MPI-GCC ECOS Project
Bringing In the Bounty
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men. ~Herman Melville
MPI’s ECOS project has brought together the Greater Calgary Chapter and two of our great neighbours. MPI GCC and AVW TELAV are partnering with the Calgary Interfaith Food Bank this December to help feed the hungry and we need our members’ involvement to make this vision come true.
“Building up to Christmas and just after are such critical times for those in need in Calgary and this project is a great opportunity for our community to help out individuals & families in financial stress, build our team spirit and give back” – Janet Bennett, Regional Director, Western Canada
CRITICAL DATES
December 16, 17 & 18!
These are the critical dates that we have committed to collecting food for the
Calgary Interfaith Food Bank
OUR COMMITMENT
- MPI- GCC will supply the planning, muscle and human resources to bring Socially Responsible projects to our community.
- AVW TELAV is donating funding, fuel, trucks and drivers to bring in the donations
- The MPI Foundation is donating the groundwork, toolkits and project leadership.
What we need YOU to do
- Sign up yourself or a whole team from your company – we need at least 6 volunteers each day.
- Meet at the designated rally point on your assigned date
- We will partner each volunteer with a driver
- Your driver and you will go out and collect food from pre-determined collection locations – you are the co-pilot!
- Meet back at the Food Bank
- Unload your bounty
- With enough volunteers, teams will help to sort the donated food as well.
It’s as simple as that!
You can also have your company donate the following foods: Top 5 Most-Needed Items
- Pasta
- Pasta Sauce
- Canned Tomatoes
- Juice (1 litre)
- Baby Formula with Iron
Each of us is a being in himself and a being in society, each of us needs to understand himself and understand others, take care of others and be taken care of himself.
~Haniel Long
BECOME A PART OF THE SOLUTION TODAY
– HELP BRING IN THE BOUNTY!
WHAT IS ECOS?
Events for Communities of Sustainability
Pilot Project Canada
Meeting Professionals International crafted the Events for Communities of Sustainability (ECOS) Project to provide focus for the efforts that are being made in the area of social responsibility and sustainability, one of the three pillars of the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit. To maximize the ability of our industry (and specifically our association) to create positive social change, we have launched a pilot project within the Canadian Chapters to refine the project.
This is for several reasons. First, Canadian chapters have demonstrated a firm commitment to the triple bottom line, through participation in creating VERTigo: Plan to Meet Green, through a CSR-focus at National Meetings Industry Day (the last three years have focused on economy, environment and people) and through the creation, at several chapters, of the position of Director of CSR. Secondly, it will allow us to refine ECOS with the input of a smaller sub-section of chapters. This gives the Canadian chapters the unique opportunity to co-create the final project before it is launched globally. Finally, Canadian chapter leaders have indicated that their membership is ready to move past “green meetings” into a more integrated social responsibility program.
The pilot project funded by the MPI Foundation and its partner AVW-TELAV.
Contact Susan Ross to register, 403-266-3232 ext. 222 or smross@meetingsolutions.ca or sign up you or your team at the November Event.
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