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Distinctions 2007
Under the microscope
of 75 volunteers
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PARTNERSHIP
Making a success
of your workplace campaign
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CENTRAIDE
Vol. 22 – No. 02
SUMMER 2008
Allocations to
agencies:
$43M
C E N T R A I D E O F G R E AT E R M O N T R E A L 4 9 3 S h e r b ro o ke S t re e t We st , M o n t re a l , Q u e b e c H 3 A 1 B 6
to 360 agencies
Centraide’s March
of 1,000 Umbrellas:
October 8, 2008
Annual Report
2007-2008
Accessible at
www.centraide-mtl.org
in the Our publications
section
Publication No.: 40062551
onsolidating and developing
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key sectors. Among the new
agencies supported by Centraide
in 2008-2009 are two family
centres, one youth agency and
two community projects dedicated
to fostering the well-being of
young children.
CENTRAIDE OF GREATER MONTREAL’S MISSION: TO MAXIMIZE FINANCIAL AND VOLUNTEER RESOURCES so that Centraide, particularly by funding community
agencies and working in partnership with them, can promote caring and social involvement in order to improve the quality of life in our community and empower its most
vulnerable members to take charge of their lives.
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CENTRAIDE OF GREATER MONTREAL’S VISION: TO BUILD CARING COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT GREATER
MONTREAL. Centraide wants to make Greater Montreal into a place where the less fortunate have the means to live in dignity. To achieve this aim, it relies on citizens’
capacity for self-reliance and solidarity.
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AGENCY SNAPSHOTS
Patro Le Prevost:
Patro Le
Prevost
100 years of
Building on 100 years of history
history and
atro Le Prevost is a community centre which has been deeply
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rooted in the Villeray neighbourhood for almost 100 years. It provides
an educational living environment for children, youth, adults and families
almost 35 years
residing in Villeray and surrounding neighbourhoods. Over the years, the
agency has created many innovative community programs and
recreational activities to promote development among people of all ages.
These include a Magasin-Partage, group activities for women, a fall
prevention program for seniors, a space for teenagers, collective kitchens,
buying groups, a meals-on-wheels, an income tax clinic, homework
assistance and much more.
of support from
Centraide. A
continuity that
strengthens our
vast network of
agencies.
The campaign team from Patro le Prevost was presented with the Agnes C. Higgins Award at Centraide’s
Distinctions event on April 30. This award recognizes outstanding innovation on the part of a Centraide
supported agency in meeting the social needs of the community.
Patro Le Prevost exercises strong leadership in its community, working in
cooperation with local partners and participating in several local, regional
and provincial social development committees. It is a leader in the research
and deliberation on how to better serve the East Island population.
Centraide of Greater Montreal has supported Patro Le Prevost since 1974.
Regroupement des Magasins-Partage de l’île de Montréal:
Dignity, solidarity and responsibility
ixteen percent of Montreal residents experience food insecurity, either because they are
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poor or because they live in a disadvantaged neighbourhood inadequately served by
grocery stores. The groups most affected by poverty include single-parent families,
immigrants, children, women and people living alone.
Last year, 17 Montreal neighbourhoods organized holiday season “Magasins-Partage”.
These temporary stores offer an alternative to the traditional Christmas basket by enabling
families to choose their own food according to their needs and tastes. They also serve as an
entry point to a local self-help network. Shoppers are asked to make a contribution
equivalent to 10% of the real cost of their purchases and can also get involved as
volunteers in the organization of the store. The Magasins-Partage are an innovative concept
that promotes the values of dignity, responsibility and solidarity!
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In 2007, the Regroupement des Magasins-Partage de l’île de Montréal supported the
organization of 19 Christmas stores which helped 12,561 people (including 5,220 children)
from 5,186 households. Many of these households (8.6%) were headed by people who
were employed but earned insufficient income to meet their family’s needs.
A collective
project!
Last year, 2,068
volunteers contributed
a total of 23,975 hours
to organize the holiday
season “MagasinsPartage”.
Doing even more also means… lightening the back-to-school burden
Sylvie Rochette, Executive Director of the RMPIM and winner of
the 2007 Gilles Cousineau Award. This award recognizes work of
outstanding quality on the part of a manager or employee of a
Centraide supported agency.
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Last year, the Regroupement des Magasins-Partage de l’île de Montréal supported the organization of 11 temporary
back-to-school stores that enabled 2,172 children from 1,145 families to equip themselves with school supplies as well as a
schoolbag and a lunchbox. At the same time, their parents were offered sufficient foodstuffs to make breakfasts and lunches
during the first week of school. This year, the Regroupement is planning 14 back-to-school stores to help 2,400 kids.
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Conferring for
more growth
and understanding
t is with immense gratitude
Ithattowards
our 175,000 donors
we grant $43 million, this
year, to 360 community
agencies that work in the
boroughs of Greater Montreal.
This considerable financial
support will help 500,000
people in their efforts to regain
control of their lives and pursue
their dreams.
If we have been successful in
responding to needs in an
effective and relevant manner,
it is because we have learned
to challenge our old ways and
adapt to the changes taking
place in our communities.
Our world is changing and so
is philanthropy. The increase in competition pushes us to
constantly reevaluate our methods of working in order to
better respond to the needs of the people and agencies we
support.
The great dialogue
The highlight of 2007-2008 has without a doubt been what
we have called the great dialogue. This consultation process,
held with people of all walks of life – business leaders, major
donors, campaign and allocations committee volunteers,
agency directors, young business leaders and university
researchers - aimed at reaching a better understanding of
our social environment, at giving us leads in terms of new
ways of raising money and redistributing it even more
efficiently and appropriately. We have sought out ways to
maximize the resources we have and to ensure that
donations have meaning, and we have inquired about
people’s views on the direction Centraide should take.
The 120, or so, individuals who were met have described
Centraide as the catalyst through which business people can
interact with members of a large community-based network.
Among many qualities, Centraide has been depicted as
possessing integrity, being transparent, thorough, innovative
and able to adapt to both donors and agencies and to the
needs of the disadvantaged. Companies have expressed how
the Centraide campaign has had a positive effect in the
workplace. The agencies we support have told us they feel
respected and in good hands. Volunteers who visit agencies
for evaluation purposes have stated that their view of the
world has changed thanks to these enriching exchanges.
The people we have consulted have confirmed that we are
on the right track by favouring the non-designated gift,
rather than allowing designations, and this has been a real
advantage in making strategic investments. The accessibility
of the campaign, which allows people to make a donation at
the height of their means, has also been highlighted as a
positive feature, as has the need to conserve the thorough
allocations process, one that is based on a clear
understanding of actual needs.
Our challenges, our future
Our great dialogue has also revealed that the future will
bring about many challenges. Among these, companies that
are increasingly solicited by multiple causes: how can we
stand out? The interest in days of caring by employees in the
workplace: how can we better meet their expectations? The
need for agencies to bring in business leaders into discussion
committees: how can we create the link? Also, selfemployment is gaining popularity: how can we reach those
who work from home? Youth are expressing a great interest
in social causes, but often perceive Centraide as being “old
fashioned”: how can we gain appreciation for our innovative
projects and the concrete results we obtain in the
community?
It is in fact towards these youths that we must move in order
to build our future, as well as towards all those who wish to
get involved. We must not forget however to always begin by
touching the heart of people and explain why and how we
make our choices in allocating the generosity we have
received from all. There is an enormous potential of donors
in Montreal. It is up to us to convey the importance of
Centraide in every day life.
Michèle Thibodeau-DeGuire
President and Executive Director
A great way to
discover or learn
more about
Centraide
:30 a.m.: Everyone gathers in
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the company cafeteria to meet a
visitor who works in a Centraide
supported agency. The objective of the
exercise is to find out or learn more
about the use that will be made of the
annual donation they plan to
contribute through payroll giving. The
visitor will speak to them about the
day-to-day work she performs in the
agency, the people in difficulty she
welcomes, the way she helps them, the
results she achieves. Awareness raising
guaranteed! All thanks to Centraide’s
Speakers Program.
These presentations are arranged by the
loaned representative at the request of
the employee campaign director and
offered to the members of the campaign
team, the canvassing team and
sometimes the company employees.
They enable participants to familiarize
themselves with the various social issues
facing Greater Montreal, in the
neighbourhoods where they live and
where their company is located: support
for families, youth and seniors in
distress, the integration of immigrants or
persons with disabilities, food assistance,
school dropout, mental health, etc. They
dissipate prejudice and enable a better
understanding of why it is so important
to give to Centraide. Almost every
participant has a loved one, a friend or a
neighbour in need of a helping hand.
Many emerge from these presentations
eager to get involved in their
community as volunteers. The Speakers’
Program produces results!
Here is an opportunity to see the world
from the point of view of someone who
works in the community movement. To
be touched by their commitment and
sincerity. To be inspired by their
enthusiasm and optimism. To be
brought down to earth!
During Centraide Campaign 2007,
145 agency speakers gave a total
of 743 workplace presentations. And
they are rearing to go again during the
next campaign!
ALLOCATIONS TO AGENCIES
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Winning
strategies
Supplementary
allocations to
key sectors
for 2008-2009
> An additional $350,000 to nine agencies that
promote academic perseverance and success.
Consolidating and
developing key sectors
> An extra $748,000 to 35 agencies
that help disadvantaged young families and
promote the development of their children.
$43M to 360 agencies
> Some examples
Re-Nou-Vie in Châteauguay will receive an
additional $17,600 to establish a respite program for single mothers.
Fondation de La Visite will be awarded an
extra $25,000 to consolidate its network of
visiting mothers in six Montreal neighbourhoods.
Maison de la famille La Parentr'aide in
Saint-Hubert will be granted $20,000 more to
develop new activities: an early reading and
writing program for young children, workshops
for fathers, and support for parents during the
back-to-school period.
Mouvement S.E.M. in Saint-Jean-surRichelieu will receive an extra $12,000 to
consolidate its homework assistance program
for 6- to 12-year-old children.
> 354 agencies and projects already supported by Centraide will
receive $40.4M.
> 104 of these agencies and projects will receive supplementary
funding of $2.3M to meet new social needs.
> 6 new agencies and projects will be welcomed to Centraide’s
network and granted a total of $0.3M.
Six new agencies welcomed
> Two family centres
Maison de la famille LeMoyne, in Longueil
Pause-Famille, in Ahuntsic
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> One youth agency
Centre d’initiatives pour le développement communautaire de
Saint-Laurent, L’Unité, in Saint-Laurent
> One mental health agency
Au second lieu, in Saint-Hubert
> Two community projects dedicated to fostering the
well-being of young children
1,2,3 GO! Mercier-Est
1,2,3 GO! du secteur Est de Pierrefonds-Roxboro
For more information, see the New Agencies Fact
Sheet in the “What’s new?” section of our website
at www.centraide-mtl.org.
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A rigorous process
entraide makes its allocations following a rigorous
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analysis of needs and resources in the neighbourhoods.
Its decisions are based on the recommendations of 75 volunteers, who study the agencies’ grant applications by visiting
the agencies and evaluating their effectiveness, their financial
management, their use of volunteers and their collaboration
with other agencies in the area.
75 volunteers contribute 1,800 hours
Our investments under the
microscope of 75 volunteers
The 2007-2008 Allocations and Agency Relations Committee (AARC)
The AARC oversees the work of the seven allocations committees responsible for Centraide’s different areas of intervention.
Chair:
Lili de Grandpré,
Managing Director, CenCEO
Consulting
Vice-Chair:
Bergman Fleury, Chair,
Conseil interculturel de
Montréal
New Investments Committee
Chair: Yvon Monette, Health and Social
Service Agency Management Consultant
Support for development of community
action (training)
Chair: Caroline Bougie, Consultant
Charlotte Cloutier, PhD Candidate, HEC
Jean Collard, President, Collard & Associates,
Management Consultant
Andrée Gendron
Dominique Ollivier, Executive Director,
Institut de coopération pour l'éducation des
adultes
Support for families and youth
Chair: Jacques Bénard, Urban Development
Consultant
Denis Binette, retired from Hydro-Quebec
Gilles Brodeur, retired, former Senior VicePresident of Serti Information Solutions
Isabelle Desjardins, Administrator, Desjardins
Moreau Foundation
Stefanie Dunn, MUP, Planning Consultant
Johane Fortier, retired from Fédération des
caisses Desjardins du Québec
Éric Lacombe, Vice-President, Fixed Income,
Montrusco Bolton Investments
Louise-Hélène Lefebvre, Division Chief,
Leisure, Culture and Social Development,
Ville de Montréal, Arrondissement
Saint-Laurent
Henri Maheu, Consultant
André Mercier, retired from CIBC
Isabelle Péladeau, President, Gestion I.P.
Jacques Bénard, Urban Development
Consultant
Nicole Boily, President, Conseil des
Montréalaises and Consultant on
Social Development
Caroline Bougie, Consultant
Sylvie Gazaille, Principal Vice-President,
Human Resources, Le Groupe Saputo
Mireille Landry, Programs Coordinator,
Institute for Community Development,
Concordia University
André Laramée, Local Service Quality and
Complaints Commissioner, Centre jeunesse
de Montréal
Yvon Monette, Health and Social Service
Agency Management Consultant
Jing-Ye Qi, Market Analyst, Quebec Cartier
Mining Company
Sylvie Sauriol, retired from Quebecor
Zerdani Tassadit
Support for social inclusion
Chair: Marjorie Théodore, Executive Director,
La Magnéthotèque
Sylvain Archambault, Mechanic-Assembler,
Pratt & Whitney Canada
Guillaume Desnoyers, Partner, Desnoyers
Ressources et conseils
Elizabeth Hunt, Program Coordinator, The
Institute in Management and Community
Development, Concordia University
Alain Lefebvre, Executive Director, LucieBruneau Rehabilitation Centre
Jean-Paul Lejeune, Senior Consultant,
NATIONAL Public Relations
Jérôme Métellus
Josée Poirier, Division Chief,
Ville de Montréal
Raymond Vles, Change Management
Specialist, Ville de Montréal
Patsy Willett, CA
Support for neighbourhood life
Chair: Sylvie Gazaille, Principal VicePresident, Human Resources, Le Groupe
Saputo
Barbara Baudinet, Realtor, Royal Lepage
Global
Sophie Choquet-Girard, Student in Master's
Degree Studies, HEC
Ronald DePaola, Investment Advisor,
Desjardins Securities
Pierre A. Falardeau, Executive Director,
Secrétariat Centraide, Hydro-Québec
Janie Fortin, Executive Director, Aviron
Hébergement communautaire
Yolande Mafalanka Mpungi, Counsellor,
Intégration jeunesse du Québec
Atallah Mourad, Vice-President, Research &
Development, Sequence Technology
Hélène Panaïoti, Director of Public Affairs
and Communications, Bibliothèque et
Archives nationales du Québec
Denis Pellerin, Senior Vice-President,
Operational and Market Risk Management,
National Bank of Canada
Roger Sinclair, retired
Jacqueline Turgeon, Director, Human
Resources Department, Institut de
recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM)
Support for the improvement of living
conditions
Chair: Gaétan Sauriol, Senior Director,
Financial Services, Métro-Richelieu
Patricia Archambault, retired from Bank of
Montreal Financial Group
Marie-Claude Boily, Coordinator, Client
Development and Administration, Osler,
Hoskin & Harcourt
Mylène Demers, Lawyer, Association des
courtiers et agents immobiliers du Québec
Pierre Francoeur, Director, Office Services
and Accounts Receivable Management,
ING Insurance Company
Catherine Régis, L.L.M., Professor,
Law Faculty, Sherbrooke University
Gaétan Sauriol, Senior Director, Financial
Services, Métro-Richelieu
Marjorie Théodore, Executive Director,
La Magnétothèque
Marylin Thomas, Lawyer, Senior Contracts
Negotiator, Bombardier Aerospace
Marianik Gagnon, Project Coordinator,
Convercité
Josée Gingras, Project Manager, SNC-Lavalin
Group
Michel Lapointe, retired
Richard Legris, Economist, ministère de
l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale du Québec
Louise Meunier, retired from Commission
scolaire de Montréal
Ninette Piou, Director, Centre
d'alphabétisation N-A Rive de Montréal
Marie-Claude Roy, Lawyer, Ville de Montréal
Karim Salabi, Vice-President, Marketing,
Autodesk Media and Entertainment
Support for volunteering
Chair: Marylin Thomas, Lawyer, Senior
Contracts Negotiator, Bombardier Aerospace
Marguerite Bourgeois, General Counsel, IPEX
Pierre Filion, retired from Réseau de la santé
et des services sociaux
Guibert Fortin, Department Manager, Human
Resources, Ville de Montréal
Manon Gaudette, Supervisor, Duochem
Raoul Lincourt, retired
Barbara McSween, retired from Yellow Pages
Group
Bernard N. Ouellette, retired from Yellow
Pages Group
Kenny Tang, Director, Compliance, ING
Investment Management
Denis Tremblay, Audit Division Chief, Ville de
Montréal (vérificateur général)
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Help, inspire, create… and build a better world
The prize-winners at Distinctions 2007
This award recognizes outstanding
innovation on the part of a Centraide
supported agency in meeting the social
needs of the community.
GILLES COUSINEAU
AWARD:
ANTOINETTE ROBIDOUX
AWARD:
This award recognizes outstanding social
involvement on the part of a youth between
the ages of 12 and 30 while volunteering in
a Centraide supported agency.
The winners of Centraide’s 2007 Awards to Agencies: Christian Girard, volunteer
with Les Scouts du Montréal métropolitain, winner of the Antoinette Robidoux
Award – Young Volunteer Category (young volunteer of the year); Manon Éthier
Rollin, Executive Director of Patro Le Prevost, winning agency of the Agnes C.
Higgins Award (agency of the year); Lucie Rondeau, volunteer with OMPAC –
Organisation multiressources pour les personnes atteintes de cancer, winner of the
Antoinette Robidoux Award (volunteer of the year); Sylvie Rochette, Executive
Director of the Regroupement des Magasins-Partage de l’île de Montréal, winner of
the Gilles Cousineau Award (agency manager or employee of the year).
LES SOLIDAIRES pay tribute
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❤ Jury’s special ”Coup de coeur“ prize
EMPLOYEE CAMPAIGN
1,000 plus employees
Pratt & Whitney Canada
TD Meloche Monnex Group ❤
CAE
Mouvement Desjardins
National Bank of Canada
Pratt & Whitney Canada
Samson Bélair/Deloitte & Touche
This award recognizes work of
outstanding quality on the part of a
manager or employee of a Centraide
supported agency.
ANTOINETTE ROBIDOUX
AWARD, YOUNG VOLUNTEER CATEGORY:
Finalists and prize-winners
of the Solidaires Awards
OVERALL SUPPORT
CAE
Alcoa Canada
Bell Canada
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Hydro-Québec
National Bank of Canada
Petro-Canada
Ultramar
AGNES C. HIGGINS AWARD:
This award recognizes outstanding social
involvement on the part of a volunteer
who is working or has worked in a
Centraide supported agency.
EVENTS
to the leadership and social
involvement of the volunteers and
organizations who support Centraide
of Greater Montreal’s annual
fundraising campaign. A Solidaires is
awarded in each of the following
categories: Overall Support;
Employee Campaign at organizations
with 1,000 or more employees,
250 to 999 employees and
249 employees or less; First
Employee Campaign; Leadership
Giving Campaign at organizations
with 1,000 or more employees and
999 employees or less; and Trade
Union Support.
The winners of the 2007 Solidaires awards: Jean-Marc Lamontagne, CAE (Overall Support); Ann Gaboriault, Accenture
(Employee Campaign, 249 employees or less); Serge Binette, Ultramar (Employee Campaign, 250 to 999 employees);
Michèle Thibodeau-DeGuire, President and Executive Director, Centraide of Greater Montreal; Kenneth Brooks, Ernst &
Young (Leadership Giving Campaign, 999 employees or less); Nicole L. Chandonnet, National Bank of Canada (Leadership
Giving Campaign, 1,000 plus employees); Ulana Chukha and Marc Primeau, Pratt & Whitney Canada (Employee Campaign,
1,000 plus employees, and Trade Union Support); Norman M. Steinberg, Co-Chair of Centraide Campaign 2007 and Co-Chair
of Ogilvy Renault LLP; and Danny Di Perna, ACTS Aero Technical Support & Services (First Employee Campaign).
250 to 999 employees
Ultramar
Cargill Foods
Fonds de solidarité FTQ
Petro-Canada
Pfizer Canada
249 employees or less
Accenture
Procter & Gamble ❤
Bechtel Québec
Nuances Communications
Procter & Gamble
Special jury prize for a first
employee campaign
ACTS Aero Technical Support & Services
LEADERSHIP GIVING CAMPAIGN
1,000 plus employees
National Bank of Canada
CAE
999 employee or less
Ernst & Young
Cargill Foods
Ultramar
TRADE UNION SUPPORT
Locale 510, CAW Québec, Pratt &
Whitney Canada
Local 712, IAMAW, and Local 62, CAW
Québec, Bombardier Aerospace ❤
Communications, Energy and
Paperworkers Union of Canada,
Local 522 – CAE USW
United Steelworkers (FTQ) –
ArcelorMittal
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Making a success
of your workplace campaign
Some people have the time of their lives organizing their
Centraide workplace campaign. Others see it as a motivating challenge. But most everyone involved contributes
their time and energy without stint out of a determination to succeed. Here are six essential ingredients of a
successful campaign.
Giving a splendid
account of themselves!
The Leadership Giving campaign is
an established tradition at Ernst &
Young thanks to the steadfast
support of the managing partner and
all senior managers. It is an integral
part of the firm’s culture, fostering
individual social responsibility and
involvement. Every effort is made to
ensure the campaign’s continuing
success: new employees were
mobilized to participate, and the
director and canvassers for next
year’s Leadership Giving Campaign
have already been identified!
Adequate preparation
Employee campaign directors participate in the training session offered by Centraide.
They use the opportunity to share tips and ideas with each other. They study last
year’s campaign at their organization. What were the results? What was the
participation rate and the average donation? How many donors used payroll giving?
Are there areas for improvement? They contact their loaned representative, who is a
mine of valuable information!
A competent and diversified team
The employee campaign director is a dynamic and communicative leader. The
campaign team is recruited from all departments with the aim of achieving the best
mix of experience and ability.
The necessary support
The CEO becomes actively and visibly involved by, for example, signing a letter of
support, participating in campaign activities and personally soliciting Leadership
donations. The union leader attends campaign events. Unionized employees
participate in the campaign committee and canvassing team.
Dynamic awareness raising
Donors want to know who they are giving their money to and why. An agency
speaker is invited to address them: the testimony of a person who works in a
community agency is concrete, moving and inspiring. Extensive use is made of
awareness tools: Centraide videos, emailed information capsules, campaign posters,
promotional material, the list of Centraide supported agencies serving the workplace
neighbourhood. Fun events are organized to kick off and close the campaign in
order to encourage employee participation.
Kenneth Brooks, Partner at Ernst & Young and Director of its Leadership Giving campaign, achieved results which
earned his firm the Solidaires for Leadership Giving Campaign (999 employees or less).
Piloted by performance!
All the necessary elements were in place at
CAE to produce an exceptional campaign.
Senior management and the union offered
unconditional and visible support. The
multidisciplinary and experienced team
organized creative activities to mobilize and
motivate employees to participate. The
canvassers were trained and well led. Potential
Leadership donors took part in a visit to a
community agency. Finally, various activities
were organized to thank volunteers and
donors, and an exhaustive report on campaign
results was produced by the campaign
committee. This outstanding campaign earned
CAE the Solidaires for Overall Support at
Centraide’s Distinctions event on April 30.
Marc Parent, Group President at CAE and Director of its Leadership Giving campaign, is a perfect example of an involved business leader.
Personalized canvassing
The canvassing committee includes about one canvasser for every 15
employees. The canvassers solicit the people in their own departments
because this facilitates their approach. They are offered a brief training
session so they will be better able to answer donors’ questions. Donors
are encouraged to contribute through payroll giving. Every donor is
canvassed PERSONALLY… face to face, one on one!
A eye on the future
Donors are thanked warmly so they will want to contribute again next
year. A statement of campaign results is prepared. A list of suggestions is
drawn up to help get next year’s campaign off to a good start. And those
who contributed their time and energy receive expressions of gratitude
so they will be motivated to participate again in future campaigns.
Centraide’s March of
1,000 Umbrellas
The March of 1,000 Umbrellas, which each
year kicks off Centraide’s campaign, will take
place in downtown Montreal on October 28.
Everyone is invited!
The members of the 2008-2009 Board of Directors THANK YOU!
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01 CHAIR: Claude Léger* › Director General, Ville de
Montréal 02 PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:
Michèle Thibodeau-DeGuire* › Centraide of Greater
Montreal
------------------------------------------------------03 VICE-CHAIR: Louis L. Roquet* › President and Chief
Operating Officer, Desjardins Venture Capital 04 CHAIR
01
02
03
04
05
OF THE ALLOCATIONS AND AGENCY RELATIONS
COMMITTEE: Lili de Grandpré* › Managing Director,
CenCEO Consulting 05 TREASURER: James C. Cherry* ›
President and Chief Executive Officer, Aéroports de
Montréal 06 SECRETARY: Constance MiddletonHope* › Lay Minister, Anglican Diocese of Montreal
07 VICE-CHAIR OF THE ALLOCATIONS AND AGENCY
RELATIONS COMMITTEE: Bergman Fleury* › Chair,
Conseil interculturel de Montréal 08 Alan Allnutt ›
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Publisher and General Manager, The Gazette 09 Chantal
Aznavourian* › Project Coordinator ― Development,
Chantier de l’économie sociale 10 Mary-Ann Bell › Chief
Operating Officer ― Québec, Bell Aliant Regional
Communications 11 David Birnbaum › Executive
Director, Quebec English School Boards Association
12 Hélène Bohémier › Director of Partnership, Centre de
santé et de services sociaux de la Montagne
13 Serge
Brasset › Director General, Collège Édouard-Montpetit
14 Tim Brodhead › President and Chief Executive Officer,
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The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation 15 Danielle
Casara › QFL Partnership Advisor ― Laurentian Bank,
Conseil régional FTQ ― Montréal métropolitain 16 Francine
Cléroux › Assistant Vice-President, Public and Corporate
Affairs, Sun Life Financial 17 Marie Gagnon › Executive
Director, Fondation René Malo 18 Pierre Giard › General
Manager, Société de transport de Laval 19 Sheila
Goldbloom › Professor, retired from McGill University
20 Stella Guy, Associate Director General, Direction
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générale, Ville de Montréal 21 Alice Herscovitch* ›
Executive Director, The Montreal Holocaust Memorial
Centre 22 Marie-Madeleine Lafrenière › Advisor,
Direction stratégique, Service de police de la Ville de
Montréal 23 Benoît Lévesque › Professor Emeritus,
Department of Sociology, Université du Québec à
Montréal et École nationale d'administration publique
24 David L. McAusland › Lawyer, Corporate Director and
Consultant 25 Pierre Monahan › Corporate Director
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26 Claude Séguin › Senior Vice-President, Finances and
Strategic Investments, CGI Group 27 Jacques Spencer ›
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President and Chief Executive Officer, Développement
économique Longueuil 28 Norman M. Steinberg ›
Co-Chair, Ogilvy Renault 29 Robert Tessier* › Chairman
of the Board, Gaz Métro 30 Helen Tyros › Vice-President,
Montreal Metropolitan District, BMO Bank of Montreal
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Thank you to the 30 volunteers on the Board of Directors who guide Centraide’s destiny.
The coming year will bring many new challenges which they will meet with enthusiasm and
confidence, developing the best strategies to fight poverty and social exclusion.