Change the World

Starlight Children's Foundation Canada is a charitable organization dedicated to bringing smiles, laughter, joy and hope back into the lives of children with serious illnesses and their families. The Achievers team assembled “Boredom Busters” for children who are admitted to the hospital urgently and do not have time to bring the conveniences of home with them. The packages contained everything from toothbrushes and teddy bears to colouring books, and the assembled kits were shipped out to Children’s Hospitals across Canada.

The mission of the Alzheimer Society is to alleviate the personal and social consequences of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders and to promote research. Achievers teams served as Holiday Elves for 2 days of donation-based giftwrapping to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society. This event brought attention to the foundation and encouraged shoppers to make a donation and save themselves the hassle of gift wrapping.

The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation’s Weekend to End Women’s Cancers is one of Toronto’s leading fundraising events, raising over $250 million for breast and gynecologic cancer research, treatment and education. It’s an incredible 2-day event where participants walk 32 or 60 km to raise awareness and dollars for this incredible cause. The Achievers team has participated in this event for 2 years, and in 2012 alone, contributed $21,000 to this incredible cause. Chairman and Founder of Achievers, Razor Suleman, sits on the board of this foundation and has rallied the entire company to roll up their sleeves (and lace up their shoes) to fight for this incredible cause.

The mission of the Alzheimer Society is to alleviate the personal and social consequences of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders and to promote research. Achievers welcomed golf players and assisted with registration and event execution. We also informed players about the charity and its impact, as all proceeds of the event were donated to the Alzheirmer’s Society.

The mission of Make-A-Wish® Canada is to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Achievers positioned themselves at entrance gates to the Honda Indy to spread awareness for the Make-a-Wish Foundation and accept donations in lieu of admission fees. Our team also applied temporary ‘Make a Wish’ tattoos to attendees at the event, to keep a lasting presence of the foundation at the event, and remind event goers to contribute to the worthy causes of the foundation.

Daily Bread Food Bank is a non-profit, charitable organization that is fighting to end hunger in our communities. Every year thousands of people across Toronto rely on food banks. Daily Bread serves these people through neighbourhood food banks and meal programs in over 170 member agencies. The Achievers team got together to bundle and package several different food care packages. We worked in the warehouse to help DBFB prepare for their busy holiday season and do our part to try and put an end to hunger in Toronto.

Gilda’s Club Greater Toronto offers activities each month for adults, children, families and friends who are living with cancer. They offer support groups, healthy lifestyle workshops, informative lectures and fun social events, with a focus on shared healing. They realize that it’s not just the person living with cancer that is impacted by the disease, it is their loved ones as well. Gilda’s Club offers 360 degree support for those impact by this disease. For their Halloween “Boogie Fest” in 2010 and 2011, Achievers volunteers to provide all spooky props and decorate the entire Gilda’s location for the club members’ Halloween event. Achievers we in charge of everything from the design to the purchasing to the execution of the event. All Achievers were involved in this event and took the day off work to participate.