SaskTel TelCare is a non-profit organization which raises funds through employee contributions in each district. Employees who contribute to the fund have their contribution come off their pay cheque each month and that contribution is then matched by Sasktel, $.50 for every dollar donated.
“In Yorkton our TelCare committee chose five different charities and special projects to support. Our primary focus last year was The Health Foundation. Yorkton TelCare raised $7,000 last year and donated $2,625 to The Health Foundation and we are very proud of that,” said John McMurdo, Yorkton SaskTel Store Manager.
“We have great employee participation here in Yorkton, and that’s because our Yorkton TelCare Chair Lori and committee member Faye do a great job raising awareness. Provincially, SaskTel TelCare has over 1,100 members and raises approximately $250,000 each year that is donated back into the communities that our members live in. SaskTel TelCare now assists over 80 charities annually. Personally I am honoured to be part of an organization that does all it can to give back to Yorkton in the way we do,” continued McMurdo.
“We are grateful for this donation and the strong support we have received from SaskTel TelCare. Last year the TelCare donation helped us to purchase the surgical microscope we needed to continue the cataract surgery program, and this year their donation will go towards the lab equipment we are raising funds for,” said Ross Fisher, Executive Director of The Health Foundation.
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