VANCOUVER – Telus employees around the world are pledging to donate one #MillionHours in volunteer time this year as part of the company’s annual Days of Giving campaign.
This year’s events include shoreline clean-ups on Vancouver's coastline, planting trees and community gardens in Calgary suburbs, serving patrons at food banks in the Greater Toronto Area, helping communities impacted by the recent flooding in Ottawa and Quebec, and beautifying community gathering spaces on the east coast.
"One of the hallmarks of Telus' award-winning culture is our team's extraordinary commitment to giving back with our hearts and our hands”, said president and CEO said Darren Entwistle, in the news release. “This year, we have set an ambitious goal to contribute an additional one million hours of giving. I can think of no better way to honour the 150th birthday of our country than by helping ensure a friendlier future for all Canadians for the next 150 years."
Telus is also challenging all Canadians to join in making a positive difference and help inspire the #Next150 years of giving. To participate, Canadians are asked to make a pledge to give one hour of their time volunteering in their own communities and encourage others to join using the #MillionHours hashtag in social media.
In photo: Telus Team members helped beautify gardens at the Dr. Peter Centre in Vancouver
