More Than a Drop in a Bucket: Gundalow Company Awarded RBC Blue Water Project™ Community Action Grant
The Gundalow Company was awarded a $5,000 grant on behalf of the RBC Blue Water Project™, a water stewardship program from the Royal Bank of Canada. The Gundalow Company will use the funding to support our 2011 “Contemporary Coastal Issues” events. Designed to engage the public in understanding current threats to our watersheds, these events provide activities that will reduce negative impact on our rivers, bays and watersheds.
The RBC Blue Water Project™ is a wide-ranging, multi-year program to help foster a culture of water stewardship. Since lack of access to clean water is considered to be one of the major threats to human health and economic development around the world, RBC is working to create a “blue water future” of sustainable water resources worldwide. The first phase of the RBC Blue Water Project™ is a grant program of $50 million over ten years.
“I’m pleased to say we’re making good on a few drops of that pledge,” remarked Jeffrey P. Little, CFP, Senior Vice President and Branch Director of RBC Wealth Management in Portsmouth, NH. Little presented the check at the most recent Gundalow Company board meeting, stating “I am proud to present this $5,000 check to your organization as part of RBC Blue Water Project’s Community Action Grant Program.”
About RBC
RBC is headquartered in Toronto and is the parent company of my firm, RBC Wealth Management.
RBC Wealth Management has a strong, long-standing commitment to giving back to the communities they serve. In 2010, RBC Wealth Management gave more than $3 million to charitable causes in its communities through Foundation grants, charitable sponsorships, civic involvement and employee volunteerism. RBC contributed more than $130 million to community causes worldwide through donations of more than $56.6 million and an additional $73.5 million in sponsorship or community events and national organizations.
The Board of Directors, Gundalow Company receives a $5,000 RBC Blue Water Project Community Action Grant. From Left to right: Bill Purinton, Julie Kath, Joey Donnelly, Jeff Little of RBC Wealth Management presenting Executive Director, Molly Bolster, the check; Charlie Bickford, Jeff Taylor, Chris Parker, Arne Taylor, and John Crandall. (Not pictured, Tad Lyford, Jenny Marshall, Cynthia Raymond, Val Shelton, and Cy Sweet.)
