Media Invitation - Centraide is transforming itself - launch of an action plan to break the cycle of poverty

MONTREAL, Oct. 14, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - Centraide of Greater Montreal will announce an action plan to fight poverty at a breakfast to be hosted by the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal on October 15, 2015, from 7:45 to 9:00 a.m. This action plan will make it possible to better address the challenges of social development in the coming years, and thereby give a new impetus to Greater Montreal. The philanthropic organization will also announce a highly innovative partnership.

Who:	Lili-Anna Pereša, President and Executive Director of Centraide of Greater Montreal
What:	Announcement of an action plan and of a partnership to break the cycle of poverty
Where:	Delta Montreal Hotel, 475 President Kennedy Avenue, Montreal
When:	Thursday, October 15, from 7:45 to 9:00 a.m.

Lili-Anna Pereša will be available for interviews at 9:00 a.m., after her speech.

About Centraide of Greater Montreal:

Centraide of Greater Montreal is an independent organization managed by a board of directors that is representative of the community. It serves Laval, Montreal and the South Shore, helping one in seven people through its network of community agencies. Some 57,000 volunteers are involved in the over 350 agencies supported by Centraide, and another 22,000 work on its annual campaign. Centraide is supported by some 1,600 private and public corporations and organizations as well as by large trade unions.

SOURCE Centraide of Greater Montreal

Annick Gagnon, Public Relations Coordinator, Centraide of Greater Montreal, Cell: 514 566-7077, [email protected], www.centraide-mtl.org