Vale and employees show strong support for United Way
For the past 40 years, Vale and the United Steelworkers Local 6500 have been the largest contributor to the United Way Centraide North East Ontario.
A total of $20 million has been raised over the past four decades. At a gathering Thursday, the theme was thank you.
For every dollar Vale employees donated in 2022, the company matched it. Extra money was raised through other fundraising efforts, bringing the total to $571,000.
"They work here, they live here, they play here. They want to live in a community that is healthy that is thriving,” said Tina Vincent, co-chair of the Vale/USW Workplace Campaign.
“A lot of individuals, it's their only family members that need some support at times. It's their neighbours, it's their parents, sisters."
In 2022, the United Way Centraide North East Ontario funded 16 agencies. Officials said the non-profit operates on three pillars.
"Helping kids be the most that they can be. Creating healthy communities and also bringing people from property to possibility," said Mary Lou Hussak, the executive director of the United Way Centraide North East Ontario.
“So we have a number of agencies that really focus on contributing to people who need it -- when they need it.”
Vale and the union have already started fundraising this year and said every nickel is needed.
Right now, officials with the United Way said it has some tough decisions ahead as it reviews funding requests for 2023 with two to three times more requests than it can actually fund.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
Poilievre will do 'anything to win,' must condemn Alex Jones endorsement: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is ramping up his attacks on Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre as he promotes his government's federal budget.
'My stomach dropped': Winnipeg man speaks out after being criminally harassed following single online date
A Winnipeg man said a single date gone wrong led to years of criminal harassment, false arrests, stress and depression.
New evidence challenges the Pentagon's account of a horrific attack as the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan: CNN exclusive
New video evidence uncovered by CNN significantly undermines two Pentagon investigations into an ISIS-K suicide attack outside Kabul airport, during the American withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
'One of the single most terrifying things ever': Ontario couple among passengers on sinking tour boat in Dominican Republic
A Toronto couple are speaking out about their 'extremely dangerous' experience on board a sinking tour boat in the Dominican Republic last week.
All Alberta wildfires to date in 2024 believed to be human-caused: province
There are 63 wildfires burning in Alberta's forest protection area as of Wednesday morning and seven mutual aid fires, including one in the Municipal District of Peace.
Video shows suspects waving weapons, smashing glass in Toronto jewelry store robbery
Arrests have been made after five men were captured on video rampaging through a jewelry store in Toronto, waving weapons and smashing glass display cases.
Pilot proposes to flight attendant girlfriend in front of passengers
A Polish pilot proposed to his flight attendant girlfriend during a flight from Warsaw to Krakow, and she said yes.
Ottawa injects another $36M into fund for those seriously injured or killed by vaccines
The federal government has added $36.4 million to a program designed to support people who have been seriously injured or killed by vaccines since the end of 2020.
Ex-SNC executive sentenced to prison term in bridge bribery case
The RCMP says a former SNC-Lavalin executive has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison in connection with a bribery scheme for a bridge repair contract in Montreal.