Support for communities affected by the pandemic: Lowe's Canada donates $245,000 to more that 75 local organizations
Boucherville, QC – August 10, 2020 – Last April, Lowe’s Canada, one of Canada’s leading home improvement retailers operating or servicing more than 470 corporate and affiliated stores under different banners, committed $1 million to support its associates and communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic through a range of initiatives. Among other things, corporate stores from the Lowe’s Canada network received more than $240,000 to support initiatives addressing specific needs in their regions. In the last few months, donations in cash or in kind worth a total of $245,000 were presented to over 75 food banks, hospital foundations, and other organizations helping the most vulnerable in the communities that Lowe’s, RONA, Reno-Depot, and Dick’s Lumber corporate stores serve across Canada.
“With the pandemic causing new problems to emerge and exacerbating existing issues, we felt it was important to express our solidarity by supporting community organizations that are facing higher demand and declining resources,” said Jean-Sébastien Lamoureux, Senior Vice-President, Public Affairs, Asset Protection and Sustainable Development at Lowe’s Canada. “Our field teams selected the organizations to support based on their knowledge of their regions and the needs of their communities.”
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Supported organizations, by province
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Province |
Supported organizations |
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British Columbia |
Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society Cowichan Valley Basket Society Golden Food Bank Society Greater Vancouver Food Bank Harvest Project Ishtar Transition Housing Society Kamloops Foodbank & Outreach Society Loaves & Fishes Okanagan Boys & Girls Club Squamish Helping Hands Society Surrey Food Bank Society Surrey Hospital Foundation The Mustard Seed Food Bank The Salvation Army Penticton Corps The Salvation Army Quesnel Corps The Salvation Army Williams Lake Corps |
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Alberta |
Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation Calgary Food Bank Camrose Neighbor Aid Center Edmonton Food Bank Lethbridge Food Bank Local HERO Foundation Medicine Hat Food Bank Red Deer Food Bank Society The Grande Prairie Women’s Residence Association The Olive Tree Community Centre Wheatland County Food Bank |
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Saskatchewan |
Regina & District Food Bank Ronald McDonald House Saskatchewan |
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Manitoba |
Winnipeg Harvest |
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Ontario |
Barrie Food Bank Cam’s Kids Foundation Campbellford Fare Share Food Bank Cancer Assistance Program Church Out Serving Gleaners Foodbank (Quinte) Huron County Food Bank Distribution Centre Kawartha Lakes Food Source London Food Bank Ottawa Food Bank Partners in Mission Food Bank Scarborough Health Network Foundation Simcoe Hall Settlement House St Paul’s Community Food Bank Sudbury Food Bank Temiskaming Hospital Foundation The Food Bank of Waterloo Region The Food Bank of York Region William Osler Health System Foundation Windsor Essex Food Bank Association Women’s Place Youth Without Shelter |
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Quebec |
Centre d’Action Bénévole de Cowansville Centre d’Action Bénévole de Port-Cartier Centre de bénévolat et Moisson Laval Centre de pédiatrie social Grand Galop Comptoir alimentaire de Sept-îles Dépôt alimentaire Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Fondation Maison Victor-Gadbois Fondation Rock Guertin La Banque Alimentaire la Vigne La rencontre Châteauguoise La Soupe populaire de Chicoutimi Le book humanitaire Le Grain D’Sel de la Vallée-du-Richelieu Maison d’entraide St-Alphonse Moisson d’Alma Moisson Lanaudière Moisson Laurentides Moisson Mauricie-Centre-du-Québec Moisson Montréal Moisson Outaouais Moisson Québec Moisson Rimouski-Neigette Moisson Rive-Sud On Rock Ministries Ressourcerie Bernard Hamel |
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Atlantic |
Atelier Rado Feed Nova Scotia |
About Lowe’s Canada
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving approximately 18 million customers a week in the United States and Canada. With fiscal year 2019 sales of $72.1 billion, Lowe’s and its related businesses operate or service more than 2,200 home improvement and hardware stores and employ approximately 300,000 associates. Based in Boucherville, Quebec, Lowe’s Canadian business, together with its wholly owned subsidiary, RONA inc., operates or services more than 470 corporate and independent affiliate dealer stores in a number of complementary formats under different banners. These include Lowe’s, RONA, Réno-Dépôt and Dick’s Lumber. In Canada, the companies have more than 26,000 associates, in addition to approximately 5,000 employees in the stores of independent affiliate dealers operating under the RONA banner. For more information, visit lowescanada.ca.