Molson in the Community

Even with Mother Nature having her say, the Molson Coors Gala was a remarkable event!  There were lots on amazing silent auction items to bid on, a great personal story was shared by  Bill Melathopolous about living with and understanding Epilepsy, a United Way message was brought to us by Ruth Ramsted-Wood, an unbelievable performance by Gord Bamford and his band, the Pheasant Pluckers, and of course the State of the Union on the Calgary Flames from Assistant GM Jay Feaster.

The highlight of the event was the “Cheque Presentation”  of $26,603.99

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Scott Benson -  Molson Coors Planning and Execution Assistant Manager,   Strat Kane – Molson Coors Vice President,  Western Canada and Jessica Bergen – Loaned Rep for the United Way of  Calgary and Area

Cheers…sagree

Le 30 décembre dernier, Serge Guy et Alex Zarate se sont rendus à la Maison Chez Doris pour aider à servir le repas du midi. Après avoir assisté le chef cuisinier dans la cuisine et ensuite aider à servir le repas, ils ont remis comme cadeau du Nouvel An, une boite de chocolats à chaque femme. Le coût de ces boites a été entièrement assumé par Serge.

Serge et Alex ont tellement été touchés par cette cause, qu’ils ont l’intention d’y retourner pour Pâques. Sur la photo, on voit Serge en compagnie de Rolande, bénévole depuis environ 20 ans, et Alex.

La Maison Chez Doris est un refuge pour femmes en difficulté qui accueille, tous les jours, près de 125 femmes. Les femmes qui s’y rendent souffrent, pour la plupart, de maladie mentale, et certaines d’entre elles sont itinérantes; ces femmes ont toutefois quelque chose en commun, elles sont seules et elles sont démunies.

Bravo à Serge et Alex pour ce beau geste de générosité!

Aujourd’hui, j’ai assisté en compagnie de Marjolaine Deslauriers et Marie-Pierre Aubé au dévoilement des résultats de la campagne Centraide du Grand Montréal. Malgré une période d’incertitude économique, c’est avec grande surprise que Centraide du Grand Montréal a divulgué une récolte de 54 287 884 $, par rapport à un objectif de 54 M$. Les meilleures campagnes à Montréal étaient affichées sur un écran géant et Molson Coors faisait partie du nombre. Bravo et merci à tous pour vos généreux dons. J’aimerais également remercier tous ceux qui ont participé d’une façon ou une autre à faire de cette campagne un franc succès!

Aujourd’hui, mardi 15 décembre 2009, c’est avec fierté que j’ai remis à notre représentant délégué de Centraide, monsieur Ivan Dussault, un chèque de 84 854,32 $ représentant la somme des dons équivalents pour les 17 Centraide au Québec.  Cette somme représente l’équivalent des dons généreusement donnés par nos employés de Molson Coors au Québec.  Comme vous pouvez voir sur la photo, M. Dussault était très heureux de recevoir cette contribution et extrêmement reconnaissant.

To follow up on my previous United Way blog post, Molson Coors Canada’s 2009 United Way campaign has come to a close, and after two weeks of donations, events, guest speakers and volunteering, I am THRILLED to announce that our employees stepped up to the challenge and donated/raised an AMAZING $640,000! (increase over last year by 5%!) This is an incredible result that shows just how passionate and committed Molson employees are to the communities that we work and live in.

Thank you to everyone who donated to our campaign (dollars and in-kind) and to this year’s United Way Committee – you guys rocked it.  Congratulations on a successful campaign.

How about you?  Do you have a United Way Campaign at your work or business?  Do you participate?

Below are some photos from a fundraising pub night in Toronto

Two for the Show – Fantastic duo who donated their time for our campaign – thank you!

Also thanks to Darryl Sittler who joined us for the night

Yup…there was sumo wrestling!

Volunteers!

The last two weeks of October was Molson Coors Canada’s annual United Way campaign, and this year was MY first as a member of the National Committee.  The first thing I’d like to say is”‘whew”.  The second is “whew!”.  Organizing a major campaign that raises hundreds of thousands of dollars is no easy task, but with a team of rockstar employees and incredible support from the United Way, we successfully completed our campaign with no (major) glitches!

We’re still tallying the final fundraising totals across the country, but I wanted to share a couple photos from events and also mention that United Way Toronto’s annual fundraising event, Rouge, is coming up!

What is Rouge?

“Rouge is a red-hot fundraiser not to be missed. It’s an evening of music, silent auction indulgences, and mingling.  Experience an evening of mystery in mask leading up to midnight when everyone is revealed… Presented by United Way Toronto’s GenNext, this sizzling party brings people together in support of United Way Toronto’s Community Fund.”  United Way Website

I got to spend some time chatting about Rouge with United Way’er Rebecca Chesley (@UWTGenNext) and decided that I’m going AND I want you to go!  I have two tickets to give away to a reader and guest so they can experience Rouge themselves.

To enter for your chance to win the tickets, just leave a comment on this blog post or re-tweet the post including this link http://bit.ly/2hcGBf and @MolsonTonia.  I’ll draw the winner on Thursday, November 12th (Note – must be legal drinking age)

Photos from United Way events:

Team Molson at the CN Tower Climb

Days of Caring – Volunteering at Baycrest Hospital

Days of Carling – Molson’s Relationship Marketing Team voluteering at Food Share

United Way Car Wash – Calgary

Molson Coors National Committee members and Pinball

Yesterday was the official kick off to our United Way 09 Campaign and we were SO lucky to have the great Michael ‘Pinball’ Clemons as our guest speaker at our Toronto office. Pinball spent an hour with our employees delivering a truly captivating and inspiring speech. Micheal is well known for being a philanthropist and redefining community relations through his many community activities and the Michael “Pinball” Clemons Foundation.  He is also Chair of the United Way Youth Challenge Fund.

Thank you so much for joining us Michael!

We’re on day two of our 14 day campaign…rock on.
Have a great weekend all. Cheers, @MolsonTonia

Members of the Molson Ontario United Way committee members

Molson employees in the John Molson pub at the United Way kickoff 2009