CALGARY and OTTAWA – Telus Communications today announced the expansion of its community boards in Calgary and Edmonton, as well as three of its Ontario community boards.
“Leveraging a unique model of philanthropy, the Telus Community Boards bring together local business and community leaders, empowering them to make decisions on where Telus’ charitable funding will make the most meaningful difference in their own communities,” explains a Telus press release.
The two Alberta community boards are formally changing their names to Telus Calgary and Southern Alberta Community Board and Telus Edmonton and Northern Alberta Community Board. These expansions “will now support more than 4.7 million Albertans, providing life-changing grants to Canadian registered charities and qualified donees focusing on local, grassroots community-based health, education or technology programs for children and youth,” a release about the Alberta community board expansions says.
The three Ontario community boards are changing their names to Telus Ottawa and Eastern Ontario Community Board, Telus Barrie and Central Ontario Community Board, and Telus Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Community Board. These Ontario community board expansions will now support more than 8.6 million Ontarians through grants to Canadian registered charities and qualified donees focused on community-based health, education and technology programs for youth, a separate press release says.
All five of these expanded Telus community boards are accepting the final funding intake for 2023, with grant application deadlines closing on Sept. 15. For more information, please see the individual press releases.
Telus Friendly Future Foundation funds more than 500 charities annually across Canada through Telus’s 13 community boards.
