Last week I had the honour of organizing a beer delivery of Molson Canadian to Afghanistan with the help of the Canadian Forces Deployment Resources and Molson Coors’ logistics and distributions team. With pride, I tweeted that I was doing so and the replies and tweet support that came back made me smile and just think about how much I love my job today and everyday because I work for a company that can and continues to support our troops around the world.
Loading up the truck – Tim Young and Tonia Hammer (me), Molson Coors Canada in Toronto)
Care of @MolsonFerg (who I swear is a walking library on Molson history!), I learned that supplying support to Canadian troops has been a tradition at Molson as far back as the late 1700s when John Molson served his country as a politician in peacetime – and as a soldier during war.
Throughout the War of 1812-14, Mr. Molson – the force behind the establishment of the country’s first commercial steamboat enterprise – enlisted in the force along with two of his sons and dedicated his steamships to the service of the Crown. The Swiftsure was the first steamship to be used in war.
So, on behalf of our employees here at Molson Coors Canada, cheers all of our Canadian Armed Forces and their families – ongoing, but especially now as Canada Day approaches. We’re raising a toast to your brave service.
Bonjour! Je suis moi-même originaire de Montréal, alors le fait d’être aux Olympiques pour le « Jour du Québec » revêt une importance particulière pour moi. La planète a les yeux rivés sur le Canada et cela nous donne l’occasion de présenter la culture et l’héritage de chacune de nos provinces. Pour Molson Coors, le Québec occupe aussi une place particulière puisque c’est dans cette province que John Molson s’est établi et qu’il a fondé sa brasserie sur les rives du St-Laurent en 1786. C’est un grand honneur de pouvoir être les hôtes des Jeux d’hiver et le monde entier a les yeux rivés sur le Canada. Molson Coors est tout aussi fière de pouvoir faire partie de ces Jeux à titre de fournisseur officiel de bière. Ces Jeux permettront aux organisateurs et aux partenaires de représenter la culture et l’héritage de chacune de nos provinces. Hier, le 15 février marquait le Jour du Québec ici aux Jeux de Vancouver. Il est donc de mise de vous proposer une entrevue avec Geoff Molson, l’arrière-arrière-arrière-petit-fil de John, qui est fier de représenter Molson Coors dans sa province natale. Dans le reportage d’aujourd’hui, nous vous présentons aussi un entretien avec Jean Charest premier ministre du Québec et des faits saillants de la réception tenu a la maison du Québec en l’honneur du Jour du Québec ou des invites Québécois présent à Vancouver assistaient dont les deux médaillés olympique Québécois de ces Jeux à ce jour – Alexandre Bilodeau et Jennifer Heil ainsi qu’un entretien avec Denny Morrison un des athlète récipiendaire de l’appui de Molson Coors.
Bonjour! I’m from Montreal, so being here for “Quebec Day” at the Olympics was especially important to me. The whole world is watching Canada, and that gives us the chance to showcase the culture and heritage of our unique provinces. We at Molson Coors are bursting with pride about being a part of these games as the official beer supplier of Canada’s Games. At these Games the organizers and partners are doing a great job showcasing the culture and heritage of our unique provinces. Yesterday was Quebec Day, and la belle province is where John Molson made his home, and founded our first historic brewery. On this broadcast dedicated to his home , hear what Geoff Molson has to say about our contribution to the Vancouver 2010 Games. We’ll also bring you the highlights of the reception held by the premier of Quebec Mr. Jean Charest at the Maison du Quebec in Vancouver. The reception was attended by Gold medalist Alexandre Bilodeau and Bronze medalist Jennifer Hail. Also, listen to the interviews done with Jean Charest, premier of Quebec and Denny Morrison one of the athletes supported by the Molson Canadian Fund a Champion program.
From left: Raymond Cote, President of Sports-Quebec, Andrew Molson, Geoff Molson, Eric Molson, Ronald Corey, Honourary President of the evening.
Just this past Wednesday (Feb. 27), Sports-Quebec paid tribute to the Molson family for its generosity in contribution to amateur sport at the gala evening for “L’Ordre des Jeux du Quebec” (L’Ordre des Jeux du Quebec is composed of business people and key figures actively involved with Quebec youth and sports).
This year was the 21st edition of the honour, with Ronald Corey as Honourary President. The gala was held at the Cabaret du Casino de Montreal.
The Molson family has, for generations, shown great generosity to amateur sport and give support to many athletes, events and organizations such as:
Molson has embraced the philosophy of community involvement for over 226 years — I am so proud to be part of a company that is always proud to play its part.
