Businesses in Canada aid in Haiti Relief Efforts
Canadian Businesses add to Haiti Relief Efforts.
Canadian businesses have donated millions of dollars to help victims of the earthquake that has devastated Haiti.
The BMO Financial Group has pledged $250,000 to the Red Cross effort in Haiti. CEO Bill Downe said, “The devastation in Haiti is massive, and all of us at BMO are deeply saddened by the news. We are also making a direct appeal to our 36,000 employees to consider donating to the relief efforts.” Western Union and MoneyGram, have suspended fees on transactions for charitable donations to the Haiti relief efforts.
A tour operator Transat, based out of Montreal, will donate $25,000 to the Red Cross’s Haiti Earthquake Fund, plus another $25,000 to its partner SOS Children’s Villages, which is a place for orphaned and abandoned children in Port-au-Prince.
Other businesses like Rogers Communications and the Rogers family, National Bank of Canada, TD Bank Financial Group and many more have donated to the Haiti relief efforts.
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