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TELUS Community Ambassadors®
TELUS has a large pool of retirees and team members who are passionate about volunteering in the communities where they live, work and serve. Through the TELUS Community Ambassadors® program, we provide them with opportunities for volunteering and social networking. The program maintains the tradition of community giving that has been part of the telecommunications industry for more than 100 years.
The TELUS Community Ambassadors program is an essential volunteer element that complements the many other important initiatives that collectively help us deliver on our philosophy to give where we live. It also delivers on our brand promise – the future is friendly® – in all that we do. The program brings together current and retired team members to volunteer in our communities under one unified TELUS-branded program
More than 2,500 current, former and retired TELUS team members volunteer as Community Ambassadors in 21 clubs in communities across B.C., Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. Collectively, they are a vital connection to the communities where we live, work and serve.
Supporting the communities where we live
Each year, TELUS Community Ambassadors devote their time and skills to volunteer at community events and support dozens of TELUS-sponsored and community-based programs and initiatives. They also undertake baking, flower and book sales to raise funds to support charitable programs in their local areas.
TELUS Community Ambassadors support many programs and initiatives, including:
- Working at charity golf tournaments and food banks
- Serving meals to those less fortunate,
- Delivering refurbished computers for schools
- Reading to kids at schools
- Sewing heart and lung pillows
- Knitting toques, blankets for babies, and finger puppets for kids
- Putting together comfort kits for those living in temporary shelters
- Filling backpacks with schools supplies
- Making wooden stools, chairs and other items for kids
In 2011, TELUS Community Ambassadors contributed to the donation of 63,582 care items valued at more than $900,000, including:
- 12,314 comfort kits (personal hygiene items for the homeless and displaced families)
- 9,430 Kits for Kids (backpacks filled with school supplies for less fortunate children)
- 3,163 heart and lung pillows (for patients after surgery)
- More than 38,675 other items such as preemie toques, lap blankets and finger puppets
Ambassador Clubs
You can learn about the local initiatives being undertaken in each community by clicking on the link to each club below.
The contributions of the TELUS community ambassadors helped TELUS earn recognition by the Association of Fundraising Professionals as the 2010 Outstanding Philanthropic Corporation, making us the first Canadian company to receive this global honour.
Volunteers
If you’re a current or retired TELUS team member and would like to become a member of the TELUS community ambassadors in your community, contact us at ambassadors@telus.com.
Newsletter
Community Corner is the bi-annual newsletter of the community ambassadors to keep them up-to-date on TELUS news and activities and events in the local clubs. Here are past issues:
At TELUS, we are committed to keeping our Ambassadors connected with their company and with each other. To receive the newsletter please contact us at ambassadors@telus.com.
TELUS: We give where we live
At TELUS, we believe that in order to do well in business, we must do 'good' in the communities where we live, work and serve. That's why when customers choose TELUS; their support directly impacts our ability to give back to our local communities. Our philosophy – We Give Where We Live - is about TELUS and our team members sharing our generosity of spirit to make a meaningful difference for those in need.
