Envision Financial employees were lending a helping hand at various community organizations last week for the annual Make a Difference Days.
In Delta, local Envision employees volunteered at the South Delta Food Bank and Deltassist Family and Community Services.
"We were glad to have the volunteers from Envision Financial back this year for some yard work," said Lorraine Yates, Deltassist's manager of operations and projects. "They really helped make the grounds around our office look fantastic for our AGM September 24. Their help lets us focus on the families and individuals we're here to serve."
Make a Difference Days is in its eighth year at Envision Financial.
Employees spend a half or full workday giving back to local non-profit agencies throughout the Lower Mainland. This year, employees contributed a total of 872 hours in communities across the province.
*** Slurpee fans across Canada showed their generosity last month with 7-Eleven's first ever Slurpee Name Your Price Day, with 100 per cent of donations going to Food Banks Canada.
On Sept. 19, 7-Eleven gave its customers the chance to pay what they wanted for a large slurpee. The initiative raised $108,000 for Food Banks Canada. The donation is the equivalent of 600,000 meals, or providing 20,000 Canadians one month's worth of dinner.
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The ballots have been counted and Ladner's Windset Farms was recently named the Favourite Local Greenhouse or Veggie Grower in the second annual We Heart Local awards. This year the awards saw 337 nominees across 15 categories and more than 27,000 people visited the We Heart Local website, www.weheartlocalawards. ca, to view the nominees and vote for their favourites.
We Heart Local, formerly known as Buy Local. Eat Natural., is a not-for-profit community forum that aims to promote and bring together B.C.'s local good products, growers and producers.
*** Shoppers Drug Mart's Tree of Life campaign, which supports women's health organizations, is
returning for its 13th edition, which runs to Oct. 17. The campaign gives customers the chance to buy and personalize a Tree of Life icon - a leaf for a loonie, a butterfly for $5, an acorn for $10 and a cardinal for $50.
The icons are prominently displayed in stores and 100 per cent of the proceeds are donated to local women's health organizations.
"The Tree of Life campaign offers patients, customers and employees the opportunity to donate directly to the organizations that make a difference to women's health in their own communities," said Lisa Gibbs, director of community investment at Shoppers Drug Mart. "With the support of our associate-owners, their store teams, our employees and customers, we are confident that we will reach our goal of raising $3.1 million to improve the health of women across Canada."
