HOLIDAY SPIRIT AT ITS BEST, PART 3

Stores in Western Canada show their real colours by helping their communities

As highlighted in the last two issues of The Source, as part of one of the end-of-the-year traditions at Roots the staff at many if not most stores come together to do something in support of their respective communities. All their numerous initiatives can’t be spotlighted in one issue.

The last two issues spotlighted the actions of stores in Eastern Canada, Quebec and Ontario. This last installment, focuses on stores in Western Canada.

• Kingsway, Edmonton, AB – Store Manager Sheila Brisson and her team donated their Christmas staff party money to Catholic Social Services, which provides support to new immigrants in Canada. They also collected money among the staff by selling bottles of water in recent months to purchase Roots clothes and toys for an immigrant family.

• Mayfield Common, Edmonton, AB – Store Manager Ron Deering and his team donated caps and toques to Kids With Cancer Society, which provides support and services for children with cancer.

• Chinook Centre, Calgary, AB - Store Manager Denise Bazzana and her team donated their Christmas Party funds to the Alberta Children’s Hospital.

• Grandview Outlet, Vancouver, BC – Store Manager Daniela Bosa and her staff helped the Salvation Army with their Adopt A Family campaign. They arranged a bake sale to raise money for a family that lost their father. The staff bought gift certificates at Chapters, Roots clothes and chocolates for the family and also donated a gift basket.

• Kamloops, BC – Store Manager Darlene Thorne and her team saved all their empty bottles of water in the store during the whole year, and recycled them to get money and buy food for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

• Mayfair, Victoria, BC – Store Manager Bob Heyes and his team donated money to the grocery chain Thrifty’s Feed a Family campaign. With this money, they were able to purchase hampers for 12 families.

• Seven Oaks, Abbotsford, BC – Store Manager Avis Baker and her team used their Christmas staff party money to help the Salvation Army and its Adopt A Child campaign by buying a Roots watch and a Roots sweatshirt for an unprivileged child.

• Victoria, BC – Store Manager Lea Weir and her team arranged a clothing drive for the Women in Need Society, which helps women and children. They also donated their Christmas staff party money to buy Roots clothes for underprivileged children in their community.

• Winnipeg Outlet, Winnipeg, Manitoba – Store Manager Paul Rogers and his team helped the local charity Koats for Kids, which collects gently worn/new coats, hats and mitts for needy children. Each Roots employee donated money for the cause.