SaskTel Employees help their communities through TelCare
$105,000 Donated to 27 Non-profits in Saskatoon District
December 18, 2008
SaskTel employees continue to contribute to their communities through the donation of thousands of dollars to a variety of non-profit organizations.This year Saskatoon & District TelCare will donate $105,000 to 27 organizations. The organizations are:
- Alzheimer Association of Saskatchewan
- Arthritis Society
- Canadian Cancer Society
- Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- Canadian Diabetes Association
- Care and Share Saskatoon
- Child Find Saskatchewan
- Crohns and Colitis Foundation of Canada
- Dystonia Medical Research Foundation of Canada
- Heart and Stroke Foundation
- Hemophilia Saskatchewan
- Hope Cancer Help Centre
- Kidney Foundation
- Lung Association of Saskatchewan
- Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
“In so many ways, SaskTel employees demonstrate how much they care about their communities, and TelCare is a wonderful example,” Minister of Crown Corporations Ken Cheveldayoff said.
“Since 1950, our employees have donated their own money to the TelCare fund to help organizations in their communities across the province and SaskTel is proud to contribute to this unique effort each year,” SaskTel President and CEO Robert Watson said.
SaskTel TelCare is a volunteer organization of SaskTel employees who contribute money through payroll deduction. SaskTel matches 50 cents for every dollar employees contribute through TelCare. In 2008, the TelCare fund contributed $325,000 to Saskatchewan community organizations.
For more information, please contact:
Andy Tate, SaskTel Media Relations
Phone: (306) 777-4548
Email: andy.tate@sasktel.sk.ca
