13,000 kids getting support from Telus

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...