After hearing donations to the Salvation Army were down this Christmas – the prime time for fund-raising for social-service community organizations – Telus wrote a cheque today for $10,000 to the organization and challenged other businesses to also make last-minute Christmas donations.

“We heard they [The Salvation Army] were $500,000 behind in their goal for the B.C. region. We donate throughout the year but wanted to do a special contribution,” said Telus chief financial officer Rob McFarlane. Read full story…

Source: kelowna.com