2010 Activities Report

Training that builds lives Helping our Youth

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DREAMS SELF-SUFFICIENCY RESPECT When you’re looking for a job, choose according to your nature, knowledge, abilities, interests, and perhaps also your family, friends and relations…Take account of all criteria, envision the possibilities that correspond best to your situation, and make a choice. Once you have chosen, stick to it. Even if you encounter problems, be determined to overcome them. Have confidence in yourself and mobilize all your energy.

The Dalai Lama 365 Dalai Lama: Daily Advice from the Heart (2004)

Mission

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A message from the Board of Directors

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The RONA Foundation The RONA Foundation: Committed to action • Learning a trade • Combating the school dropout problem

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Organizations supported in 2010

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Golf Day 2010

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We believe!

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What our donors say…

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Highlights

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Apply for financial assistance

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Mission

Our mission: To help youth

Founded in 1998, the RONA Foundation provides assistance for youth between the ages of 12 and 30 by supporting organizations and projects that seek to lower school dropout rates, combat illiteracy or provide training that enables these young people to work at a trade or in a profession. The RONA Foundation is dedicated to helping youth at risk or from disadvantaged backgrounds to believe in themselves and in their future – for their own benefit,



first of all, but also for the good of their communities. The RONA Foundation focuses on fundraising, and the money raised is turned over to registered charitable organizations whose activities are devoted to achieving RONA’s vision for youth development and personal achievement.

PROJECTS COMMITMENT SUSTAINABILITY

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A message from our Board of Directors

Message du conseil d’administration

At the RONA Foundation, the work goes on

Since its inception, the RONA Foundation has made sure that the funds we raise are put to the best possible use. To achieve this, we’ve defined a clear mission and precise criteria for awarding grants. During the last decade, as a result, we’ve been able to give our support to many deserving projects and organizations from coast to coast. Over the years, requests for financial support have increased significantly, culminating in 2009, when a record $486,600 was distributed to 74 organizations. Out of that total amount, 5.1% went to Canada’s Atlantic Provinces, 20.3% to Western Canada, 23.1% to Ontario and 51.5% to Quebec. In 2010, the Foundation carried on its work by distributing over $400,000.

RONA FOUNDATION Board of Directors Robert Dutton, Chairman President and CEO, RONA Inc. Jean Émond, Director Christian Proulx, Director Senior Vice President, People and Culture, RONA Inc. Left to right: Christian Proulx, Robert Dutton and Jean Émond

We continue to support those organizations whose mission aligns best with ours. We intend to further strengthen our ties with these organizations so as to gain more in-depth knowledge of the challenges facing youth today. We’re also seeking to establish long-term partnerships with these organizations. This will allow their management greater flexibility in delivering sustainable solutions to the problems that the youth they work with must overcome. The benefits to these young people should ultimately be much greater. Organizations working with youth face problems these days that are more severe and more numerous than in the past: families unable to care for their children, the growing influence of criminal gangs, a disturbing unawareness on the part of government and community resources, and more. More than ever, their efforts will prove crucial. And more than ever, we’ll be here, ready to support them. Robert Dutton Chairman of the Board

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The RONA Foundation

Training is job No. 1

The RONA Foundation: Committed to action

“Give a man a fish

and he’ll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he’ll eat for the rest of his life.” No proverb so clearly illustrates the mission of the RONA Foundation. Since 1998, we’ve channelled our efforts towards a single goal: helping young people break the cycle of dependency and to take control of their future. Over the years, this commitment to youth has taken various forms: fighting the school dropout problem, promoting literacy, supporting vocational training, employment programs…and more. We are very proud of how far the social sector organizations that share our vision have come. But however valuable this progress may be, experience over the last 12 years has clearly shown the need to refocus our efforts.

RONA Foundation draws its inspiration and energy from The a huge reservoir that’s fed by social organizations that share our mission. Our purpose is to help these organizations translate their unconditional commitment to youth into effective programs that produce concrete results. We have the greatest respect for all these organizations. Which is why we’ve devoted the next few pages to showing you how two of them work: the RONA Fab Shop (Tradeworks) and the Ambassador School (Children’s Aid Foundation). Two organizations which, though different, are contributing in equally outstanding ways to the social and professional integration of youth.

A renewed mission The RONA Foundation from now on will focus our efforts on one specific area: improving the employability of youth at risk. We will devote more resources to helping these young people learn a trade and upgrade their skills. More than ever, we’ll be committed allies of the businesses that can provide the entry-level positions to help these young people succeed. Such organizations pass along a valuable legacy for youth from high risk sectors. In addition to training and work experience, they offer something that is rare or even nonexistent in these young people’s families or social environment: positive role models. Working with their instructors, they find they can behave quite differently from the young people they had hung out with before. They learn new values​​ and let go of unhealthy habits. And they acquire a self-confidence and sense of achievement they had desperately lacked before. Having a more specific focus doesn’t mean that we’ll limit ourselves to just one area. We will continue to support efforts to reduce school dropout rates and combat illiteracy. However, we’ll focus our support on those organizations whose aims best align with our own. That way, we can make sure their work among the most vulnerable youth will continue. The organizations we partner are distinguished by their innovative and pragmatic response to the educational and social challenges youth must face. They’re teaching them “how to fish” with a very specific type of “rod” – a type of training that’s based on their reality and appeals to their fundamental strengths. With a tool like this, they aren’t merely learning the basics of a trade...they’re learning how to succeed in life.

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Tools for living For the RONA Foundation, it was inconceivable that a project with such promise as the RONA Fabrication Shop at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics should close along with the Games that inspired us to create it. This entry-level company (now called the Fab Shop) had been a lifesaver for dozens of young people struggling to enter the labour market since 2007. Which is why the RONA Foundation took steps to make sure it



would carry on. The Rona Fab Shop (Tradeworks)

Before the sawdust had time to settle, our partners were planning a future for the Fab Shop. The RONA Foundation was closely involved in this

The RONA Fab Shop in brief What is the RONA Fabrication Shop? It’s an entry-level company offering a community education program in carpentry, with paid employment experience and assistance in further job search. Over a 20-week period, participants acquire technical skills in carpentry and woodworking, as well as general transferable skills. Participants also become familiar with the normal requirements of working for a business. The products they manufacture are sold to a diversified customer base at current market prices.

exercise, working together with the initial project’s managers: the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), and the Tradeworks Training Society, which will take the Fab Shop under its wing. As a founding partner, the RONA Foundation is committed to financing over a five-year period to consolidate the Fab Shop’s position. RONA Inc. will likewise continue to support the Fab Shop by transferring ownership of its forklift and financing an instructor’s salary for five years. Take these young wings and learn to fly… The Fab Shop is committed to repeating the outstanding success of the initial RONA project. This is quite a challenge, given the original Fab Shop’s

Who is the program for?

impressive track record:

This program is intended for individuals who have not yet

• 64 up-and-coming carpenters and woodworkers produced over 11,300

succeeded in entering the labour market. These people typically

items in wood worth a total of $2.3 million.

face obstacles such as shortage of jobs, lack of practical

• Their fine work was prominent on various sites at the Olympic Games and

knowledge, financial difficulties and inadequate housing.

included podiums, trays for the medals, wheelchair access ramps, signs,

For instance, the initial project sponsored by VANOC

shelters, ski racks and fences.

accommodated underprivileged at-risk youth, aboriginal

• 51 participants (80%) completed the Fabrication Shop program.

adults living in the city, young unemployed women and

• Of these, 37 (58%) completed Level 1 of the four-year Red Seal

new immigrants.

Interprovincial Standard program in carpentry. “For me, the success of the Fab Shop is plain to see in the participants’ faces,”

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says Ross Gentleman, the Tradeworks Training Society’s executive director. “Our greatest source of pride (and motivation) is seeing them make significant changes in their lives. They develop the ability to apply themselves to tasks and to generate quality work. Some give up bad habits or overcome hurdles. They build their confidence and gain a sense of achievement that had escaped them previously.”

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New horizons, new opportunities The RONA Fab Shop project at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics is snowballing. The program, which combines training and practical experience, has been a clear success, and the RONA Foundation is now playing a key role in establishing and growing similar initiatives



to support youth at risk and help them find jobs in the construction Ambassador School (Children’s Aid Foundation)

and renovation industries. The Foundation will promote an expanded role for this alternative learning

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model. A growing number of young people are going for this innovative

Atelier de meubles et de recyclage Ahuntsic-Cartierville (Montréal)

The Foundation will make our presence felt on these projects in two ways:

This entry-level business offers training in cabinetmaking and paying jobs for youth with limited education and little or no work experience.

Vermilion Energy/YWCA Skills Training Centre (Calgary)

formula, which provides an introduction to a trade as well as contact with the realities of an actual business. It’s a proven path to a successful future for young people who haven’t managed well in a typical school career.

• By strengthening our ties with organizations we sponsor already (see below), especially in ways that broaden their scope and activities • By more partnerships nationwide with organizations working in this specific field

This centre helps young women gain the skills and self-confidence they need to find jobs in the construction industry.

Le Boulot vers… (Montréal) This entry-level business offers youth from troubled backgrounds personalized training on the job in a real workplace environment.

Centre résidentiel et communautaire Jacques-Cartier (Quebec City) This organization encourages young people to enter the workforce through variety of available training programs, including a carpentry workshop.

Tradeworks Training Society (Vancouver) This organization provides job-related training and sustainable

EMPOWERMENT DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL SUPPORT

self-sufficiency skills for unemployed residents in a disadvantaged urban neighbourhood.

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Designated ambassadors For dozens of young people in Toronto, the Ambassador School is the last stop in their educational career…their last chance to take charge of their future. And give their lives a purpose while inspiring other young people to do the right thing and stay the course. The Ambassador School is an alternative community school like no other. For over 10 years, it has managed to guide nonconforming students back to



the schoolroom fold – young people 16 to 21. Most have been wards of the Ambassaor school (Children’s Aid foundation)

youth protection system since childhood. Young people who had experienced repeated failure in the traditional classroom due to neglect, poverty, emotional deprivation, learning disabilities, drug or alcohol abuse,

A long-term partnership The RONA Foundation supports the Ambassador School through the Children’s Aid Foundation, which we have backed for the past 11 years. The school itself is the result of a great community effort involving both of Toronto’s School Commissions, the Pape Adolescent Resource Centre and Central Toronto Youth Services. In 2011 the RONA Foundation extended our partnership with the Children’s Aid Foundation. Under a new agreement, we will donate $250,000 in financial assistance over a five-year period. A substantial portion of this amount will help finance the Ambassador School

depression and other causes. A personalized program The Ambassador School offers these alienated youth a unique, motivating approach. In the morning, they follow an individualized high school course program that’s adapted to their needs. Emphasis is on math and English, with some courses like history and science for good measure. But it’s the afternoon, with it its cooperative program, that shows the school’s truly special side. Its “Fundamental Skills” program helps young people become self-sufficient and able to manage their own needs for housing, food and finances. The program’s “Ambassador” component turns them into change agents. After training in theatre and public speaking, they carry the message to grade 7 and 8 students in disadvantaged neighbourhoods. And the message they deliver is a powerful one: don’t drop out, and most of all make the right choices, especially by saying no to drugs and violence. “The Ambassador School makes it possible for young people to put their past behind them and concentrate on their real aptitudes and interests,” says Niki Gastis senior manager of sponsorships and corporate giving at the Children’s

OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP BY HELPING EACH OTHER

Aid Foundation. “This experience reawakens a passion for learning. A real transformation takes place at this school.” Over the years, the majority of Ambassadors have disproved their negative prognosis. They regain self-confidence, make up the school credits they were missing and free themselves from the destructive cycle of dependency. And by doing this, they become active and productive members of society.

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Organizations supported in 2010 The RONA Foundation donated over $400,000 in 2010. This money was shared among 42 registered charitable organizations whose activities tangibly express our vision of growth and personal achievement for young people.

• Aboriginal Agricultural Education Society of British Columbia (Kamloops, BC)

• Les Jardins de la Terre (Saint-Paul-d’Abbotsford, QC)

• Aboriginal Agricultural Education Society of British Columbia (Kamloops, BC)

• Motivation-Jeunesse 16-18 (Montreal, QC)

• Action Nouvelle Vie (Longueuil, QC) • Atelier de meubles et de recyclage Ahuntsic-Cartierville (Montreal, QC)

• Macadam Sud, Carrefour Jeunesse Longueuil Rive-Sud (Longueuil, QC)



• Okanagan College (Okanagan, BC) • Regroupement Jeunesse en Marche du Québec (Montreal, QC) • REVDEC (Montreal, QC)

• Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Calgary and Area (Calgary, AB)

• River East Transcona School Division (Winnipeg, MN)

• Boys & Girls Club of Strathcona County (Sherwood Park, AB)

• Rotary Club of St. John’s East Foundation (St. John’s, NL)

• Breakfast Clubs of Canada (Canada)

• Saskatoon Community Youth Arts Programming (Saskatoon, Sask.)

• Centre DÉBAT (Montreal, QC)

• School District No. 36, Retail Program (Surrey, BC)

• Centre résidentiel et communautaire Jacques-Cartier (Quebec City, QC)

• YMCA of Cambridge (Cambridge, ON)

• Children’s Aid Foundation (Ontario)

• Vermilion Energy/YWCA Skills Training Centre (Calgary, AB)

• Emily Carr University of Art + Design (Vancouver, BC)

• YWCA Vancouver Program Centre (Vancouver, BC)

• Youth Action Kommittee (YAK) of Perth and District (Perth,ON)

• Fondation CFER – Réseau québécois des centres de formation en entreprise et récupération (Quebec) • Fondation CSSS Jeanne-Mance – Centre de santé et de services sociaux Jeanne-Mance (Montreal, QC) • Fondation des Centres jeunesse de la Montérégie (Longueuil, QC)

Sowing the seeds of hope…from coast to coast

• YMCAs of Quebec Foundation (Quebec)

Western Canada: 20.3%

• Fondation du Centre jeunesse de Montreal – Institut universitaire (Montreal, QC)

Ontario:

23.1%

• Fondation du Centre jeunesse du Bas-Saint-Laurent (Rimouski, QC)

Quebec:

51.5%

Atlantic Canada:

• Montreal Canadiens Children’s Foundation (Montreal, QC)

5.1%

• Fondation Jeunes-Projet (La Prairie, QC) • Fondation Madeli-Aide (Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC) • Fondation Ressources Jeunesse (Montreal, QC) • Fondation Toujours Ensemble (Montreal, QC) • Fondation Wilfrid-Pelletier (Montreal, QC) • Fonds de développement du Collège Édouard-Montpetit (Longueuil, QC) • Groupe en alphabétisation de Montmagny-Nord (Montmagny, QC) • Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning (Toronto, ON) • Intégration Jeunesse du Québec (Montreal, QC) • Jeunes au travail (Laval, QC) • Le Boulot vers… (Montreal, QC)

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Golf Day 2010

Generosity was in full swing at the 2010 Annual RONA Golf Day. True to form, the commitment of our 500 participants to charitable work proved to be as impressive as their golf game. As a result, this year’s event set a new record, with an impressive total of $525,000 raised. Support that’s pure gold



That evening, four Olympic gold medalists from the Vancouver Winter Games were proud to show their support for the RONA Foundation: • Mathieu Giroux (Long Track Speed Skating) • Charles Hamelin (Short Track Speed Skating) • Caroline Ouellette (Women’s Ice Hockey) • François-Louis Tremblay (Short Track Speed Skating) Olympic athetes Charles Hamelin, François-Louis Tremblay, Mathieu Giroux

Their determination to succeed proved to be a major inspiration to the dinner

and Caroline Ouellette are joined by Nicolas Corriveau (Centre résidentiel et

audience. Equally stimulating were the remarkable testimonials by our young

communautaire Jacques-Cartier), Natasha Carter (Vermilion Energy/YWCA

guests, Nicolas Corriveau and Natasha Carter, who shared their personal

Skills Training Centre) and RONA Foundation president Robert Dutton.

success stories at the Centre résidentiel et communautaire Jacques-Cartier in Quebec City and the Vermilion Energy/YWCA Skills Training Centre in Calgary.

Golf Day in figures • 122 foursomes • 500 participants • $525,000 raised

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Thank you!

How to contribute

The RONA Foundation is a community effort. Our

RONA Foundation fundraising generates the precious

strength depends on the support of hundreds of donors every year

dollars that fuel our activities in support of youth. There are 4 ways

to provide the means to achieve our ambitions…which are as big as

we raise money:

the social and educational gaps we seek to fill. Annual Golf Day With the support of our friends, the RONA Foundation can be a

Our Annual Golf Day is a must-attend highlight every summer. It’s the

powerful force for change. We are very grateful to our faithful

most important of all the Foundation’s fundraising activities by far.

group of regular donors, whose wide-ranging diversity matches

Entry fees, sponsorships and donations to this event represent 94%

their inspiring generosity. We are especially thankful for the very

of our total annual fundraising.

giving nature of: • Our suppliers and partners among small, medium and big

Be sure to read… • All about our 2010 Golf Day (page 20).

businesses • RONA network employees and dealer-owners who contribute part of their salaries through regular deductions at source • Members of RONA store management teams who actively assist

• Testimonials by two proud participants: Ryan Cleary of Robert Bosch Canada (page 16) and Lucie Varin of LoyaltyOne (page 24). Donations by our employees A growing number of employees and affiliate dealer owners in the

and support our work • Customers who took part in our fundraising activities The RONA Foundation exists thanks to all of these people who understand that contributing to the development of our youth is a smart investment. We’re proud to be the catalyst for this huge reservoir of goodwill. Once again, thank you all very much.

RONA store network are donating to our cause through payroll deductions at source. Be sure to read… • Testimonials by Maryse Viens of our Boucherville administrative centre (page 24) and Viviane Émond of the Réno-Dépôt store in Brossard (page 25).

Merci

Gracias

Danke

Xièxie

Chokrane

Grazie

Chocolate sales

Arigatõ

Tóda

Cám o’n

All profits from the sales of chocolate bars in RONA network stores –

Obrigado

Spasibo

Multumesc

all banners included – are donated to the Foundation.

Efkhairistó

Grazie

Merci Your generosity The Foundation welcomes donations by businesses, organizations and individuals. You can make a contribution by sending your cheque payable to the RONA Foundation at: RONA Foundation 220 Chemin du Tremblay Boucherville, Quebec J4B 8H7 Canada

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We believe! The following companies generously supported the RONA Foundation and its mission in 2010:

• A. Richard • AbitibiBowater • Accent Home Products • Accenture • Akzo Nobel • All Weather Windows • Aon Groupe Conseil • Aon Parizeau • Arch Wood Protection Canada • Bailey Metal Products • Bazz • Bélanger Laminés • Bélanger UPT • Bell Canada • BMO Nesbitt Burns/BMO Marché des capitaux • Bos • Boscus • BP Canada • Broadleaf Logistics • Câbles Ben-Mor • Caisse centrale Desjardins • Caisse Desjardins Cité-duNord de Montréal • Canadian Technical Tape • Canarm • Caya, Louise • CertainTeed Gypse • CGCOM • CGI • CIBC • Colonial Élégance • Columbia Frame • Combi Marketing/Thomas & Betts • Compugen • Concept SGA • Crop • Dakeryn Industries • Dap Canada • Desjardins – Service des cartes • Domtar • Dow Chemical • Duchesne et Fils

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• EM Plastique • Équipement Boni • Ernst & Young • Exchange-A-Blade • Fabritec • F.H.P. • Garant • Gardium Sécurité • GKC Architectes • Globe • Globe Union 0• Goodfellow • GordonPly • Groupe BBH • Groupe HBS • Henkel Canada Corporation • Hewitt Equipement • Hitachi Canada • H. Paulin • IBM Canada • Imperial Manufacturing Group • Importation Cordillera • Irwin Tools • ITW Construction Products • J.D. Irving • Kaycan • Kidde Canada • Korhani • Korn/Ferry International • KPMG • Kruger Panels/Longlac Wood Industries • Krylon Purdy • Lafarge Canada • Laflamme Portes & Fenêtres • Les Ébénisteries Samson Samuel • LoyaltyOne • Luxomarbre • Maax Bath • Makita Canada • Mapéi • Masco Canada • MasterBrand Cabinets • Meritek Conseil

• Métro Canada Logistique • Mibro Group • Minwax/Thompson’s Water Seal • Moen • Momentive Performance Materials • Moulding & Millwork • Mountain Equipment Co-op • MTD Products • National Bank Financial • Newell – Rubbermaid – Levelor • Novipro • Ogilvy Renault • Oldcastle Architectural Products • Osram Sylvania • Ove Decors • Owens Corning Canada • Panalpina • Paré, Robert • PRG – Schultz • Produits forestiers Direct • Produits forestiers Dynamic • Produits forestiers Temrex • Quickstyle Industries • Quincaillerie Richelieu • Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton • RCR International • Recochem • RESISTO • Rideau • Robert Bosch Canada • Roland Boulanger • Royal Bank of Canada/RBC Capital Markets • Royal International • Rust-Oleum Canada • Saint-Jacques Vallée • Samson Bélair/Deloitte & Touche • Scotia Capital • Scotts Canada • Shade-O-Matic • Sika Canada • Simard Transport • Société Laurentide



• Sodexo • Sojag – DCN • STA-RITE Industries/Pentair • Stanley Black & Decker • Sun Life Financial • Sunrise Tradex • Supplier Pipeline • Sure-Gro/Spectrum Brands/ Nu-Gro • Taiga Building Products • Techniseal • Tembec • Thomas Caya • Timber Specialties • Transcontinental Media • Transport Hervé Lemieux • Transport Jean Beaudry • USD • Venmar Ventilation • Viance • Vicwest • Water Pik • Worldcolor Personal donations in 2010 Bourassa, Manon Bourdeau, Carole Chesnel, Roxanne Morin, Lucie

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What our donors say

Maryse Viens Assistant, Store Operations Boucherville Administrative Centre “I didn’t hesitate a moment to contribute to the RONA Foundation by donating a percentage of my salary every pay period. I sincerely believe in their mission to help those young people whose path in life is all too often full of stumbling blocks. “As a volunteer on the Annual Golf Day, I’ve had the opportunity to see the young people who have benefited from the Foundation’s support. When I hear their stories, which are so touching and full of gratitude, I really do appreciate why the Foundation exists in the first place – to give these young people a second chance so they can become better individuals.”

Viviane Émond Assistant Manager, Cashiers Dept. Réno-Dépôt Brossard

Ryan Cleary Director, Major Accounts – National Robert Bosch Canada “At Robert Bosch Canada, we strongly believe in the RONA Foundation’s mission. We share its concerns towards students dropping out of school without completing their high school degree. That directly reflects on our Canadian economy. “We want to support the youth of Canada in every aspect possible to ensure they’re going to be the leaders of tomorrow. That’s why we’re proudly contributing to the Foundation’s efforts to help youth at risk build a future for themselves and become active members of our communities.”

“I support the RONA Foundation, because it’s carrying out a remarkable mission – to help social sector organizations give youth the tools they need to get ahead in life. “As the mother of a teenager, I certainly know that bringing up a young person is a tough job. Which makes me think of all the young people who don’t have family support. Left to themselves, they aren’t able to benefit from life and grow and thrive like everybody else. They really need to be listened to, counselled and guided. And they’re the ones the RONA Foundation exists for.”

Lucie Varin Associate Director, Loyalty Strategy LoyaltyOne (AIR MILES™ Rewards Program) “At LoyaltyOne, we had no hesitation about supporting the RONA Foundation. The planets couldn’t have been better aligned. Their mission corresponds exactly to one of the key components of our own social strategy. Like the RONA Foundation we feel very strongly about lending a helping hand to young people who have got off to a bad start. To help them get clear of their problems and back on the right track. “Our support accomplishes two things at once: we contribute to a cause we believe in, and we help RONA advance its social objectives. We’re very proud to be associated with these builders of youth  success.”

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Financial highlights

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Financial position – December 31, 2010

Sow the seeds of hope… and help young people achieve their potential

Net income: 2006

540 412

2007

580 352

2008

578 582

2009

566 122

2010

557 475

The RONA Foundation provides financial support for registered charitable organizations whose mission aligns best with ours. We give priority to initiatives that enable young people from troubled backgrounds to take their place in the labour market. • Education and on-the-job training programs • Scholarships • Projects to lower school dropout rates and fight illiteracy

Donations:

• Employment programs for underprivileged youth 2006

389 300

2007

426 500

To apply for assistance… Please contact the RONA Foundation directly by letter or email:

2009

486 600

220 chemin du Tremblay Boucherville, Quebec J4B 8H7 Canada

2010

400 600

[email protected]

2008

357 100

Funds:* 2006

151 112

2007

153 852

2008 2009 2010

221 482 79 522 156 875

* Unallocated net assets. Total accumulated funds as at December 31, 2010 were $1,198,227.86.

For further information Copies of the RONA Foundation yearly financial statements are available upon request.

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Rigorous management The RONA Foundation manages its holdings with great prudence: • Money entrusted to us is put to the best possible use by pursuing a clear mission and observing clearly defined donations criteria. • Unallocated net assets (that is, money not yet donated to registered charitable organizations) are invested in the most responsible manner.

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Le Boulot Vers...

Fondation RONA 220 chemin du Tremblay Boucherville, Quebec J4B 8H7 Canada Telephone 514-599-5900 (Extension 5807) F : 514-599-5199 [email protected] Registration number:8676 06022 RR0001

Helping our Youth

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