A group of 12 local charities are getting a total of $44,250 from The Co-operators thanks to the directions of the company’s employees.
The funds are part of the organization’s “Directed Donations” program, which allows staff members to each direct $75 in corporate funds to the organization of their choice, a news release said.
“This popular program allows employees to be directly involved from start to finish as they nominate organizations and then choose which will receive the portion of their corporate donation, said Co-operators president Kathy Bardswick in the release.
The charities selected, along with the amount of funds each will receive, are as follows: Action Read – $1,800; Big Brothers Big Sisters of Guelph – $2,400; Canadian Cancer Society, Guelph Branch – $6,900; The Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington – $2,100, Community Living Guelph Wellington, ARC Industries – $1,350; Groves Memorial Hospital Foundation, Fergus – $4,650; The Guelph Food Bank – $4,950; Hospice Wellington – $6,375; Kids Ability, Centre for Child Development – $3,075; Sunrise Therapeutic Riding and Learning Centre – $3,000; Women in Crisis Guelph-Wellington – $5,475; Wyndham House – $2,175.
The funding is provided through the Co-operators Foundation, which supports social enterprises and charities throughout Canada, the release said. This year, a total of $236,150 was provided to 156 groups across Canada through the Directed Donations program.