This month, Rona is conducting its second annual Home Sweet Home campaign to support victims of domestic violence, and Maple Ridge's own Cythera Transition House Society.
Throughout September, teams at Rona stores will be collecting donations for a local charity, and 11 non-profits in Greater Vancouver will benefit from this campaign.
The Rona Foundation, which oversees the philanthropic activities of the home improvement retailer, is launching its 2024 Home Sweet Home campaign, raising funds to revitalize living environments or facilitate access to housing for Canadians in need. The campaign will run at all Rona stores.
“Every person should have a safe place to live. That’s something I strongly believe in, especially given the issue of access to housing that affects so many Canadians today,” said Josée Lafitte, director of the Rona Foundation.
The campaign will support nearly 150 Canadian non-profits, including eleven in Greater Vancouver, that help victims of domestic violence and their children, low-income families, and people with disabilities or mental health issues.
“Our in-store and distribution centre teams are inspired by this timely cause, and they’re motivated because each team chooses the local organization it wants to support. Some non-profits sometimes find it harder to raise donations because they don’t have the infrastructure of a big national organization behind them. That, we’ve got,” said Catherine Laporte, chair of the Rona Foundation board of directors and senior vice-president at Rona.
Customers in the region will be invited to make a donation to support a local cause by visiting a participating store. Online shoppers will also have the chance to participate by making a donation when shopping on rona.ca.
