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COMMUNITY INVESTMENT CORNER CONT’D
campaign is entering its 25th year and Viterra Lethbridge lent a helping
has raised millions of dollars to-date hand to the Lethbridge Interfaith
with over 500,000 door-to-door visits Foodbank once again this year,
made each year. supporting their annual ‘Whoop Up
Days’ pancake breakfast that fed
900 people, its biggest turnout ever.
“Viterra’s sponsorship of the STARS Viterra supplied the baked beans, and
calendar directly contributes our employees volunteered to provide
to the success of this important their professional pancake flipping
annual fundraising and awareness and egg turning services. Overall,
campaign,” said Andrea Robertson, $5000 was raised that will help needy The Viterra team gears up to serve
STARS president and CEO. “Each individuals in the community. Great breakfast to hundreds of hungry people.
month, the calendar features a patient job to everyone involved!
story as well as images of our crew
and our allies who make STARS
possible.”
As part of our sponsorship, Viterra
will sell calendars and STARS
merchandise at all of our grain
elevator locations until Friday,
December 8. We encourage you to
raise awareness on this initiative, so
we can help raise funds for this great
cause.
Roundup
In June, Viterra participated in ‘Plaid Employees at various locations came together to recognize this important initiative.
for Dad’ to help raise awareness Clockwise from top left – Brandon, Balgonie, Kindersley, Grassy Lake.
and vital research funds for prostate
cancer. Through various fundraisers,
employee events, as well as
corporate matching funds we raised
$5,000 to support this important cause.
Our efforts landed us in 2nd place in
the top fundraising workplaces (Mega
Workplace Category). Launched in
2015, Plaid for Dad aims to help the 1
in 7 men who will be diagnosed with
prostate cancer in their lifetime.
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