Over $350,000 for ten Canadian charities
QUEBEC CITY, Dec. 12, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - iA Financial Group is pleased to announce that the organization Le Phare Enfants et Familles, in Montreal, is the grand prize winner of our third annual philanthropic contest and will be awarded a donation of $125,000. This significant financial support will increase the reach of the respite program the organization offers to families of children in palliative care.
Closely following Le Phare are the Association pour l'intégration sociale de Québec (Quebec City) and the Centre d'aide aux proches aidants des Basques (Trois-Pistoles, Quebec), in second and third place, who will each receive a $50,000 donation. The voting results were so close between the third and fourth places that iA Financial Group decided to award an additional donation of $50,000 to the Jennifer Ashleigh Children's Charity in Uxbridge, Ontario.
"Many people from all across Canada voted for the projects and the organizations they found the most inspiring, and it ended up being a very close race. Thank you to the many Canadian organizations who participated. And I'd like to take this opportunity to encourage people, from east to west, to apply next year!", said Mr. Denis Ricard, President and Chief Executive Officer of iA Financial Group.
MANY HAPPY SURPRISES
Le Phare Enfants et Familles follows the Swift Current, Saskatchewan branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association, who won the big donation last year. As well as touching the public's hearts, the Montreal charity also won the iA Financial Group Employee Favourite award and will receive an additional donation of $25,000, bringing the total donation to $150,000.
The second-place winner, the Association pour l'intégration sociale, Quebec City region, will use the $50,000 donation they received to support OASIS+, their service that matches Social Work or Occupational Therapy students with families of people with an intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder. The Centre d'aide aux proches aidants des Basques and the Jennifer Ashleigh Children's Charity sharing the third-place spot will use their $50,000 donations to increase the respite services offered in their community.
The six other finalist organizations will receive donations of $10,000 each: the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation in Vancouver, the Alberta AdaptAbilities Association in Edmonton, the Battlefords Boys & Girls Club in North Battlefords, Saskatchewan, the Ronald McDonald House and the Massey Centre in Toronto and the Prince Edward Island Association for Community Living in Charlottetown.
The goal of this year's contest was to provide financial support to organizations working in the health, education or social services sectors, who provide respite for families, loved ones and others who need it. Hundreds of charity organizations responded to the call sent out by iA Financial Group in September. A jury analyzed all the projects we received from across the country, and selected ten finalists, which were submitted to the public vote.
The four winning organizations and their projects:
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