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the Lighthouse award partners recognition BMO Employee Charitable Foundation
In the Calgary Board of Education, students are our highest priority. The Lighthouse Award program was created to honor the organizations that share this value and choose to make significant and meaningful contributions to our schools and students. This month, an organization is recognized whose generosity and community efforts have been well above admirable. The BMO Employee Charitable Foundation supports thousands of registered charities in Canada through the generous support of employees, pensioned employees, customers and friends of BMO Financial Group. These volunteers are engaged in a variety of roles and activities within the Foundation at local, regional and national levels. One hundred percent of all money raised within the Foundation is donated to the people who depend on local charities across Canada. In addition to annual donations made to CBE’s Book Bags for Kids program, dedicated BMO employees join us as we deliver book bags to dozens of identified schools each December. The enthusiasm and support of BMO’s volunteers have assisted the CBE with delivering the bags filled with new books, socks, mitts, hats and cuddly stuffed animals to share in the reading experience. An additional $1000 donation was designated to the Book Bags for Kids program as part of BMO’s Season of Giving event, which helped to ensure that we could provide high quality books for our students. The Foundation continuously demonstrates their commitment to community involvement and charitable giving through the donation of their time, money, expertise, and hearts. The Foundation's local involvement ensures the money raised in the community flows back into the community! The success of public education is due in a large part to Calgarians like these, who make a personal investment in the futures of our children. The CBE would like to thank BMO Employee Charitable Foundation for being an exceptional and loyal partner and congratulate them for being January’s Lighthouse Award winner.
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January 19, 2010