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Shoppers Drug Mart Tree of Life campaign awards second of four weekly $10,000 prizes to Yukon charity
Virtual Tree of Life names Karen's Fund for Yukon Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer as rec...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nVirtual Tree of Life names Karen's Fund for Yukon Women Diagnosed with\n Breast Cancer as recipient\n\n\nTORONTO, Oct. 19, 2011 /CNW/ - Shoppers Drug Mart has awarded the second\n of four weekly $10,000 prizes to Karen's Fund for Yukon Women Diagnosed\n with Breast Cancer as part of its annual Tree of Life campaign. In\n celebration of the campaign's tenth anniversary, Shoppers Drug Mart has\n planted a virtual tree at www.shoppersdrugmart.ca with an ongoing contest to award the province raising the most funds\n each week.\n\n\n\"I was thrilled to learn of the generous donation from Shoppers Drug\n Mart; it is like winning the lottery,\" said Jack Kobayashi, founder of\n Karen's Fund. \"This money will support 50% of the Yukon women battling\n breast cancer this year. That is significant and I am very grateful.\"\n\n\nAt the end of each week of the four week-campaign, which runs from\n September 17th, 2011 to October 14th, 2011, Shoppers Drug Mart awards $10,000 to a women's charitable\n organization in the province that has the highest contributions per\n capita, combining online and in-store donations. The beneficiary is\n then chosen through a random lottery. The first prize of $10,000 was\n awarded to Newfoundland's Baie Verte Peninsula Health Centre Women's\n Diabetes Awareness Program.\n\n\n\"We are thrilled to hear that our local women's charity of choice,\n Karen's Fund for Yukon Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer was selected\n to be the beneficiary of this incremental donation from the Tree of\n Life Campaign,\" said Joanne Gibson, Associate Owner, Shoppers Drug\n Mart. \"Through the incredible support and generosity of the people in\n our community, we are together able to create positive change for\n women's health right here at home.\"\n\n\nThe Tree of Life campaign is one of the leading partnership programs of\n the Shoppers Drug Mart WOMEN platform - the Company's commitment to\n improving the health of all Canadian women in body, mind and\n spirit. Shoppers Drug Mart Pharmacist-owners identify and personally\n select the organizations in the communities they serve that will\n benefit from the Tree of Life program.  By partnering with these\n charities, Shoppers Drug Mart can ensure that they are able to continue\n to provide direct support, resources and programming to meet the needs\n of Ca...