In Your Community

For over 35 years, EastLink has been committed to empowering customers and communities through innovative telecommunications and entertainment services. We are dedicated to playing an active role in supporting charitable and non-profit organizations and activities that enrich the families and communities in which we operate. It’s all about moving forward, building stronger, healthier communities and making a positive difference in the quality of life where we live, work, and play.

Sponsorships are events, activities, and organizations that EastLink supports by providing valuable resources to the sponsored event. EastLink also engages in Community Awareness and Relationship Building projects with many non-profit and charitable organizations and corporate initiatives.

EastLink supports events primarily through EastLink Television through such programs as: EastLink Magazine, Podium TV, and live broadcasts of events such as Telethons/Fundraisers. Support can also be made through financial or in-kind resources.

As we receive a large number of sponsorship requests, EastLink places a priority on the following categories when choosing which projects to support:

Healthcare
Education
Family-focused events

Some of the recent Sponsorships and Community Awareness initiatives that EastLink has supported include:

	Big Bike for Stroke EastLink employees participate in The Big Bike for Heart and Stroke. Big Bike is one of the Heart and Stroke Foundation's most FUN-raising fundraising events. Causing a commotion wherever it goes, the event is named after the BIG 30-seat BIKE. Teams made up of 29 enthusiastic riders (and one driver provided by the Foundation) pedal through their community in support of heart disease and stroke research. http://www.bigbike.ca .
	Habitat for Humanity EastLink employees participate in Habitat for Humanity by helping to build safe and affordable homes for Families. More than 100 EastLink employees participated in various stages of the construction from building walls, and installing windows to insulating and hanging drywall. For more information on Habitat for Humanity, visit http://www.habitathrm.com
	Music and Film in Motion EastLink is proud to support Music and Film in Motion. Music and Film in Motion (MFM) is a non-profit organization whose mandate is to foster and promote the development of the music and film industries in Northern Ontario. As a development agency, MFM seeks to create economic development opportunities in Northern Ontario’s cultural industries. http://www.musicandfilminmotion.com.
	Easter Seal Society Easter Seals Ontario is dedicated to helping children, youth and young adults with physical disabilities achieve their full individual potential and future independence. Easter Seals funds disability solutions through financial assistance, summer camp, the Recreational Choices Funding Program, research, advocacy, and public and consumer education. EastLink is a proud sponsor of The Easter Seal Society. http://www.easterseals.org .
	Cybertip.ca As a member of the Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association, EastLink is proud to support Cybertip.ca. Cybertip.ca is Canada's National Tipline for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children. It is a centralized web portal for receiving and addressing reports from the public regarding child pornography, luring, child sex tourism, and children who are exploited through prostitution. Cybertip.ca also provides the public with information, referrals and other resources to help Canadians keep their children safe while on the Internet.
	Canadian Blood Services EastLink and Canadian Blood Services teamed up again this year for EastLink Blood Donor Days. For more information on blood donation, or to book an appointment for any of Canadian Blood Services' clinics, call 1-888-2-DONATE. Visit Canadian Blood Services for more information.