seniors Association Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada Community Support Connections Kanata Food Cupboard Barrie Food Bank Brantford Food for Thought - Meals On Wheels and More Kawartha Food Share Benevolent Society of Brockville & Area Food Bank Compassion Canada Kawartha Lakes Food Source Grimsby and District (The) Bruce Trail Conservancy Cook Street Village Activity Centre Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre Bethany Community Church Cambridge Self Help Food Bank Society (New Horizons) Kemptville Youth Centre of St. Catharines Camp Kerry Society Covenant House Kerry’s Place Autism Services Bethlehem Housing and (The) Canadian Red Cross Society Daily Bread Food Bank Kids Help Phone Support Services Canadian Feed The Children (The) David/Jonathan Project KidsAbility Centre for Child Bethlehem Not-for-Profit Cancer Assistance Program (The) Denise House Development Foundation Projects of Niagara Centretown United Church Dress for Success Kingston Lakeshore Community Bible and Literacy League - Canada Chatham Outreach for Hunger Inc. Eden Food Bank Outreach Centre Inc. Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Hastings (The) Children’s Wish Evangel Hall Mission Lambton Crisis Pregnancy Centre & Prince Edward Counties Foundation of Canada Fairhaven Christadelphian Langar Seva Meal & Support Services Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Toronto Children’s Aid Foundation Charitable Foundation L’Arche Daybreak Big Brothers Association of Christians Against Poverty Canada Feed The Need In Durham Learning Disabilities Association Dufferin and District Church of St. Luke Lutheran (The) Food Bank of Waterloo Region of Peel Region Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hamilton City Kidz Food 4 All Northumberland Lions Foundation of Canada and Burlington Incorporated Collingwood/South Georgian Bay Footprints London Abused Women’s Centre Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rotary Charitable Foundation Gate 3:16 Outreach Centre London and Area Food Bank London and Area (The) Community Pantry Gillian’s Place London Crisis Pregnancy Centre Big Brothers Big Sisters Community Care City of Green Haven Shelter for Women Lorraine Johnston Foundation of Orillia & District Kawartha Lakes Guelph Wish Fund for Children Loving Arms Charitable Corporation Big Brothers Big Sisters of Community Care Concepts Hamilton Habitat for Humanity Markham Food Bank the Georgian Triangle of Woolwich, Wellesley and Hockey Helps The Homeless Marmora Helping Hands Food Bank Big Brothers of Owen Sound Wilmot Townships Hospice King Aurora Meals on Wheels London Community Care Durham - Uxbridge (The) Hunger Project Merrymount Children’s Centre
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Mission Services of London St. Joseph’s Hospice Resource Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation YWCA Community Fund Neighbour to Neighbour Centre Centre of Sarnia Lambton Swami Mohan Das Sewa New Path Youth & Family Counselling Ste. Louise Outreach Centre of Peel Samiti of Canada sports Services of Simcoe County (The) Salvation Army Temple Sinai Foundation Canadian Olympic Foundation Newmarket Food Pantry (The) Salvation Army Community Their Opportunity Minor Canadian Rugby Football Union Niagara Foundation for Family and Family Services - Burlington Sports Corporation Golf Association of Ontario & Children’s Services (The) Salvation Army Trans Canada Trail Foundation KidSport Ontario North York Harvest Food Bank Owen Sound Corps UNICEF Canada Special Olympics Peterborough Northstar Cultural Community Centre (The) Salvation Army Wiarton United Church Downtown Mission Olive Tree Foundation Community Church United Way of Kingston, Frontenac, MID-WEST REGION Operation Scugog (The) Sandwich Teen Action Group Lennox & Addington Orangeville Foodbank (The) Sapper Mike Mcteague United Way of Oxford arts & culture Ottawa Food Bank Wounded Warrior Fund United Way/Centraide Ottawa Ottawa Senators Foundation Sarnia Organ Donor’s Awareness Vaughan Food Bank Brandon Festival of the Owen Sound Hunger Relief Effort Second Harvest Food (The) War Amps Arts Incorporated Partners in Mission Food Bank Support Committee Wellspring Cancer Support Foundation Dryden Entertainment Series Partnership West Food Bank Settlement Assistance and Wellspring London and Institute of Chinese Language, Pat Francis Ministries Inc. Family Support Services Region Foundation Culture & Arts Peace of Mind Golf Tournament Sexual Assault Centre (The) White Ribbon Foundation Moose Jaw Festival of Peterborough Family Resource Centre (Hamilton and Area) Women’s Crisis Services Dance Association Pillar Nonprofit Network Sharelife Trust of Waterloo Region North Bay Symphony Society ProAction, Cops & Kids (The) Sharing Place Food Bank World Vision Canada Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra Project S.H.A.R.E. of Niagara Falls Inc. Shepherds of Good Hope Yellow Brick House Troyanda Ukrainian Dance Raising the Roof SIRCH Community Hospice YMCA of Brockville and Area Ensemble Inc. Red Roof Retreat Sisters of St. Joseph of the Diocese YMCA of Greater Toronto civic Redwood Park Communities Inc. of London in Ontario Foundation YMCA of Sarnia Lambton Royal Lepage Shelter Foundation Sketch Working Arts for Street (The) Yonge Street Mission Agassiz Child Care Centre Inc. St. Andrew’s Evangelical Lutheran Involved and Homeless Youth Young Life of Canada Animal Assistance Group Latvian Congregation (The) Snowsuit Fund Your Life Counts International Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society St. John the Compassionate Mission Society of Saint VIncent de Paul Youth Without Shelter City of Dauphin
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City of Greater Sudbury Town of Rouleau North Bay and Area Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation City of Moose Jaw Township of Schreiber Community Foundation Canadian Cancer Society Community Foundations of Canada Village of Crystal City Northern Ontario School of Medicine Canadian Cancer Society Ducks Unlimited Canada Village of Kitscoty Regina Palliative Care Inc. - Algoma Unit Habitat for Humanity Manitoba Village of Muenster Rehabilitation Centre for Children Canadian Cancer Society - Habitat for Humanity Saskatoon Inc. Western Manitoba Women’s Royal University Hospital Saskatchewan Division Habitat for Humanity Thunder Bay Regional Resource Centre, Inc. Foundation Inc. Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation HRSRH Volunteer Association (The) Winnipeg Humane Society St. John’s College Canadian Diabetes Association Italian Canadian Community Workers of Tomorrow St. Joseph-Scollard Hall Canadian Mental Health Association Development Corporation Safety Center Inc. Saskatchewan Rivers School Division Canadian Mental Health Association Leadership Thunder Bay YMCA of Brandon No. 119 - Charity & Scholarship Fund - Saskatoon Branch Inc. MADD Canada Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation Childhood Cancer Canada Foundation Manitou Opera House Foundation Inc. education & youth University of Manitoba Children’s Health & Hospital Meadowood Manor Foundation Inc. Board of Education - Prairie Spirit University of Saskatchewan Foundation of Saskatchewan Mennonite Heritage Village School Division No. 206 (The) Winnipeg Montessori School Inc. (The) Children’s Hospital Moose Jaw Cultural Centre Inc. Board of Education of the Regina Youth Entertaining Sudbury Foundation of Manitoba Inc. Pawsitive Match Rescue Foundation Roman Catholic Separate School (Y.E.S.) Theatre Children’s Rehabilitation Foundation RM of Pembina Division No. 81 of Saskatchewan Youth for Christ Niverville CURE Foundation Rotary Club of North Bay, Conseil des arts de Nipissing Ouest Doctors Without Borders Canada Canada, Charitable Trust Elrose ABC Family Centre Inc. health Easter Seals Ontario (The) Saskatoon Community Girl Guides of Canada A L S Society of Manitoba Inc. Foundation for a Healthy Foundation Girl Guides of Canada Aids Committee of Thunder Bay Saskatchewan Inc. Saskatoon SPCA Saskatchewan Council Alzheimer Society of Manitoba Foundation for Gene and Cell Therapy Selkirk and District Community Greater Saskatoon Catholic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Grace General Hospital Foundation Inc. Schools Foundation Society of Canada (Winnipeg) Foundation Inc. South Central Committee Laurentian University (The) Arthritis Society Heart and Stroke Foundation on Family Violence Inc. LiteracyWORKS Inc. Arthritis Society Ontario Division of Manitoba Sudbury Community Foundation Logberg-Heimskringla Incorporated (The) Bethesda Foundation Hospitals of Regina Foundation Town of Leader Mennonite Educational Incorporated Humboldt District Hospital Town of Melita Society of Manitoba Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Foundation Inc.
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Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Ontario Society for Crippled Children social services Jocelyn House Inc. (The) Kidney Foundation of Canada Parkinson Society Saskatchewan Inc. (The) Arthritis Society Jubilee Residences Foundation Inc. (The) Kidney Foundation of Canada (The) Princess Margaret Manitoba Division Kenora & Lake of The Woods - Northern Superior Branch Cancer Foundation Big Brothers & Big Sisters Regional Community Foundation Kinsmen Telemiracle Foundation Prostate Cancer Canada Association of Weyburn Inc. Lloydminster Community Youth Centre Lake of the Woods District Rupert’s Land Caregiver Services Inc. Big Brothers Big Sisters of North London and Area Food Bank Inc. Hospital Foundation St. Amant Foundation Bay and District Incorporated (The) Lord’s Bounty Inc. L’Arche Saskatoon Inc. St. Joseph’s Foundation of Sudbury Big Brothers Big Sisters Manna Food Bank of Bracebridge Inc. Lloydminster & Area Brain St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation Inc. of Winnipeg Inc. Mondetta Charity Foundation Inc. Injury Society Inc. Saskatchewan Cancer Agency Boys and Girls Clubs of Winnipeg Inc. Movement Centre of Manitoba Inc. Lloydminster Region Health Foundation Sault Area Hospitals Foundation Brandon & District United Way North Bay Food Bank (The) Lung Association of Shellbrook and District CanadaHelps Canadon Options, Pathways & Transitions Saskatchewan Inc. Health Services Project Canadian Feed The Children P.R.O. Kids (The) McCausland Hospital Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation (The) Canadian National Paro Centre for Women’s Enterprise Meadow Lake and Area Early Swan Valley Health Facilities Institute for the Blind Paroisse Ste-Marguerite d’Youville Childhood Services Incorporated Foundation Inc. (The) Canadian Red Cross Society Prince Albert Share A Meal/ Moose Jaw Health Foundation Thunder Bay Regional Health CARE Canada Food Bank Inc. Incorporated Sciences Foundation Chalice (Canada) Regina & District Food Bank Moosomin & District Health Tourette Syndrome Child and Family Services Foundation Regina & District Food Bank Care Foundation Foundation of Canada (The) Children’s Wish Foundation Regina Early Learning Centre Inc. Multiple Sclerosis Society Unity Branch of Saskatchewan of Canada (Winnipeg) Regina Indian Community - Manitoba Division Health Care Auxiliary (The) Christmas Cheer Board Awareness Inc. Multiple Sclerosis Society Victoria General Hospital Foundation of Greater Winnipeg Inc. Riverside Mission Inc. - Parkland Chapter Volunteer Association to Thunder Bay Dress for Success Saskatoon Rosetown and District Food Bank Multiple Sclerosis Society - Regional Health Sciences Centre First Presbyterian Church (The) Salvation Army Saskatchewan Division Weyburn & District Hospital Friends Housing Inc. Community Church Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada Foundation Inc. George Jeffrey Children’s Foundation (The) Salvation Army North Bay General Hospital Foundation Youville Diabetes Centre Give Kids A Chance Charity Inc. Lloydminster Corps North Bay Regional Health Hunger in Moose Jaw (The) Salvation Army Tri- Centre Foundation Independent Living Resource Centre Town Community Church 53 OUR CLIENTS OUR CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS OUR AWARD RECIPIENTS OUR CONSULTANTS OUR EMPLOYEES OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
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Samaritan House Ministries sports Edmonton Humane Society CKUA Radio Foundation Saskatoon Council on Aging, Inc. Kidsport Manitoba Grande Prairie Volunteer Edmonton School District #7 Saskatoon Food Bank KidSport North Bay Services Bureau Elk Island Public Schools Saskatoon Restorative Action Program Special Olympics Manitoba Greater Edmonton Foundation Regional Division No. 14 Saskatoon Sexual Assault & Thunder Bay Synchronized Habitat for Humanity - Foothills Academy Society Information Centre Inc. Swimming Club Edmonton Society Girl Guides of Canada, Alberta Council Sault Ste Marie Soup Kitchen Winnipeg Jets True North Habitat for Humanity Canada Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools Community Centre Foundation Inc. Humanitarian Aid Response - Regional Division No. 29 Selkirk Food Bank, Inc. Team Society (HART) (The) King’s University College Shelter House of Thunder Bay Information & Volunteer Centre Medicine Hat Family YMCA Siloam Mission ALBERTA REGION for Strathcona County (The) Military Museums Foundation Society for the Preservation of Kiwanis Club of Calgary Kamp Kiwanis Northern Alberta Institute the Moosomin Armoury, Inc. arts & culture Leduc and District Emergency of Technology (The) Soup Haven (The) Citadel Theatre Shelter Association Renfrew Educational Services Society Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation Prairie Gallery Society Lushes Bight-Beaumont Scouts Canada Sudbury Finnish Rest Home Society Inc. Volunteer Fire Dept. University of Calgary Sudbury Food Bank civic Meow Foundation for the University of Lethbridge (The) Table Soup Kitchen Foundation (The) Edmonton Kiwanis Adoption of Abandoned Cats Youth with a Mission Society Thunder Bay Boys’ and Girls’ Club Music Festival Association Morinville Historical and (Medicine Hat) Timmins Food Bank Alberta Conservation Association Cultural Society (The) Underground Gym Alberta SPCA Northern Arts and Cultural Centre health & Youth Centre Inc. Alberta Sport Recreation Parks St. Albert Community Information Alberta Cancer Foundation United Way of Thunder Bay & Wildlife Foundation and Volunteer Centre ALS Society of Alberta United Way of Winnipeg Battle River Community Foundation Stettler Rotary Club Trust Alzheimer Society of Alberta Unity & District Food Bank Inc. Community Information Town of Vermilion and Northwest Territories Westman Dreams for Kids Foundation and Referral Society Valour Place Society Alzheimer Society of Calgary Winnipeg Child and Family Services D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance YMCA of Edmonton Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Winnipeg Harvest Inc. Education) Works Foothills Society Society of Canada World Vision Canada District 4 Kin Foundation education & youth Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre YWCA of Brandon Edmonton Heritage Festival Brandon Flock Foundation Autism Society of Edmonton Area 54 OUR CLIENTS OUR CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS OUR AWARD RECIPIENTS OUR CONSULTANTS OUR EMPLOYEES OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
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Black Gold Health Foundation (The) Prostate Cancer Edmonton City Centre (The) Mustard Seed (Calgary) Breast Cancer Supportive Fight Foundation Church Corporation Street Ministry Care Foundation Red Deer Regional Health Foundation (The) Edmonton Community (The) Mustard Seed (Edmonton) Brooks and District Health Foundation Stanton Territorial Hospital Foundation Foundation Oxfam Canada Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation Edmonton Food Bank PR Africa (Poverty Relief) Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Terry Fox Foundation Edmonton Women’s Shelter (The) Red Deer Christmas (The) Children’s Wish Winnifred Stewart Association FINCA Canada Bureau Society Foundation of Canada for Mentally Handicapped Focus Humanitarian Assistance Canada Red Deer Food Bank Society Crowsnest Pass Health Foundation Food Bank Society of Whitehorse St. Albert Community Foundation (The) CURE Foundation social services Foothills Country Hospice Society St. Albert Evangelical Lutheran Church Doctors Without Borders Canada Aga Khan Foundation For The Love of Children St. Albert Food Bank and Firefighters Burn Treatment Atlin Supportive Living Society Society of Alberta Community Village Society Society - Calgary Chapter Big Brothers Big Sisters Association Friends Church (Calgary) Fellowship (The) Salvation Army Food Bank Hospice Calgary Society of Grande Prairie & Area Grand Prairie Women’s (The) SHARP Foundation Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Big Brothers/Big Sisters Association Residence Association Sonshine Society of Christian (The) Kidney Foundation of Canada of Medicine Hat and District Grande Prairie & District Victim Community Services Kids Cancer Care Boys and Girls Club of Edson & District Services Association SOS Children’s Villages Canada Foundation of Alberta (The) Boys and Girls Clubs Hearts and Hands Foundation Southern Alberta Society Leukemia & Lymphoma of Calgary Foundation for Humanitarian Assistance for High Andes Relief Society of Canada (The) Calgary Foundation Hinton Food Bank Association Terra Centre for Teen Parents Lupus Society of Alberta Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank Hockey Helps The Homeless United Way Movember Canada (The) Calgary YMCA Foundation Kerby Assembly United Way of Central Alberta Multiple Sclerosis Society Canadian Legacy Project Kids Help Phone Van-Es Camp and Conference Centre - Alberta Chapter (The) Canadian Red Cross Society Lethbridge Food Bank Society Wellspring Cancer Support Foundation Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada CARE Canada Lethbridge Soup Kitchen Wood Buffalo Food Bank Association Ovarian Cancer Canada CFRN TV Good Neighbour Medicine Hat and District Youth Emergency Shelter Society Pilgrims Hospice Society Fund Society Health Foundation Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation Chrysalis Charitable Foundation Medicine Hat District Food Bank sports Prostate Cancer Canada Core International Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society Wheelchair Sports Alberta Association Eagles Nest Ranch Association Merrymount Children’s Centre
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BC REGION Campbell River Volunteer Centre Municipality of the Village of Lions Bay Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities Canadian-Iranian Foundation Nanaimo & District Crime Stoppers College of the Rockies arts & culture Central Okanagan Foundation Nanaimo Volunteer and Educational Foundation Arts Club Theatre Company City of Langley Information Centre Society Columbia Bible College Bard to Broadway Theatre Society Community Foundation North Shore Rescue Team Society Comox Valley District 4-H Central Valley Academy of South Okanagan Pacific Salmon Foundation Senior Advisory Council of Music Society Community Foundations of Canada Powell River Community Foundation (The) Cowichan Symphony Society Gallery 7 Theatre and (The) Comox Valley Marine (The) Rotary Club of Duncan Daybreak Point Bible Camp Society Performing Arts Society Rescue Society (The) Rotary Club of Saanich Foundation District of Mission Arts Council Nicola Valley Community Arts Council Comox Valley Project Rotary Club of Steveston- Nanaimo-Ladysmith Richmond Gateway Theatre Society Watershed Society Richmond Charitable Society Schools Foundation Royal City Musical Theatre Society Cranbrook and District Arts Council (The) Rotary Foundation (Canada) Nexus BC Community Sid Williams Theatre Society Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department Saanich Community Legacy Foundation Resource Centre Society South Peace Art Society Discovery Coast Greenways Land Trust (The) Salvation Army Penticton Corps North Peace Cultural Centre Sunshine Coast Festival Ducks Unlimited Canada Senior Animals in Need Today Society Selkirk College Foundation of the Written Arts (The) Friends of the Sorrento Memorial Hall Association Shuswap Day Care Society Tidemark Theatre Society Kimberley Public Library South Okanagan Similkameen Shuswap District Arts Council Vancouver Island Symphony Habitat Acquisition Trust Volunteer Centre Thompson Rivers University Foundation VIA Choralis Performance Society Habitat for Humanity Vancouver Summerland Rotary Trinity Western University Williams Lake Studio Theatre Society Island North Society Charitable Trust Fund (The) University of British Columbia (The) John Howard Society Surrey Food Bank Vancouver International Open civic of North Island YMCA of Okanagan Assocation Spaces Sculpture Biennale Agur Lake Camp Society (The) John Howard Society of Victoria Vancouver Island University Foundation education & youth Animal Advocates Society of BC Kelowna Breast Cancer Paddling Team (The) Wellspring Foundation BC SPCA Kelowna Community Resources 60minkidsclub for Education BC SPCA Cowichan Branch Kitty Cat P.A.L. Society Abbotsford Arts Council health BC SPCA Kelowna Branch Kiwanis Foundation (The) Board of Education of School BC SPCA Powell River Lake Country Art Gallery Society District No. 54 (Bulkley Valley) Alzheimer Society of B.C. & District Branch L’Arche Comox Valley Boy Scouts of Canada Arthritis and Autoimmunity Bridges for Women Society MADD Canada British Columbia Institute of Technology Research Centre Foundation 56 OUR CLIENTS OUR CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS OUR AWARD RECIPIENTS OUR CONSULTANTS OUR EMPLOYEES OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
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Autism Support Dogs Coast to Coast Against Cancer Northern BC Children and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Langley B.C. Balance and Dizziness Cowichan District Hospital Foundation Families Hearing Society Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver Disorders Society Dr. R.E.M. Lee Hospital Foundation Okanagan-Similkameen Boys and Girls Club Services B.C. Cancer Foundation Evan Ty Jenkins Pediatric Neurological Society of Greater Victoria B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation Research Foundation Powell River Therapeutic Burnaby Community B.C. Schizophrenia Society Fort St. John Hospital Foundation Riding Association Connections Society British Columbia Childhood Heart and Stroke Foundation Prostate Cancer Foundation BC Burnaby Neighbourhood House Society Cancer Parents’ Association of B.C. & Yukon Richmond Hospice Association Campbell River and District Campbell River Hospital Foundation Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Royal Inland Hospital Foundation Food Bank Society Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Hope Air Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation Canadian Avalanche Rescue Canadian Cancer Society Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation St. John Society (British Dog Association Canadian Cancer Society - Kamloops Brain Injury Association Columbia and Yukon) (The) Canadian National B.C. & Yukon Division Kamloops Child Development Society St. Joseph’s General Institute for the Blind Canadian Cancer Society Kamloops Hospice Association Hospital Foundation (The) Canadian Red Cross Society - Cops for Cancer Kelowna Community Shuswap Hospital Foundation Canucks for Kids Fund Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Development Society Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation Central Okanagan Emergency - Powell River Chapter (The) Kidney Foundation of Veterans Transition Network Shelter Society Canadian Medical Mission Society Canada - B.C. Branch VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation (The) Children’s Wish Canadian Mental Health Association (The) KinsmenRehabilitation Victoria Association for Foundation of Canada Canadian Mental Health Foundation of BC Community Living Christian Children’s Fund of Canada Association - Kelowna Branch Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation Comox Valley Food Bank Canadian Mental Health Lady Minto Gulf Islands social services Comox Valley Hospice Society Association - Kootenay Branch Hospital Foundation A Loving Spoonful Meals Society Covenant House Vancouver Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation Lions Gate Hospital Foundation Abbotsford Community Services Cranbrook Boys’ and Girls’ Club Canadian Tinnitus Foundation Mission Hospice Society Abbotsford Food Bank Cranbrook Food Bank Canadian Transplant Association Movember Canada (The) Anawim Companions Society (The) Endowment Fund of the Central Vancouver Island Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada Big Brothers & Big Sisters YMCA of Greater Vancouver Dragon Boat Society Muscular Dystrophy Canada of Prince George Fraser Canyon Hospice Society Children’s Health Foundation North Okanagan Therapeutic Big Brothers and Sisters of Fruitvale Community Chest of Vancouver Island Riding Association Victoria Capital Region Glacier View Lodge Society
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Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society Pegasus Riding Association Semiahmoo House Society sports Haven Society: Promoting the Safety of (The) Powell River & District SHARE Family & Community Services Disabled Sailing Association Women, Children, Youth and Families Christmas Cheer Committee Signs of Hope in Africa of British Columbia Help Fill A Dream Power To Be Adventure South Okanagan Women National Sport Trust Fund Foundation of Canada Therapy Society in Need Society Pony Pals Therapeutic Hope International Promise Keepers Canada Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation Riding Association Development Agency Revelstoke Food Bank Success By 6 BC Special Olympics British Imagine Worldwide Society Richmond Centre for Disability Sunshine Coast Association Columbia Society Kamloops Community Young Richmond Family Place Society for Community Living Men’s and Young Women’s Rotary Club of Westbank Sunshine Coast Community Christian Association Rough Acres Bible Camp Society Services Society WINNIPEG REGION Kamloops Family Resource Society Saanich Fire Fighters (The) Sunshine Foundation of Canada Kamloops Food Bank Charitable Foundation Surrey Christmas Bureau Society arts & culture Kelowna Community Food Bank St. Vincent de Paul Society Take A Hike, Youth at Risk Foundation (Le) Cercle Molière KidSport Greater Victoria (The) Salvation Army (The) Terrace Church’s Food Bank Children’s Museum Kimberley Helping Hands Food Bank (The) Salvation Army - Thompson Nicola Cariboo United Way Dry Cold Productions Langley Food Bank Beacon of Hope House Trail Alliance Church Manitoba Chamber Orchestra L’Arche Foundation of (The) Salvation Army Chilliwack Branch United Way of Central and South Manitoba Foundation for the Arts, Inc. Greater Vancouver (The) Salvation Army Community Okanagan/Similkameen (The) Manitoba Museum Loaves & Fishes Food Bank & Family Services United Way of North Okanagan Manitoba Opera Association Inc. Maritime Museum of British Columbia (The) Salvation Army Food Bank Columbia Shuswap Manitoba Theatre for Young People Mary A Tidlund Charitable Foundation (The) Salvation Army Fort St. Victoria Brain Injury Society Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art (The) Mustard Seed Food Bank John Community Church Victoria Hospice Society Prairie Theatre Exchange Nightshift Street Ministries Society (The) Salvation Army New Victoria Women’s Transition Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Okanagan Boys and Girls Clubs Hope Community Church House Society Royal Winnipeg Ballet Okanagan Lifetime (The) Salvation Army Salmon Westside Community Foodbank Society Scandinavian Centre Inc. Networks Association Arm Food Bank Wish Drop-In Centre Society School of Contemporary Dancers Inc. Operation Smile Canada Foundation (The) Salvation Army Vancouver Y.A.N.A. Fund Society Theatre Projects Manitoba Our Daily Bread Harbour Light Corps and Winnipeg Art Gallery Peace Arch Community Services Treatment Centre Winnipeg Arts Council Inc. 58 OUR CLIENTS OUR CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS OUR AWARD RECIPIENTS OUR CONSULTANTS OUR EMPLOYEES OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
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Winnipeg International Writers Festival (The) Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Brandon University CancerCare Manitoba Foundation Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra Leadership Winnipeg Canadian Financial Executives (The) Cerebral Palsy Association Winnipeg Music Festival Live Different Research Foundation of Manitoba Inc. Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Louis Riel School Division Trust Fund Children’s Heritage Fund (The) Children’s Hospital Women’s Musical Club of Winnipeg Manitoba Chambers of Commerce Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Foundation of Manitoba Inc. Manitoba Nature Summit Inc. - Manitoba Division Children’s Rehabilitation Foundation civic Plan International Canada Inc. Inner City Youth Alive Inc. Coast to Coast Against Cancer (L’)Alliance Française du Manitoba, Inc. Reh-Fit Centre Foundation Junior Achievement of Manitoba Inc. (The) Concordia Foundation Inc. Assiniboine Park Conservancy Rotary Club of Winnipeg Manitoba 4-H Council Crohn’s and Colitis B’Nai Brith Sunshine Fund - Manitoba Manitoba A.L.I.V.E. Inc. Foundation of Canada (The) Canadian CED Network - Manitoba Camping Association Manitoba Pioneer Camp Grace General Hospital Foundation Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (The) Winnipeg Chamber Red River College Health Sciences Centre Foundation Inc. Downtown Winnipeg BIZ of Commerce Sugar-N-Spice Kiddie Haven Inc. Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Economic Development Winnipeg Inc. (The) Winnipeg Children’s University of Manitoba Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Festival du Voyageur Access Agency, Inc. University of Manitoba Business Khartum Shrine Transportation Fund Folk Arts Council of Winnipeg, Inc. (The) Winnipeg Chinese Cultural School Foundation Inc. (The) Kidney Foundation of Canada (The) Forks Foundation and Community Centre University of Winnipeg - Business Movember Canada (The) Forks Renewal Corporation (The) Winnipeg Foundation Administration Students’ Association Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada FortWhyte Alive (The) Winnipeg Humane Society Urban Circle Training Centre Inc. Multiple Sclerosis Society of Framework Foundation Winnipeg International Canada, Manitoba Division Friends of The Canadian Museum Children’s Festival Inc. health Parkinson Foundation of Canada for Human Rights Inc. Winnipeg Pet Rescue Shelter Inc. AIDS Committee of Thunder Bay (The) Princess Margaret Friends of Upper Fort Garry World Wildlife Fund ALS Society of Manitoba Inc. Cancer Foundation Good Neighbours Active Canada Foundation Alzheimer Society of Manitoba (The) Prostate Cancer Living Centre, Inc. YMCA-YWCA Women of Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Fight Foundation Green Action Centre Distinction Awards Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation St. Amant Foundation Inc. Green Kids Incorporated Canadian Cancer Society St. Boniface Hospital & Habitat for Humanity Manitoba education & youth Canadian Diabetes Association Research Foundation Icelandic Festival of Manitoba Agriculture in the Classroom Canadian Digestive Health Foundation Seven Oaks General Hospital Immigrant Centre Manitoba Inc. - Manitoba Inc. Canadian Liver Foundation Foundation Inc.
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SMD Foundation/Easter Immigrant and Refugee Community North Point Douglas Women’s Centre sports Seals Manitoba Organization of Manitoba NorWest Co-op Community Canadian Amateur Boxing Association Terry Fox Foundation Joe’s Place Health Centre, Inc. Sport Manitoba Victoria General Hospital Foundation La Sala de los Suenos Inc. Opportunities for Employment Inc. Winnipeg Football Club League for Life in Manitoba Inc. Rainbow Resource Centre Inc. Winnipeg Goldeyes social services Learning Disabilities (The) Salvation Army Winnipeg Jets True North AGAPE Table Inc. Association of Manitoba Siloam Mission Foundation Inc. Association for Community Legal Help Centre of Winnipeg Stop Hunger Now Living - Winnipeg Inc. Lighthouse Mission Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation (The) Canadian National Lions Foundation of Canada United Way of Winnipeg Institute for the Blind LITE: Local Investment Variety, the Children’s Charity Canadian Humanitarian Organization Towards Employment of Manitoba, Inc. for International Relief Ma Mawi-Wi Chi-Itata Centre Inc. WaterCan/Eau Vive Corporation Child Haven International Marymound Inc. Winnipeg Harvest Inc. Family Support Centre of Winnipeg Inc. (The) Movement Centre World Vision Canada Hospice & Palliative Care Manitoba of Manitoba Inc. YMCA-YWCA of Winnipeg
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