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Health and Wellness
RBC Financial Group is a keen supporter of medical research, hospitals and health care-and our employees are active volunteers for all sorts of health-related causes in their communities.
2004 Highlights
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- Double dose of help. A 19-member team of RBC employees and clients took part in the Weekend to End Breast Cancer and raised over $200,000 for the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. (September 2004)
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- Symbol of Hope raises funds for breast cancer research. Hope for a future without breast cancer. It is a dream we all share, and it's why RBC is such a strong supporter of breast cancer awareness and education programs. (September 2004)
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- RBC and the Terry Fox Run. This year marks the 24th annual Terry Fox Run, considered to be the largest, single-day fund-raiser for cancer research in the world. (August 2004)
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- Bank in Black. Everyone has a hobby. In their spare time, RBC Dominion Securities' Adam Bain and Bruce Fairles put on their AC/DC persona and rock n' roll for charity. (April 2004)
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- RBC donates $150,000 to HIV/AIDS research. RBC has donated $150,000 to Canadian Foundation for AIDS research (CANFAR), a privately funded, charitable organization raising awareness in order to generate funds for research in the clinical, biological and social sciences of HIV infection and AIDS. (March 2004)
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- RBC sponsors charity concert featuring Holly Cole. In support of building and furnishing a new Paediatric Operating Room at North York General Hospital. (February 2004)
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Local Initiatives
- RBC Financial Group made a donation towards Saskatchewan
Cancer Agency's mammography mobile-bus. Each year the Saskatchewan
Screening Program for Breast Cancer provides mammograms
to between 36,000 - 40,000 women who are 50 years and older
throughout the province.
- Britannia, Alberta: Five RBC employees shaved their
heads to raise more than $7,600 for the Alberta Children's
Hospital Foundation.
- Camrose, Alberta: Ten RBC Royal Bank employees
entered the Canadian Cancer Society's Relay for Life, raising
over $2,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. Participants
took turns walking, running or strolling around a track
in a non-competitive relay.
- Calgary, Alberta: Odell
Sinclair shaved her head for the United Way, raising $5,000
and donating her locks to the Canadian Cancer Society. Rory
Barrow also shaved his head, raising $1,600.
- Cochrane, Alberta: Employees
at RBC Royal Bank pedaled their hearts out on a 30-seat
bike to help raise funds for the Heart and Stoke Foundation
of Alberta, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
- Grand Prairie, Alberta:
James Chrenek of RBC Dominion Securities presented a $5,000
donation to the QEII Hospital Foundation. The funds are
for the neonatal intensive care unit project.
- Hinton, Alberta: RBC Royal Bank's Hinton branch
raised over $1,500 for the Canadian Cancer Society's Relay
for Life. RBC's Weena Mandziak led the volunteer efforts
by personally raising over $550 to the branch's total.
- Kamloops, British Columbia: RBC sponsored Up Close
and Personal, a meet-and-greet event for fans to meet athletes
at the Canada Cup of Curling. Canada's elite curlers compete
in the event, with all profits from the meet-and-greet going
to the Sandra Schmirler Foundation.
- Kelligrews, Newfoundland and Labrador: Heavy wind
and torrential rain couldn't keep RBC employees from taking
part in the Canadian Cancer Society's Relay for Life. The
"RBC Kicks Cancer" team raised over $3,000 for
cancer research and won first place in the banner design
contest.
- Moncton, New Brunswick: Friends of the Moncton
Hospital Foundation accepted a donation of $6,000 from RBC
Royal Bank for state-of-the-art monitors for their medical/surgical
and neurosurgical intensive care units.
- Pictou, Nova Scotia: The RBC Foundation donated
$5,000 to Camp Maxwell, a camp for children with diabetes
in Pictou. In 2004, over 120 children attended the camp
and for many of them, it was the first time away from home.
- Regina, Saskatchewan: RBC employees collected pledges
for the annual Big Bike Ride for the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Twenty-nine riders worked diligently to raise $3,927 for
the cause. In addition, when a Heart and Stroke Foundation
employee suffered a serious stroke shortly before the Big
Bike Ride, the RBC team changed their name from "RBC
Water Rats" to "Rauchelle's Water Rats" to
support her personal ride to recovery.
- Rocky Mount, North Carolina: For the third consecutive
year, RBC Centura sponsored the 2004 Nash County Relay for
Life. This is the signature fundraising event for the American
Cancer Society. RBC Centura had a team of employees who
worked for months on various fundraisers, raising more then
$11,000. The event itself raised more than $210,000 for
cancer research and treatment programs.
- St. John, New Brunswick: In addition to once again
accepting public donations for the Terry Fox Run, RBC employees
personally took part in the Terry Fox Run and raised over
$300 for cancer research.
- St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador: RBC Royal
Bank branches in St. John's and area took part in the Big
Bike Ride for Heart and Stroke. Employees raised over $12,000
and the RBC Foundation donated an additional $5,000.
- Taber, Alberta: Financial institutions across central
and southern Alberta raised $101,000 in the 2004 Power of
Flower campaign to support the Alberta Children's Hospital
Foundation. RBC raised a record-setting total of $19,647
through the sale of colourful stems. In Taber, RBC Royal
Bank raised nearly $150 per full-time employee.
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