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Syncrude kicks off Corporate Challenge with $85K donation

Last Updated Nov 30, 2017 at 1:52 pm MDT

PHOTO. Ben Maddigan/ Promotions Coordinator.

The 25th Annual Corporate Challenge started with Syncrude Canada donating $85,000.

The Corporate Challenge raises money for the Wood Buffalo Food Bank (WBFB).

“Syncrude is proud to have supported the Wood Buffalo Food Bank for more than 20 years,” says President and CEO Mark Ward. “The food bank provides vital services to the community. We’re confident the people of this region will respond with their continued generosity, which has always seen the food bank’s shelves filled.”

Ward retires at the end of the year and added that Fort McMurray the most generous part of the globe he has ever been in.

The Corporate Challenge is followed by the three day Syncrude Food Drive.

The Wood Buffalo Food Bank is hoping to raise $350,000 and 75,000 lbs of food.