To steal a line from Field of Dreams, if you provide the Mac n Cheese they will come!! We are so thankful to The Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation for allowing us to sponsor and work with the Foundation to provide lunch for the staff at Royal Columbian Hospital on December 13th. This was our second year as sponsor and we had such a great day talking to everyone as they braved the chilly temperatures to...
This summer we were very grateful to sponsor an exclusive day on the golf course for Beach Grove Golf Club members and their guests. $7260 was raised as the guests competed in a putting contest for a 50/50 draw to raise money for Delta Hospital, and the prize money was generously gifted to Delta Hospital. Thank you for everyone who attended, and Beach Grove staff members for making the day a huge success.
What a fantastic day! Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation welcomed us back as a sponsor of their annual golf tournament 19th Hole Reception. An outstanding $357,602 was raised for their surgical services department. It was wonderful to finally be back in person and supporting a such great cause. A big thank you to Executive Director, Lisa Hoglund (pictured below with Rich)!
It was a pleasure to be invited back on the “Ask Me Anything” panel of Strategic Philanthropy for Royal Columbian Hospital. We had yet another fantastic discussion. Thank you to everyone who took part, we thoroughly enjoyed answering your questions!
Say Mac N’ Cheese! There is no doubt that hospitals worldwide have had many challenges amid the pandemic. We showed our gratitude this holiday by volunteering at the Royal Columbian Hospital staff appreciation events with free mac & cheese and chili days. It was wonderful being able to provide encouragement for both the day and night staff. An impressive 1299 people stopped by for some delicious Mac N’ Cheese! We would like to give a...
Happy Giving Tuesday! To help our Abbotsford neighbors in this time of crisis, our team and the staff at our CI Assante Capital Management Ltd. West Pender Branch have donated $11,000 to support the Abbotsford Disaster Relief Fund established by the Abbotsford Community Foundation. The fund will support front-line agencies providing essential services to affected families and business. When making your charitable gifts this year, we encourage you to join us and support the recovery...
Charitable giving is important to our clients, and it was a pleasure to be invited as a panelist on the topic for the Assante Professional Development day. Discussing ways that individuals and families can come together to support their favorite charities is one of the most meaningful conversations that we have with our clients.
The members of Beach Grove Golf Club and corporate sponsors Assante Wealth Management (Rich Widdifield and Jon Hwang) and Hunter Litigation Chambers helped raise a record breaking $12,900 for Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation in this one-day event. Special thank you to Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation Executive Director Lisa Hogland and Annual Giving Manager Shari Barr, and Beach Grove Golf Club Head Professional Brent Derrheim for their valued contributions in making this...
Thank you Assante Wealth Management for being a sponsor of the Century Group Delta Health Hybrid Classic. We had a great day participating in the event which helped to raise critical funds for the busy Surgical Department at Delta Hospital.
It was real pleasure to be invited by the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation to be part of their “Ask Me Anything” panel on Strategic Philanthropy. This was a terrific discussion! We love answering questions on how people can look after their families and support the causes they care about!
Despite what has been an incredibly difficult year for everyone, we are very grateful for another successful year within our business, and as always, we appreciate the trust, support, and confidence our clients have put in us being their primary advisor. With that in mind, we are giving back by making donations to 4 charities that we know always do great work in our community. We made the following donations; $2,500 to the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation...
We are lucky to be part of such a terrific branch! Our West Pender Assante branch has redirected a portion of the money that is not being spent on our staff Christmas Party this year to a donation to 2 charities. Our group donated $2500 to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank as well as $2500 to Union Gospel Mission. Our staff at Assante Vancouver West Pender personally donated an additional $1500 to Union Gospel Mission...