Media advisory - Celebrating Community Involvement in Montreal

A day for local organizations to talk about social innovation

MONTREAL, Oct. 12 /CNW/ - TELUS invites media representatives in the metropolitan area to join community partners and volunteers for the inaugural edition of the TELUS' Celebration of Giving in Montréal on October 13. The event will celebrate our community's contributions to public wellness as well as announce the financial support of TELUS for 2010. Association representatives will also be invited to attend workshops and conferences on social innovation, a toolkit which will allow them, in turn, to foster innovation within their communities.

    
    10:25 am:  News conference - Announcement of TELUS' Community Investment
               total and unveiling the three most innovative community
               projects supported by TELUS in 2010.
               -  Bernard Lamarre, Chair of the TELUS Montreal Community
                  Board;
               -  François Gratton, Senior Vice-President, Business Markets
                  of TELUS Québec, and Vice-Chair of the TELUS Montreal
                  Community Board.

    11:00 am:  Panel of experts in philanthropy speak about social innovation

               -  Simon Brault, Director General, National Theatre School;
               -  Dr. Gilles Julien, MD, Founding President and CEO,
                  Fondation du Dr Julien;
               -  L. Jacques Ménard, Chairman, BMO Nesbitt Burns and
                  President, BMO Financial Group, Quebec;
               -  François Gratton, Senior Vice-President, Business Markets
                  of TELUS Québec, and Vice-Chair of the TELUS Montreal
                  Community Board.

    Date:      Wednesday, October 13, 2010

    Address:   Association sportive et communautaire du Centre-Sud
               2093 de la Visitation, Montreal
    

The organizations attending this event include MU, FitSpirit, Groupe L'Itinéraire, Sainte-Justine UHC Foundation, the Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Foundation, and the YMCAs of Quebec.

For further information: Please confirm your attendance by contacting: Jacinthe Beaulieu, TELUS Media Relations, 514-730-9410, [email protected]