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Modern Green Development Co. Ltd. has donated $3.5 million to support the University of British Columbia’s Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability and establish a research partnership between UBC and Modern Green.
BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre Foundation has raised more than $800,000 to through its Illuminations luncheon to support the hospital. At the event, Telus Corp. announced a donation of $1 million, raised through its Go Pink campaign, to support digital mammography at the hospital.
Scotiabank’s Feast of Fortune fundraising dinner raised more than $386,000 for Tapestry Foundation for Health Care to help increase the heart diagnostic services available to patients at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital.
Quantum Properties has committed $272,000 to the new Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, under construction in Abbotsford.
The Forzani Group Ltd.’s community giving program the Power of Sport for Kids donated $50,000 to support active living programs at Lower Mainland Boys and Girls Clubs.
Realtors with the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver raised a $46,569 for charitable causes including the Salvation Army, Friends in Need Food Bank, Tri-City Transitions, Richmond Hospital Foundation and Deltassist.
The Vancouver Sun Raise-a-Reader Campaign donated $30,000 to Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland to support their Study Buddy tutoring program, which nurtures the self-esteem of girls by matching them with volunteers who offer educational support.
Telus Corp. has donated $20,000 to the Royal Columbian Hospital for a digital breast imaging machine.
RBC Foundation donated $15,000 to Burnaby Hospital Foundation to help purchase a ventilator at Burnaby Hospital.
Hennessey Salon raised $12,700 and 62 feet of hair at its 2nd annual Hennessey Haircut-a-thon which benefits Wigs for Kids B.C., which provides wigs for children experiencing hair loss due to cancer and other serious illnesses.
Vancouver Police Union Charitable Foundation donated $10,000 to the Family Services of Greater Vancouver’s Respect Safety & Violence Prevention in Youth Relationships program.
Shaw Communications donated $10,000 to YWCA Crabtree Corner Early Learning and Care Centre in the Downtown Eastside.
The Mclean Foundation has committed $5,000 to the production of Turning Point Ensemble’s Firebird 2011.
Image Group Inc. has been named national distributor of the year, western region for the 12th year by Promotional Products Professionals of Canada.