MONTREAL, May 21, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - The President and Executive Director of Centraide of Greater Montreal, Lili-Anna Pereša, is pleased to announce that Andrew Molson, Chairman of RES PUBLICA Consulting Group, and Eric R. La Flèche, President and Chief Executive Officer of METRO, have agreed to join Centraide as co-chairs of its 2015 campaign, one of the largest annual fund drives in Quebec to break the cycle of poverty and social exclusion.
Mr. Molson and Mr. La Flèche will head up a campaign cabinet composed of some thirty influential executives from the business, institutional and trade union sectors. These volunteers will solicit donations from companies and organizations, while encouraging them to hold workplace campaigns, for Centraide's next fundraising campaign that will be launched on September 29.
Centraide of Greater Montreal supports more than 360 community agencies and projects that work to help youth succeed, take care of the essentials, break social isolation and build caring communities. One in seven people on the Island of Montreal, in Laval and on the South Shore receives assistance from an agency supported by Centraide. Nearly 57,000 volunteers are involved in the agencies in its network and another 22,000 help to organize its annual campaign.
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Annick Gagnon, Centraide of Greater Montreal, 514 288-1261, ext. 242, [email protected]; www.centraide-mtl.org, twitter.com/centraidemtl, facebook.com/centraide.du.grand.montreal
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