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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:

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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