Groupe Dynamite donates over $1M in clothing to Big Brothers Big Sisters local agencies

MONTREAL, Oct. 16, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - Groupe Dynamite is proud to announce their support of the Big Brothers Big Sisters local agencies with a one-time donation of 140,000 items of clothing worth over $1M.

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"We want to help the Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies as much as we can and really believe in their work", says Anna Martini, President, Groupe Dynamite. "They have a huge network spanning from Canada and the USA so we wanted to make sure that our large donation gets distributed through a well-established organization like theirs".

Clothing will be collected from Dynamite and Garage store locations across Canada and the USA and will then be distributed through the Big Brothers Big Sisters network across both countries.

ABOUT GROUPE DYNAMITE

Groupe Dynamite, a Montreal-based company with two brands at the heart of its success, operates more than 300 stores in Canada and worldwide and employs close to 5,000 people. The Company creates, designs, markets and distributes a constantly evolving edited fashion collection to a large network of Dynamite and Garage retail stores. The brand's core strength is rooted in a solid understanding of its customer and is a design-driven fashion retail organization. More information on Groupe Dynamite is available at www.dynamite.ca

ABOUT BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS

Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies in Canada provide quality-mentoring services for more than 43,000 children and teenagers. The community-based youth mentoring organization currently has over 25,000 volunteer mentors working at 118 agencies that serve children in over 1,000 communities across the country. Learn more. Visit www.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca.

SOURCE: Groupe Dynamite - Garage

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