Transat Donates 110 Pallets of Food to Centraide for Redistribution to the Réseau Alimentaire De L'est De Montréal

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Transat Donates 110 Pallets of Food to Centraide for Redistribution to the Réseau Alimentaire De L'est De Montréal\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 MONTREAL\n \n ,\n \n Dec. 9, 2020\n \n /CNW Telbec/ - Transat A.T. Inc., one of the largest integrated tourism companies in the world and Canada's holiday travel leader, has made a large donation of food items to Centraide of\n \n Greater Montreal\n \n , which is redistributing them to the Réseau alimentaire de l'Est de Montréal for the\n \n Grande Boucle Solidaire\n \n . A total of some 500,000 items (meals, snacks, beverages, etc.), making up more than 100 pallets, will be distributed starting this week. With the flight program of its business unit Air Transat reduced until spring, the company decided to donate these food products, with an estimated value of\n \n $600,000\n \n , to a worthy cause in the\n \n Greater Montreal\n \n area.\n \n \n \"With needs now even greater than ever because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are very pleased to make this donation of food items,\" said Jean-François Lemay, President, Air Transat. \"Nothing is more gratifying to us than knowing we will be helping thousands of families, with the Holidays just around the corner.\"\n \n \n Mario Régis, Vice-President, Social Development, Centraide of\n \n Greater Montreal\n \n , stated: \"Centraide of\n \n Greater Montreal\n \n thanks Transat for this generous donation of food to help families in neighbourhoods heavily impacted by COVID-19 to cope with the crisis.\" He continued: \"The\n \n Grande Boucle Solidaire\n \n is an innovative collective project to which we are proud to contribute. Since April, over 235,000 frozen meals have been given out to people in need in 10 neighbourhoods in\n \n Montreal's\n \n east end thanks to the organization and mobilization of over 40 community agencies. This support from Transat will add to the food assistance that agencies are already providing throughout the city's eastern territory.\"\n \n \n \"The Réseau alimentaire de l'Est ...

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