BANK OF MONTREAL HELPS BLACKHURST WITH FUNDING IN TORONTO
Bank of Montreal Make Big Deposit in Blackhurst Building Account
At noon on Tuesday inside a packed a Blackhurst Cultural Centre (Different Booklist) there was a noticeable murmering of Wows, and Oh My Gods, when two officials from the Bank of Montreal announced a $750,000 donation to the Blackhurst Cultural Centre.
Made in conjunction with the Centre's annual Emancipation Day walk down Bloor Street, the size of the Bank’s largest did not fail to impress. BMO Is the lead partner of Blackhurst's capital campaign,
Tuesday’s donation will support construction of a new Cultural Centre celebrating and preserving Black history in Toronto's Mirvish Village currently under constructions. The donation also supports an operating and endowment fund to help the Centre deliver outreach programs such as youth arts programs and a business e-course in partnership with the Schulich School of Business.
"This new Centre will help support financial progress, racial equity, and inclusion for Black customers, colleagues, and the community," said Stanley Julien, Head, Special Accounts Management Unit, BMO. "Our Purpose, to Boldly Grow the Good in business and life, inspires our Zero Barriers to Inclusion strategy that's breaking down systemic barriers and enabling access to opportunities for all."
"The Blackhurst Cultural Centre is proud to have BMO as a partner in this new anthropological model of development, said Itah Sadu, Managing Director, Blackhurst Cultural Centre. "Blackhurst welcomes the community, government, and the corporate sector to lay a foundation for a permanent and sustainable cultural infrastructure in the historic Bloor and Bathurst neighbourhood.."
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