(Left to right) Nazih Chemali, general manager, Cité Nissan, Claude Brunet, district operations manager, Nissan Canada Inc., Eric Kingsley, coordinator, Sun Youth Emergency Services, Louise Pan, Nissan Canada Foundation and Tommy Kulzcyk, director, Sun Youth Emergency Services
At Cité Nissan in Montreal recently, the Sun Youth Organization received a welcomed boost to its Disaster Assistance program when it accepted a Nissan LEAF on behalf of the Nissan Canada Foundation. The fully electric, zero-emission, five-passenger car will be used to ensure vulnerable families have food, hygiene products, shelter and assistance in restoring order to their lives after fires and major disasters in the Greater Montreal area.
“Sun Youth would like to extend its most heartfelt thanks to the Nissan Canada Foundation for its generous contributions over the years,” remarked Tommy Kulczyk, director of Sun Youth’s Emergency Services.
“They (the foundation) are truly dedicated to making a meaningful impact in our society, and are a relentless driver for positive and lasting change.”
“This Nissan LEAF donation represents a great leap forward in Sun Youth’s effort to promote and encourage environmentally conscientious behaviour, sending a clear message to our community. We must not only include, protect, and nurture those who are vulnerable and marginalized, but also be considerate for that which we will always share, our environment,” Kulczyk said.
Sun Youth’s Disaster Assistance program has been on the scene of fires and major disasters in the Greater Montreal area since the 1970s and has received support from the Nissan Canada Foundation since 1996.
The recent Nissan LEAF donation however, marks the first time that the Nissan Canada Foundation has provided one of these cars to a charitable organization and also results in Sun Youth obtaining its first ever electric vehicle.
“In celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Nissan Canada Foundation and nearly twenty years supporting Sun Youth, we’re proud to make this contribution and to know that this Nissan LEAF will be used to help those in need,” said Christian Meunier, president, Nissan Canada Inc. “When disasters strike, organizations like Sun Youth provide the hope and comfort that can make all the difference in the world — we’re just happy to help them make a difference.”
