TELUS community ambassadors

Current and past team members of the telecom industry throughout North America have a proud and rich history of community connection and volunteerism. We are pleased to continue that tradition with our own TELUS-supported volunteer program - the TELUS Community Ambassadors.

TELUS Community Ambassadors - our alumni volunteers - are active in 12 clubs across British Columbia and Alberta. We expect to launch the program in Ontario and Quebec in 2007.

The principal objectives of the TELUS Community Ambassadors program are to provide a means of social interaction for our retired team members, enable them to participate in volunteer activities that are of service to the community and to each other, maintain the traditions of the telecom industry and support the goals of TELUS.

The community ambassadors participate in special projects, funded by an internal 50/50 lottery, that provide care items to those in need in our local communities. These are just some of the achievements of our retired team members in 2006:

• 16,000 comfort kits (hygiene items to the homeless and displaced families).
• 5,000 kits for kids (backpacks for kids not able to afford school supplies).
• 5,000 comfort bears (teddy bears to comfort kids in traumatic situations).
• 3,000 heart pillows and 500 lung pillows (to comfort patients after open heart and lung surgery).
• 3,000 cancer turbans (head covers for patients being treated for cancer)
• 1,600 Christmas stockings (gifts to both children and the elderly during the Christmas season).
• 800 preemie toques (head covers for premature newborn babies).
• 350 lap blankets (to provide warmth to the elderly in local care homes).

We salute our TELUS Community Ambassadors for their tremendous dedication and commitment to give back to the communities where we live, work and serve!