2024 BENEFIT EVENING
The Benefit Evening of the Foundation is the annual event that raises funds to support the services and programs of the Women's Centre of Montréal.
The 25th edition took place under the theme "From Spark to Light" at the prestigious St. James Theatre on April 18, 2024. Surrounded by an assembly of 500 guests, we managed to raise the sum of $769,300, which will make a concrete difference in the lives of women seeking help from the Center.
Our remarkable co-hosts, Geneviève Borne and Francis Reddy, perfectly embodied the theme of the evening, bringing light and energy to every moment and ensuring remarkable entertainment.
We wish to express heartfelt thanks to the fundraising committee, our precious donors, sponsors, and guests for their generosity and commitment.
Fundraising committee:
- Mrs. Johanne Duhaime, Executive Vice-President Technology and Projects at Desjardins Group
- Mrs. Julie Lévesque, Executive Vice President Technology and Operations, National Bank of Canada
- Mr. Pierre Miron, Executive Vice-President and Chief Growth Officer Canadian Operations at iA Financial Group
- Our 21 patrons: Christine Beaulieu (Montreal Port Authority) ; Johanne Bélisle (Foundation of the Women's Centre of Montreal) ; Joëlle Carroll Bilodeau (Pwc) ; Brigitte Dagnault (Via Rail) ; Marie-Hélène Delonca (National Bank) ; Karine Desforges (Englobe) ; Annik Desmarteau (Ivanhoé Cambridge) ; Louise Fourès (La Vie en Rose) ; Alexandra Généreux (AECOM) ; Mathieu Guénec (Desjardins Group) ; Jason Haas (Pomerleau) ; Ian Lapostolle (St-Denis Thompson) ; Julie Morand (Fonds de solidarité FTQ) ; Catherine Newman (iA Financial Group) ; Angela Onesi (Fasken) ; Ashee Sarin (Deloitte) ; Christian Settano (BDC) ; Audrey Tailleur (Intact) ; Kim Trang Nguyen (Desjardins Group) ; Annie Tremblay (Cascades) ; Stephan Trudeau (AtkinsRéalis).
2023 BENEFIT EVENING
In 2023, the benefit evening marked the 50th anniversary of the Centre with the theme "50 years supporting women. Let's continue to work together".
Thanks to the dynamism and exceptional support of the co-presidents, patrons and sponsors, $1,088,500 was raised! A fundraising event that reached unprecedented heights and celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Centre with magnificence!
The 2023 Benefit Evening included a brilliantly animated performance by the energetic duo of Geneviève Borne and Francis Reddy, a memorable artistic performance by the extraordinary Laurence Jalbert, a very touching video testimony from a participant of the Centre, and a beautiful photo exhibition tracing the 50 years of the Centre's existence.
We would like to thank, from the bottom of our hearts, the fundraising committee, sponsors, donors and all those who made the evening a historic success.
2020 BENEFIT EVENING
Due to the global pandemic, the Montreal Women's Centre Foundation had to postpone its 22nd benefit event. Finally, after careful consideration in the face of the uncertainty of the coming months, we found it impossible to hold our Foundation's annual event in 2020.
The funds raised as part of this annual event, help support the operations of the Centre and are even more necessary in the current context! Thus, thanks to the contribution of the Foundation's partners, since the start of the crisis, the Centre has been able to maintain its essential psychosocial follow-up and crisis intervention services by telephone, including for situations of domestic violence and help with job searches by phone, videoconference and social media, as well as improve its services by offering more food assistance, diapers and food basket deliveries.
In order to thank its partners for their unwavering financial support, the Foundation has decided to set up a public recognition campaign between mid-September and mid-October, on various digital and print platforms.
2019 BENEFIT EVENING
Thank you to all our patrons, our partners, donors and all those who participated in the 21st edition of the benefit-evening which was in full swing at the Parquet of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec on March 21st.
Under the theme "A constellation pour Elles", the evening was copresided by Ms. Lorena Biason, Vice-President, Financial Planning, Quebec, RBC Royal Bank and Mr. Simon Lauzier, Senior Vice-President, Investment Optimization and Capital Markets, Ivanhoé Cambridge.
Ms. Myriam Fehmiu lent her legendary spirit and her talents as a host to make this evening a special moment of generosity, talent and emotion that generated a record net income of $ 340,000. These funds will allow the Women's Centre of Montréal to continue to provide a warm welcome, a listening ear, and the many and essential resources needed to ensure that thousands of women and their families live a better life and hope for the future.
Congratulations and thank you again to our copresidents and patrons.
2018 BENEFIT EVENING
The 20th benefit evening took place at the Parquet of the Caisse de dépot et placement du Québec and was co-chaired by Kim Thomassin, Executive Vice-President, Legal Affairs and Secretariat of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Martin Thibodeau, President, Quebec Headquarters, RBC Royal Bank.
Hosted with brio by Pénélope McQuade, this 20th edition allowed us to collect 305 000$ in net proceeds for our good cause.
