CN Employees’ and Pensioners’ Community Fund announces record setting campaign results
02 Febbraio 2018 - 8:30PM
CN (TSX:CNR) (NYSE:CNI) announced today that the 2018 CN Employees'
and Pensioners' Community Fund (the Fund) campaign raised a record
setting amount just over C$2,000,000 for charities.
"We are very proud to make a significant
contribution that will help make a difference for many charity
organizations," said Olivier Chouc, CN vice-president of law, and
chairman of the board of the CN Community Fund. “This unprecedented
success is the direct result of every donor's generosity and the
outstanding dedication of our volunteers. Thank you to everyone
involved for making this an incredible year, and for helping make a
real difference in the lives of so many."
Approximately 600 charities from a variety of
causes such as health and research, community wellbeing, child
support, and humanitarian aid will benefit from the contribution of
more than 4,100 active and retired employees as well as 960
external contributors. The fundraising total includes individual
employee contributions and fundraising activities such as the CN
Canadiens Alumni Challenge, the United Way western train ride, the
CN Christmas Express, British Columbia Wildfires Appeal, Jeans Day,
and many others initiatives.
CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund,
which has been in existence for 51 years, is run by CN employees
and pensioners acting on behalf of their colleagues, organizes
fundraising activities and annual campaigns in support of various
charities across Canada. Over the past 10 years, the Fund has
raised more than C$16.7 million in donations to help
those in need. According to a recent analysis by a fundraising
consulting firm, CN Employees’ and Pensioners’ Community Fund
stands out as a Canadian leader due to its exemplary practices.
CN is a true backbone of the economy whose team
of railroaders transports more than C$250 billion worth of goods
annually for a wide range of business sectors, ranging from
resource products to manufactured products to consumer goods,
across a rail network of approximately 20,000 route-miles spanning
Canada and mid-America. CN – Canadian National Railway Company,
along with its operating railway subsidiaries – serves the cities
and ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New
Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the metropolitan areas of Toronto,
Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Chicago, Memphis, Detroit, Duluth,
Minn./Superior, Wis., and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all
points in North America. For more information about CN, visit the
Company's website at www.cn.ca.
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