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Zedi Supports Sarah’s Wish Foundation in the 9th Annual Charity Golf Tournament

Posted by Community Contributor on Aug 15, 2013 1:22:00 AM

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On August 15th, Zedi was proud to serve as the title sponsor for the 9th Annual Sarah’s Wish Charity Golf Tournament at Springbank Links Golf Club, raising money for the Ronald McDonald House® of Southern Alberta. Sarah’s Wish Foundation is a charity that supports children with cancer through the form of subsidized accommodations and emergency funds. As you can imagine, many of the families who have a child going through cancer treatment experience a tremendous amount of emotional and financial stress and Sarah’s Wish in partnership with the Ronald McDonald House offer a comfortable place to call home for these families during this difficult time.

It gives Zedi great pleasure to give back to the communities where we live and work and we were honored to support and participate in this year’s golf tournament for the second year in a row. Zedi donated a total of 200 hours to the planning and overall execution of the day. The tournament was a great success and raised $20,000, which will cover 1667 nights of stay at the Ronald McDonald House of Southern Alberta. Additionally, Zedi will be matching the $1,160 raised by a lemonade stand hosted by a family who had stayed at the Ronald McDonald House and experienced first-hand the support of Sarah’s Wish Foundation.

“Contributing our time and effort to support a charitable foundation like Sarah’s Wish is an important part of the Zedi culture in giving back to the communities where we live and work. It was a fantastic day out on the golf course and we were so humbled and honored to be a part of it,” said Larry Spagnolo, Senior Vice President of Market and Customer Solutions.

Zedi’s volunteer initiatives include donating over 50,000 hours to supporting various community organizations and educational institutions. Some of these include the Alpha House, Calgary Food Bank, Edmonton Food Bank. Fort Nelson Hospital Foundation, Inn from the Cold, Magic of Christmas, Meals on Wheels, The Mustard SEED, and the Northern Rockies Senior Society. Zedi also works with Partners for Life and Canadian Blood Services on a regular basis and continues to focus our efforts on helping with the Alberta flood clean-up.

For more information on Zedi’s Community Involvement visit: www.zedi.ca/who-we-are/community-investment 

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