OTTAWA – Telus announced today it is donating 13,000 backpacks filled with essential school supplies and a reusable face mask as part of its annual Kits for Kids program.
Since 2006, the company has distributed over 163,000 such kits nationwide to local schools to support students in need.
Each kit includes a backpack, lined paper, exercise books, a pencil case, colouring pencils, pencils, pens, erasers, a ruler, and a Telus Wise insert with helpful tips and resources for how to be safe online. This year, the kits also include a reusable, youth-sized Telus critter mask, to help slow Covid-19.
Five thousand retired and current Telus team members volunteer as community ambassadors in 23 clubs across B.C., Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. In 2020, they will donate almost 200,000 care items including 150,000 hand sewn masks, 13,000 Kits for Kids, and 15,000 Comfort Kits (basic toiletries and comfort items for homeless and displaced families).
“I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to our dedicated Telus Community Ambassadors for their longstanding support of this initiative, as we strive to help youth realize their full potential and create a friendlier future for all Canadian families,” said company president and CEO Darren Entwistle.
