MONTREAL – The company's Big Three wireless companies are offering a helping hand to Canadians impacted by the spring floods in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and New Brunswick.
Telus said that it is providing $50,000 in funding and in-kind support, including cash donations for local flood relief as well as food and items such as chargers and comfort kits for those in the hardest hit areas. Its employees are also pitching in by helping to fill and deliver sandbags to homes in vulnerable zones in Ottawa and Pierrefonds-Roxboro in the Greater Montreal Area, and by participating in local clean-up activities in the region of La Beauce.
In addition:
– the Telus Friendly Future Foundation has activated a text-to-donate program for those impacted by the floods, enabling Canadians to text DONATE to 41010 to give $10 in support of relief efforts;
– Telus and Koodo stores across Canada are accepting donations on behalf of the Friendly Future Foundation, which will support local grassroots charities to help residents impacted by flooding;
– Postpaid mobility customers affected by the floods will not receive any overage charges for Canada wide calling, text and data usage up to May 5; and
– Telus will offer a credit equivalent to up to a month for residential services to its customers in La Beauce who have been evacuated from their homes.
Rogers and Bell have both made a $50,000 donation to the Canadian Red Cross in support of flood relief efforts.
In photo, above right: Telus Quebec president François Gratton and Telus volunteers assist with local flood relief efforts in Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, QC on Saturday.
