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Supporters: testimonies and profiles
Diane Giard, Executive Vice-President, Personal and Commercial Banking, National Bank
An accomplished business-woman, she believes it is essential to give back to the community where you live and work...
Dr. Julie Samson and Alain N. Tardif, with their twins, Élizabeth and Alexandre.
For these parents who inherited profound philanthropic values, getting involved with those less fortunate is fundamentally important.
Outstanding campaigns
Rolls-Royce Canada: unequalled heights that exceed the wildest dreams and ambitions
Bombardier : a model campaign that broke records
Getting involved
Get involved: there is strength in numbers
Each year, 1,500 workplaces hold a Centraide employee campaign. Some 23,000 volunteers get involved, canvassing hundreds of thousands of people for a donation. Thanks to these dedicated volunteers, the workplace fund drives account for about 60% of the total proceeds of Centraide’s annual campaign.
Organizing a campaign
Do you want to organize a Centraide campaign in your workplace? Centraide places at your disposal all the tools you need to make a success of your campaign.
Becoming a volunteer or a Loaned Representative
Becoming a campaign volunteer
Some 23,000 people are involved in the Centraide workplace campaigns, as campaign directors, members of organizing committees, and canvassers.
Profile
She directed more than twenty Centraide employee campaign in her workplace.
– Francine Bernier
Director, HR, Mercer
Volunteering at an agency
Some 56,500 people play a key role in their community as volunteers in one of the 370 agencies supported by Centraide.
Testimony
"My boys and other people like my sons don’t have a voice and I try to be a voice for them."
– Richard Held
Volunteer, WIAIH
Loaned Representative
During the campaign, some 50 people join Centraide’s team for a period of 15 weeks. They are lent by their employer or sponsored by a partner organization.
Testimony
“Throughout my four-month stint as a Loaned Representative, I was able to make good use of my spirit of initiative, organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects at once.”
– Vincent Savard-Chalifoux
Commercial Account Manager – Deposits
BMO Financial Group
Support the community agencies of Greater Montreal by making a donation to Centraide:
+ Through your workplace campaign
+ Online now
Or take action by getting involved in the campaign!
