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“The support from corporate leaders like TELUS for Bloorview’s EADL (Electronic Aids to Daily Living) program has had an incredible impact on our son Kevin’s life. They’ve allowed him to speak and to write and to have dreams like any other kid. We are so grateful for their generosity.”
John & Helen Hall
TELUS is committed to continuing its support of innovative projects in health and wellness. Through our participation in this area, we are helping Canadians access new technologies and enhanced programs that improve lives and build stronger communities.
Mazankowski Heart Institute – Building on our partnership with leading health institutions across Canada, we partnered with the Mazankowski Heart Institute in Edmonton in 2005. Opening in 2007, this centre of excellence will become one of North America’s leading heart institutes, and will play a prominent role in the prevention and treatment of heart disease for community members across Canada, including paediatric patients through a collaboration with the Stollery Children’s Hospital. This partnership allows TELUS to help fund and solve challenging issues and continue to promote excellence in health care.
Bloorview Kids Rehab – The Bloorview Kids Rehab, located in Toronto, is Canada’s largest children’s rehabilitation hospital. It focuses on care, research and education to give children with disabilities the tools to get where they want to go. In 2002, Bloorview Kids Rehab partnered with the University of Toronto to become Canada’s first teaching hospital in children’s rehabilitation. TELUS supported this leading children’s rehabilitation hospital in Toronto by funding its Electronic Aids to Daily Living program, which provides the customized tools and cutting-edge technology needed to enable young Canadians to lead richer, independent lives.
Share the Warmth Foundation – In Montreal, TELUS partnered with the Share the Warmth Foundation, an organization that helps Canadians reach their dreams by overcoming obstacles such as hunger and poverty. For the past four years, TELUS has hosted the Build the Future of our Children Gala which raises funds in support of the Share the Warmth Foundation to deliver more food, better educational programming and a variety of recreational programs to impoverished youth in the community.
TELUS Tour for the Cure – In British Columbia, TELUS partnered with Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation to bring the TELUS Tour for the Cure to the community. This provincial program traveled to 26 communities and was viewed by more than 200,000 people. Through interactive education and prevention awareness programs, information was presented to the community with the hopes of increasing mammography rates and saving lives.
“Poverty and hunger are no longer the plight of a minority of the population, but rather a growing social reality for which we are all responsible. Thanks to your generosity impoverished youth can continue to dream... and believe in a better life. Thank you for giving them hope.”
Judy Stevens, executive director, Share the Warmth Foundation