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Health and Wellness
RBC supports research and programs that help improve community
healthcare. Examples include:
- A three-year grant to the Centre for Activity and Aging
for an exercise and education program aimed at older adults,
enabling them to continue to live independently
- Mental Illness Foundation of Quebec, dedicated to the
prevention of mental illness in order to reduce the suffering
of affected people
- The RBC Caribbean Children's Cancer Fund, a five-year,
US$1 million commitment to support the Cancer Treatment
Foundation, a charity chaired by double world-record-breaking
cricketer Brian Lara, in its efforts to provide financial
support for cancer treatment in children under the age of
16
- The Cidel Charity Cup in Barbados, an annual sailing
and beach activity event that raises funds for a number
of charities, including the Barbados Cancer Society and
the Heart Foundation.
RBC is committed to helping improve outcomes for Canadian
children with mental illness and their families. The RBC Children's
Mental Health Project provides grants to support children's
mental health programs that focus on early intervention and
prevention. Examples include:
- Support to extend the Janeway Children's Hospital's Reaching
Out program to all four health regions of Newfoundland and
Labrador. Since 1990, the program's therapists have been
developing, offering and evaluating group programs for children,
youth and families in eastern Newfoundland and Labrador
who face a wide range of issues.
- The Heroes Children's Mental Health Program in Calgary,
developed by the Impact Society for Children and Families
in Turmoil, a character development initiative that builds
resiliency in youth at the junior and senior high school
levels, helping them discover who they are and their unique
abilities.
Our employees volunteer their time for healthcare organizations
and charities around the world, such as:
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Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Ride for Research,
in which teams on stationary bicycles compete. In 2008,
2,813 employees across Canada raised more than $840,000.
RBC also donated $50,000 to recognize our employee efforts.
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The Weekend to End Breast Cancer, an annual event where
thousands of Torontonians help raise funds for the Campbell
Family Institute at the Princess Margaret Hospital. Every
year, RBC employees take on this 60-kilometre, two-day
walking challenge. In 2008, more than 150 Team RBC members
braved the elements and raised over $335,000.
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Multiple Sclerosis Society's walks and bike rides across
Canada, in which hundreds of RBC employees and family
members take part annually. RBC also hosted a golf tournament
in Toronto for the MS Society, raising $400,000 for the
cause, bringing the total raised since 1995 to $2.65 million.
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The annual Jersey Marathon and Jersey Relay for Life
in which British Isles employees raised funds for U.K.
and local charities, as well as Cancer Research U.K.
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