Lindsay here, the newest intern with the Public Affairs team in Toronto and I’m writing my first blog post for Molson Coors Canada…very exciting stuff! I had the opportunity to lend a helping hand with Alain Quintard and his team for the RONA MS Bike Tour…read on for the details of the day!
On August 10, Alain Quintard gathered employees from 33 Carlingview Drive to help package snack bags for the upcoming Rona MS Bike Tours on behalf of the MS Society. Alain has been volunteering with the MS Society for 7 years, raising money to help cure this debilitating disease which affects a large percentage of Canadians.
Alain has taken it upon himself to help organize the Toronto Bike Tour, one of 5 bike tours for MS, which is proudly being sponsored by Molson Coors Canada. Other tours include Acton to Waterloo, and Niagara Falls. In order to participate, cyclists must pay a registration fee and raise a minimum of $250 in pledges.
“By giving some of my time and effort for a good cause such as MS, I’m not only giving but also receiving a lot in return. And sometimes, when I’m a few strides away from reaching a finish line after several hours of pushing and pushing on my skates to the point I’m almost ready to give up, I have some special thoughts for those who are not as fortunate as I am to do what I’m doing. As soon as I cross the finish line, I can start resting; but for these people, the line where they could finally rest is so far away! With every raised dollar, nickel or penny, we’ll one day find a cure and they will cross their line to rest.” Said Alain Quintard, Distribution Quality Specialist at Molson Coors.
The team, which included Donna Razik, Mike MacDonald, Marta Horofker, Dan Thiemann, Sebastien Gagner, and Anne Renner spent six hours at the MS Society office located in downtown Toronto, packaging perfectly portioned snack bags for cyclists in each bike tour. The Toronto Bike Tour will be held on September 12, at 9:30 a.m., beginning and ending at Centennial Park in Etobicoke. The tour lengths are 30 km, or 55km.
Big thanks to the team for helping out with such a great cause, and we wish Alain a fun and safe bike tour!
Earlier this month the NB/PEI sales and marketing team spent some time volunteering at Moncton Headstart. Headstart is a charitable non-profit early family intervention agency focused on building school readiness skills with children and their parents. Programs and services aim to build healthy relationships, improve self-esteem, develop new skills, enhance existing skills, and encourage self-sufficiency Our Molson team spent time in the kitchen preparing snack for the pre-school program and then lunch for the staff, parents and volunteers. The Molson volunteers built story sacks with a group of parents who’s children attend Headstart.
Story Sacks are built to encourage parents and children to read and enjoy books and activities together. A book is selected and developmentally appropriate activities are built around the story. It is vitally important that children are read to each day and building and using story sacks are just one way to support this to happen.
The parents at the centre were keen to build story sacks and, with our help they were able to make it happen!
Bonnie Porter, Steve Dykeman, Mike Flemming, Joe Smith, Darin Muck, Clare Archibald,(Headstart) J.F. Cyr, Anthony Purchase, Richard Leger, Zack Dallaire
Not going to lie, I’m a little jealous of our Ottawa Sales team’s Month of Action event last week. The team volunteered at Hockey for the Homeless on April 23rd, an organization that raises funds and awareness in support of homeless-solutions organizations through charitable fantasy hockey tournaments.
The Molson Coors folks spent the day volunteering as score keepers at the Bell Sensplex, Kanata for fifteen or so NHL Alumni + participants. I’m not sure which Alumni attended or the results of the event yet, but knowing first hand how the tournaments went last year, I’m sure it was an amazing day/experience.
Molson Coors has sponsored many HFTH tournaments across Canada over the last two years, but this was the first one in Ottawa. Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal also host events – definitely something to check out/consider if you’re a hockey fan. More details
Above, Team NBPEI members Zack Dallaire, Darin Muck, JF Cyr, Bonnie Porter, Geoff Vickery, Joey Smith, Steve Dykeman, Anthony Purchase and Richard Leger pose between Food Depot staff.
Team NB/PEI made their way out into the community yesterday for our Molson Coors Month of Action, volunteering at the Moncton Food Depot. The afternoon was spent in support of Food DEPOT Alimentaire, a non-profit charity that services more than 20 food banks, community kitchens and agencies in southeastern New Brunswick.
In Moncton alone, the three area community kitchens serve an average of 740 meals per day to men, women and children in need, showcasing a real need for food-related charities in the area.
Food DEPOT Alimentaire’s distribution centre moves almost 2.5 million pounds (1.134 million kilos) of food per year – enough to fill 85 tractor trailers! Below are some pictures of the team in action, helping sort and package food on its way to folks in need.
The team in action, and having some fun.
Cheers to a great afternoon out making a difference in the community
On April 9th, the entire Halifax team joined forces for Molson Coors Month of Action, sharing their time, hands and enthusiasm with Feed Nova Scotia. The team sorted dry goods that were later distributed throughout Nova Scotia.
The Halifax folks were joined by special guest Geoff Molson, who was also in town to introduce new Molson M in Nova Scotia.
Cheers guys!
Geoff Molson joins Halifax team in the volunteering effort!
Maritimes leader Brian Harriman and his team at work!
The entire team, getting ready to get their hands dirty!
Yesterday, Molson Coors Month of Action events continued with our Ontario-North Sales Team at the Barrie Bayside Mission Centre (Salvation Army). The boys helped prep, serve and clean up the lunch service for approximately 100 community members.
This is a really great organization that is open 7 days a week serving meals in addition to many other important services the Salvation Army provides. Volunteers are always welcome at the soup kitchen along.
Cheers guys…thanks for playing your part.
Patrick and George got the best job – coffee and desserts
The team presented Shirley from the Salvation Army with a $2000 donation in addition to volunteering
