Corporate Charitable Involvement
Reaching Out
- Helped fund Calgary Children's Cottage (a shelter for children who have been exposed to trauma)
- Sponsor of B.C.'s annual Variety Club Telethon
- Donated funds to help build the Children's Hospital in Vancouver
- Participation on the Retail/Wholesale Committee for the Children's Hospital in 1998/99, raised over $1 million each year to help sick kids
- London Drugs cooperates with organizations such as the Salvation Army, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, Beavers, the Muscular Dystrophy Association and others, helping them to raise money
Local Charitable Activities
Commitment to Community
Because nobody knows a community's needs better than the people who live there, London Drugs store managers and staff take the initiative to get involved with local charities. Some good examples are . . .
- Annual Stampede Pancake Breakfast in Red Deer.
- London Drugs' staff members working the phones for the Variety Club helped raise the money to provide 12 Sunshine Coaches in 1998.
- St. John Ambulance, our people are committed to raising funds to train volunteers for this organization.
London Drugs' charitable policy gives flexibility to local store managers to help a variety of local causes. For example, when a local kids' soccer league needs tournament prizes, the local London Drugs can provide gift certificates.
Operation Family Identification
Our Children Are The Future
Pioneered in Canada by London Drugs, Operation Family Identification provides a child identity package for parents and guardians. Supported by Block Parent, Crime Stoppers and the RCMP, Operation Family Identification has provided over half a million identity kits to parents and guardians, free of charge, since the programs inception in 1984.
The identity kit contains a picture, fingerprints of the child and all of the child's vital statistics. The parent or guardian retains the only copy of the identity kit. For providing this service, London Drugs has received an award from the Solicitor General of Canada as well as one from the Solicitor General of Alberta.