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Giving Back…The United Way

Who knew giving to charity could result in my becoming a wine connoisseur? In the Mississauga office, everyone looks forward to the numerous events that take place each fall to help raise money and awareness of the 2009 United Way Campaign. The United Way is an organization that provides support to those individuals who need it the most. Through the United Way, donations are distributed to over 200 health and social service agencies, including the Canadian Red Cross, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Toronto, Scouts Canada and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. Recently, I was the highest bidder for the “Wine Connoisseur Package” in my office’s silent auction…I am looking forward to cracking open my bottle of Gewurztraminer with my next meal!

Giving Back to the Community

Last week, I participated in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Canada’s Ride for Diabetes Research in Ottawa with several colleagues from PwC.  We had two PwC teams participate.  My team, the Decepticons as well as our other PwC Ottawa team, the Femebots, were able to raise over $1,000 in a very short period of time. While I’m no expert cycler by any means (as is evident in my photo below), it was a lot of fun and a very rewarding experience to help raise money for such a great cause.

 

Dress Your Best

A few blogs ago, when I wrote about the United Way, I mentioned that I would speak about some of the volunteering events that we are able to participate in through PwC. So I thought that I would focus my efforts on an organization called “Dress Your Best”, a volunteer experience that I was fortunate enough to be able to participate in.

The United Way

Sometimes when you get wrapped up with work, it’s hard to do the little things one would like to do to give back to the community. Luckily here at PwC, they make it pretty easy for us!

Giving back and going green

New volunteer opportunities are always being added to the PwC Canada Foundation microsite, and every year PwC supports you in an ‘out-of-the-office’ day to participate in a team volunteering activity...

Recognizing our volunteers

Just the other day I was at a “Meet the Firm” night at the University of Alberta, and someone asked me how PricewaterhouseCoopers supports volunteering efforts—considering the demands of work and CASB.

Better to give than to receive...

What a great benefit it is to staff and the community to be able to take a day off work to go out and make our neighborhood a better place! 

The Authentic Experience at Iona Beach

When our group of PwC rookies saw “Team Volunteering Day” on our training schedule, I must admit that most of us were pretty excited to get out of the office and take a break from lectures and tax returns!