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NISSAN CANADA FOUNDATION BRINGS RE-LEAF TO SUN YOUTH ORGANIZATION

July 8, 2013

NISSAN CANADA FOUNDATION BRINGS RE-LEAF TO SUN YOUTH ORGANIZATION

– World’s first real-world, fully-electric car will now assist in helping Montreal residents recover from natural disasters –

MONTREAL, QC (May 14, 2013) – Today at Cité Nissan in Montreal, the Sun Youth Organization was thrilled to receive a fresh jolt of electricity to its Disaster Assistance program when it accepted a brand-new Nissan LEAF from the Nissan Canada Foundation. The fully electric, five-passenger car will be used to ensure vulnerable families have food, hygiene products, shelter and assistance in restoring order to their lives after fires and major disasters in the Greater Montreal area.

“Sun Youth would like to extend its most heartfelt thanks to the Nissan Canada Foundation for its generous contribution over the years. They are truly dedicated to making a meaningful impact in our society, and is a relentless driver for positive and lasting change,” said Tommy Kulczyk, assistant to the executive director and director of Sun Youth’s Emergency Services. “This donation represents a great leap forward in Sun Youth’s effort to promote and encourage environmentally conscientious behaviour, sending a clear message to our community. We must not only include, protect, and nurture those who are vulnerable and marginalized, but also be considerate for that which we will always share, our environment.”
Sun Youth’s Disaster Assistance program has been on the scene of fires and major disasters in the Greater Montreal area since 1970 and with support from the Nissan Canada Foundation since 1996. Today’s donation has fortified one of the pillars of Sun Youth’s contribution to the Greater Montreal area and will help ensure this program can continue with the same capacity and reach.
This is the first time that the Nissan Canada Foundation has donated a Nissan LEAF to a charitable organization and is Sun Youth’s first electric car. Together, both organizations are offering an example of how we can take steps toward conserving our environment.
“In celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Nissan Canada Foundation and nearly twenty years supporting Sun Youth, we’re proud to make this contribution and to know that this Nissan LEAF will be used to help those in need,” said Christian Meunier,
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President, Nissan Canada Inc. “When disasters strike, organizations like Sun Youth provide the hope and comfort that can make all the difference in the world – we’re just happy to help them make a difference.”

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