RSM Canada kicks off 2021 Power of Love fundraising campaign

RSM Canada, a leading global provider of audit, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market, is pleased to announce the kick-off of the firm’s 2021 Power of Love charitable giving campaign which launched earlier this month. Offices throughout Canada will be hosting their respective Volunteer Week activities throughout August and September.

The Power of Love campaign sees RSM employees in both Canada and the United States raise funds for charitable organizations dedicated to enhancing educational outcomes or the quality of life for children and families. In support of this fundraising campaign, RSM Canada offices throughout the country will volunteer and raise funds for select local charitable organizations that align with RSM’s core value of stewardship.

The charitable organizations RSM Canada has selected in support of Power of Love are listed below – donation links for each organization can be found toward the end of this release:

CALGARY:

• The Little Warriors Be Brave Ranch is a specialized, trauma-informed, evidence-based, treatment centre focused on helping children who have been sexually abused, as well as their families. The Be Brave Ranch program assists children with overcoming the devastating effects of child sexual abuse – their program is for girls and boys from 8-12 years old and girls between the ages of 13 and 16, and is designed with significant input from many leading experts who specialize in child sexual abuse.
• Brown Bagging For Calgary’s Kids (BB4CK) provides lunches for approximately 4,400 kids each school day. BB4CK works with school staff members to identify needs and to plan how best to make sure hungry students get the nutrition they need to think clearly and learn. They believe that by enabling better education outcomes, BB4CK gives students a hand up, not just a handout.

EDMONTON:

• The Little Warriors Be Brave Ranch is a specialized, trauma-informed, evidence-based, treatment centre focused on helping children who have been sexually abused, as well as their families. The Be Brave Ranch program assists children with overcoming the devastating effects of child sexual abuse – their program is for girls and boys from 8-12 years old and girls between the ages of 13 and 16, and is designed with significant input from many leading experts who specialize in child sexual abuse.

RED DEER:

• Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre is a charitable organization run by a team of caring and optimistic professionals who believe in working with families, and the local community, in order that children with special needs can reach their full potential. They have been providing an understanding, supportive and knowledgeable experience for families who have children with special needs since 1985.

TORONTO:

• ComKids aims to provide youth with limitless and infinite potential through technology, digital literacy, and life tools. Since 1998, the ComKids program has worked with the Toronto District and Toronto Catholic District School Boards, as well as the Toronto Police Service, to uniquely leverage the power of technology for social good. To date, over 7,000 students have been impacted through involvement in the ComKids program.

RSM Canada successfully contributed over $220,000 to their selected charities in 2020 during the firm’s third year participating in the Power of Love campaign. This year’s fundraising goal is expected to be raised through various staff fundraising events, and additionally from external donors. Through the RSM US Foundation, RSM Canada will be able to access additional grants when fundraising goals are met, in addition to a grant that financially matches the hours employees contribute throughout the month of August, when our staff and their families will be able to support these charities through volunteer activities.  

RSM Canada encourages you to support the firm’s Power of Love fundraising goals for this year’s campaign by inviting you to:

• Donate directly to Little Warriors and The Be Brave Ranch
• Donate directly to Brown Bagging for Calgary’s Kids
• Donate directly to Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre
• Donate directly to ComKids
• Spread the word on social media using our handles on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, and RSM’s hashtag #BirdiesForeLove

About Birdies Fore Love

Birdies Fore Love is RSM’s charitable giving platform for The RSM Classic, a PGA TOUR event for which RSM is title sponsor. Through this program, RSM people, supported with a matching donation from the RSM US Foundation, raise funds for deserving charitable organizations focused on enhancing educational outcomes and the quality of life for children and families.

Each year, RSM offices commit to raising funds for local charitable organizations aligned with the missions of the RSM US Foundation and the Davis Love Foundation, the host organization of The RSM Classic. RSM Birdies Fore Love office champions coordinate fun activities that help their respective locations reach fundraising and participation goals.

Over the past 10 years, The RSM Classic has donated more than US$22 million to help charities that support children and their families, with over US$4 million donated to 70 deserving charities selected by our local offices in 2020 alone.