OTTAWA – Telus announced today it is donating 14,000 backpacks filled with school supplies to kids in need through its annual Kits for Kids program.
Since 2006, Kits for Kids has provided 180,000 free backpacks full of supplies to vulnerable kids around the country.
This year’s backpacks include “a pencil case, colouring pencils, pencils, pens, erasers, a flexible ruler, exercise books, loose-leaf papers, and a TELUS Wise insert with tips and resources to help kids be safer online,” a press release says.
“As families across the country begin a new school year, many find themselves struggling with the financial challenges this season presents, which are compounded by the ongoing pandemic,” said Darren Entwistle, president and CEO of Telus, in the press release.
Kits for Kids is supported by Telus Community Ambassadors. There are over 5,000 retired and current Telus employees who participate as community ambassadors in 23 clubs in B.C. Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada, according to the press release.
“Since 2006, they have donated nearly one million care items in their local communities and 30,000 refurbished computers to local schools.”
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