On August 21, Samsung Canada employees joined forces on its annual ‘Day of Giving’ volunteer event, giving back to local communities and empowering youth through education. As part of the company’s global corporate social responsibility vision, ‘Together for Tomorrow’, Samsung Canada rallied with Start2Finish and created a day filled with food, games, prizes, and more – to lend a helping hand by assembling over 1,000  backpacks to be distributed to  children in grades four to eight across Canada.

“We are grateful for the generosity and leadership displayed by the hundreds of Samsung team members who rolled up their sleeves and dedicated their time to another successful Day of Giving,” said Jihoon Lee, President and CEO, Samsung Canada. “Samsung is proud to stand behind our commitment to education and building a better future together.”

Hundreds of Samsung employees in Canada participated in interactive activities with community members where over 1,000 backpacks were assembled and filled with school supplies – all in honour of Samsung’s continued commitment in empowering future innovators to become the next generation of leaders.

“The Start2Finish Backpack Program is unlike any other program. It is a starting point for a comprehensive, year-long approach to eradicate low academic standards among Canada’s 1 million children living in poverty,” said Brian Warren, Executive Director and Founder of Start2Finish, and two-time Grey Cup champion. “We believe every Canadian child deserves the tools to succeed, and thanks to partners like Samsung Electronics Canada, we can provide those tools and make the achievable dream possible.”

Samsung Canada would like to thank its long-term partners Tim Hortons and Pizza Pizza for providing food and beverages to support the event.

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On October 11, Samsung Canada celebrated its annual Day of Giving as its team members across the country rallied together to support their local communities. This year, Samsung once again collaborated with Ocean Wise, a global conservation organization on a mission to protect and restore the world’s oceans, to coordinate shoreline cleanups in the areas Samsung operates nationally.

Throughout the day, hundreds of Samsung employees dedicated their time to cleaning up pollution and litter from local public spaces and waterways. Collectively, Samsung team members collected 331 kg / 730 pounds of garbage from shorelines across Canada – the equivalent of cleaning up 9.5 km of shoreline.

“We are proud to have once again worked with Ocean Wise. I want to give a special thank you to the hundreds of Samsung team members who volunteered their time to give back to our communities,” said Jihoon Lee, President and CEO, Samsung Canada. “Samsung’s Day of Giving is one of our most important Citizenship initiatives, helping the communities where we live and work strive to be more environmentally conscious.”

Globally, Samsung continues to work towards realizing its Everyday Sustainability vision, with a commitment of zero waste to landfills and reduction of e-waste by 2025.

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On September 23, Samsung employees across Canada came together to give back to their local communities as part of the Company’s annual Day of Giving. From coast-to-coast-to-coast, employees volunteered their time to support numerous charities and local organizations doing life-changing work in the community.

From tree-planting, to shoreline and park cleanups, garden maintenance, and packaging school supplies for underprivileged children, Samsung employees gave back to their communities in many ways. In total, Samsung team members helped plant 145 trees, package 150 kits full of school supplies for in-need students, 130 care packages for hospital patients, and picked up 57 bags of garbage across various parks and shorelines across the country.

“We are grateful for the hundreds of Samsung employees in Canada that proudly volunteered their time to give back to incredible organizations doing important work for our communities,” said Jennifer Groh, Senior Director, Corporate Marketing, Samsung Electronics Canada. “This effort is a testament of our responsibility as a corporation to support and give back to the communities where we live and work and build a better tomorrow together.”

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October marks Samsung Global’s Month of Giving, where employees from around the world give back to the communities that they serve. Here in Canada, all employees came together and volunteered on Friday, October 11, 2019 in support of local charities as part of the annual Samsung Day of Giving,

Employees across Canada took part in a variety of activities, including ecological restoration, tree planting, park beautification, food sorting and packing, working with children and seniors and creating care kits for local hospitals. Specific community partners involved in this year’s annual Day of Giving include:

•       Greater Toronto Area: Credit Valley Conservation, Daily Bread Food Bank, Jays Care Foundation, Ronald McDonald House Charities Toronto, SickKids Foundation and David Suzuki Foundation
•       Vancouver: Greater Vancouver Area Food Bank, Quest Food Exchange,  Metro Vancouver Regional Parks and YMCA Greater Vancouver
•       Montreal: Le Centre d’action bénévole de Valleyfield

“It’s really inspiring to see how enthusiastic and passionate our employees are about giving back. It’s an initiative that stems from our global vision that we thrive when our partners and communities thrive,” said Jeff Jo, President and CEO, Samsung Electronics Canada. “Everyone at Samsung Electronics Canada is incredibly proud and committed to building and supporting programs that make a meaningful impact.”

Employees across Canada will volunteer their time by taking part in a variety of activities, including ecological restoration, tree planting, park beautification, food sorting and packing, working with children and seniors and creating care kits for local hospitals.

“It’s really inspiring to see how enthusiastic and passionate our employees are about giving back. It’s an initiative that stems from our global vision that we thrive when our partners and communities thrive,” said Jeff Jo, President and CEO, Samsung Electronics Canada. “Everyone at Samsung Electronics Canada is incredibly proud and committed to building and supporting programs that make a meaningful impact.”

Specific community partners involved in this year’s annual Day of Giving include:

• • Greater Toronto Area: Credit Valley Conservation, Daily Bread Food Bank, Jays Care Foundation, Ronald McDonald House Charities Toronto, SickKids Foundation and David Suzuki Foundation
  • Vancouver: Greater Vancouver Area Food Bank, Quest Food Exchange, Metro Vancouver Regional Parks and YMCA Greater Vancouver
  • Montreal: Le Centre d’action bénévole de Valleyfield

Samsung Electronics Canada also offers its employees a donation matching program. This year, in celebration of Global Month of Giving, Samsung Electronics Canada will double employee donations made to registered charities in the month of October, making the donation dollars go even further to the charities that employees have personally chosen to support.