MEDIA ADVISORY - TELUS makes an unprecedented donation to create a new foundation that will help disadvantaged youth reach their full potential
Interview and Photo Opportunity
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This Friday, TELUS will announce the largest donation ever made by a publicly traded Canadian company in modern history to launch a new independent charitable foundation. This new foundation will tackle the social, economic and geographical challenges facing Canada's disadvantaged youth.
Across Canada, 1.5 million children go hungry without access to nutritious food every single day; 350,000 youth are in care and oftentimes experience a deeply traumatic and isolating transition into adult life; 30,000 Canadians, many of them young people, are homeless on any given night and lack vital access to healthcare; and 40 per cent of low-income families lack consistent Internet access, putting kids at risk of falling behind in school. The TELUS team believes this reality is unacceptable. That's why they are taking a stand by creating this new foundation.
| *Media can coordinate interviews immediately following the remarks* | |
| What: | National Foundation Announcement |
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| Who: | Speakers: |
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| When: | Friday, October 19, 2018 |
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| Where: | TELUS Garden |
| 510 West Georgia Street | |
| Vancouver, BC | |
| 5th Floor - access from lobby elevators | |
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About TELUS
TELUS (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) is Canada's fastest-growing national telecommunications company, with $13.6 billion of annual revenue and 13.1 million subscriber connections, including 8.9 million wireless subscribers, 1.8 million high-speed Internet subscribers, 1.3 million residential network access lines and 1.1 million TELUS TV customers. TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services, including wireless, data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, television, entertainment, video and home security. TELUS is also Canada's largest healthcare IT provider, and TELUS International delivers business process solutions around the globe.
In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed over $525 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered more than 8.7 million hours of service to local communities since 2000. Created in 2005 by President and CEO Darren Entwistle, TELUS' 13 Canadian community boards and 5 International boards have led the Company's support of grassroots charities and have contributed more than $67 million in support of 6,283 local charitable projects, enriching the lives of more than 2 million children and youth, annually. TELUS was honoured to be named the most outstanding philanthropic corporation globally for 2010 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, becoming the first Canadian company to receive this prestigious international recognition. For more information about TELUS, please visit telus.com.
For media inquiries, please contact:
Liz Sauve
TELUS Social and Media Relations
[email protected]
604-719-6715
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