Going Green supports Great Care, Close to Home
Emterra Group donates more than $30,000 to local healthcare over 14 years.
Did you know that every time you place your blue recycling bin at the curb, you are helping our community in more ways than one? We should all feel proud to know that, with every item recycled, we are not only taking steps to reduce the environmental footprint, but collectively as a community, we are also supporting healthcare right here in the Comox Valley.
With Emterra Groupβs βMake Your Contribution at the CurbTMβ Community Careβ’ Program, the recycling company donates $1 for every tonne of recyclables that residents place in their blue bins and that gets recycled. Since 2009, residents of the Comox Valley have been a part of this program resulting in Emterraβs donation of more than $30,000 to support great care, close to home, over the 14-year period. Thatβs more than 30,000 tonnes of recyclables diverted from the landfill, while also supporting healthcare for our community.
Today, the Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation (CVHF) and Emterra Group celebrate how the recycling actions of Comox and Courtenay residents in 2022 contributed to Emterraβs next generous donation of $2,164 to healthcare!
βAt Emterra, we are proud of our long history and contributions to healthcare in the Comox Valley. As one of Canadaβs greenest employers, we are not only driven by an entrepreneurial spirit of transforming waste to resources, but we are passionate about contributing to the health and well-being of our communities. We created βMake Your Contribution at the CurbTMβ to add value to the simple act of recycling. By putting out a few more recyclables each week, every resident of Courtenay-Comox helps to contribute to one of the most important organizations in our communityβ¦our hospital. Emterra is proud to support the Comox Valley Hospital, and our community, through our annual donation to the Healthcare Foundation,β said David Ross, Emterra Groupβs North Island Operations Manager.
βWe are very grateful to Emterra Group for this donation and for their many years of generous support,β said Bill Anglin, President of the CVHF Board of Directors. βThis reflects the companyβs commitment to the environment, as well as to the health and well-being of the people living in the Comox Valley. On behalf of the Foundationβs Board of Directors, thank you to Emterra Group for your partnership with our community and to local residents for your continuous recycling efforts.β
Joining in todayβs presentation at the hospital are Comox Mayor, Nicole Minons, Councillor, City of Courtenay, Doug Hillian, and CVHF Board President, Bill Anglin.