WINNIPEG – A group of current and former MTS employees and their families were feted Thursday by the regional telco in honour of the group’s 75th anniversary as a volunteer group supporting non-profit and charitable organizations across Manitoba.
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MTS Volunteers were honoured June 6 at a 75th anniversary event. Pictured left to right: MTS Volunteers liaison Barb Culbertson, City of Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz, Minister of Healthy Living, Seniors and Consumer Affairs Jim Rondeau, MTS Volunteers Winnipeg council president Joan Ferris, MTS president Kelvin Shepherd, and MTS Volunteers Life Members president Eric Nazar. (photo courtesy CNW Group/MTS Allstream) |
The MTS Volunteers, as they are known, donate more than 50,000 hours of their own time each year to organizations throughout the province. They were honoured at event in Assiniboine Park, Man. City of Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz, Minister of Healthy Living, Seniors and Consumer Affairs, Jim Rondeau and MTS president Kelvin Shepherd expressed their congratulations, which was followed by a special dedication in honour of past, present and future MTS Volunteers.
“On behalf of all of us at MTS, I would like to congratulate the MTS Volunteers on their diamond anniversary and extend my sincere thanks and appreciation for the tremendous contribution they make to our community," said Shepherd in a statement. “More than 200 organizations across our province benefit from their support annually and I am so pleased to see the legacy continue year-after-year."
Over the last 75 years the MTS Volunteers have contributed more than one million hours of community service in Manitoba. The group has raised and donated tens of thousands of dollars to non-profit and charitable organizations including, among others, Ronald McDonald House Manitoba, Boys and Girls Clubs of Winnipeg, Society for Manitobans with Disabilities, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba, CancerCare Manitoba Foundation, the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba, and Variety, the Children’s Charity of Manitoba.
As part of MTS’s corporate giving program, MTS supports the work of the MTS Volunteers through financial and in-kind support, including the provision of a special work facility for the MTS Volunteers, as well as access to the MTS fleet of vehicles.
Over the course of their history, the MTS Volunteers have been recognized individually and as a group, with numerous awards and accolades, including the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, Premier's Volunteer Service Award, Mayor's Volunteer Service Award and the Gold Medal Award for Innovation by Industry Canada.
