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Canadian charities with a promising educational project - iA FINANCIAL GROUP DONATES $500,000 IN ITS PHILANTHROPIC CONTEST
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Canadian charities with a promising educational project - iA FINANCIAL GROUP DONATES $500,000 IN ITS PHILANTHROPIC CONTEST\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n QUEBEC CITY\n \n \n ,\n \n \n Dec. 18, 2023\n \n \n /CNW/ - iA Financial Group would like to congratulate the following charities, each of which will receive a major donation of\n \n $100,000\n \n for the seventh edition of our annual philanthropic contest:\n \n Hope for Dementia\n \n of\n \n Saint-Laurent\n \n (\n \n Quebec\n \n ),\n \n I Challenge Diabetes\n \n of\n \n North York\n \n (\n \n Ontario\n \n ),\n \n PLEA Community Services Society of\n \n British Columbia\n \n \n of\n \n Vancouver\n \n (\n \n British Columbia\n \n ) and\n \n Community Care Network Society\n \n of\n \n Halifax\n \n (\n \n Nova Scotia\n \n ).\n \n \n \"Every year, I am impressed by the quality of the projects submitted by organisations serving Canadian communities. On behalf of iA, I would like to thank them for their dedication to developing educational projects that make a real difference to individuals and communities. I would also like to thank everyone who took the time to vote,\" says\n \n Denis Ricard\n \n , President and CEO of iA Financial Group.\n \n \n The aim of the contest is to provide charities in the health, environment, social services or education fields with considerable financial support for their promising educational project. We received many incredible proposals from across the country, each of which was carefully analyzed by a jury. The twelve finalists ran a tight race, each vying to win the public's vote for the most inspiring projects.\n \n \n The winning charities are those that received the most votes from the Canadian public out of the twelve contest finalists. These charities each received a donation of\n \n $100,000\n \n . The remaining eight finalists each took home a donation of $10,000. Also, iA Financial Group's 9,000 employees were asked to select their favourite charities, four of which received an additional\n \n $5,000\n...