Media Advisory - Supporting Syrian Refugees in Winnipeg

WINNIPEG, March 17, 2016 /CNW/ -

Event:	Supporting Syrian Refugees in Winnipeg:
	Cheque Presentation to the Immigrant & Refugee
	Community Organization of Manitoba
Time:	1:00 PM
Date:	Saturday, March 19, 2016
Location:	95 Ellen Street, Winnipeg

Members of the media are invited to attend the Community Meeting of the Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba (IRCOM), where a representative of The Co-operators will present IRCOM with a cheque for $40,000. The funding will support IRCOM's work to help Syrian refugees gain needed employability skills and get their first exposure to the Canadian workplace.

The grant is being provided through a special one-time program created through The Co-operators Foundation's Community Economic Development Fund to support organizations' initiatives aimed at preparing refugees for employability in Canada.

SOURCE The Co-operators

Claudia Lutzek, The Co-operators, [phone]; Carols Vialard, IRCOM, [phone]