Tag: Owen Charters - BGC Canada

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BGC is the #1 ‘Third Place’ for Kids

Kids need a place beyond home and school. At BGC Clubs, 160,000 kids find that special place each year. When we talk about where kids grow up, we often think about two places: home and school. But there’s another place...

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Planet Fitness Announces Partnership with BGC Canada to Support Youth Health and Wellness

Partnership Kicks Off With In-Club Fundraiser to Support Judgement Free Generation® Programming TORONTO, Oct. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Planet Fitness, one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers with more members than any other fitness brand,...

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goeasy Ltd. Announces $1.4M Commitment to BGC Canada to Combat Youth Food Insecurity Nationwide

Published on Globe Newswire January 17, 2024 MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Jan. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — goeasy Ltd. (TSX: GSY), one of Canada’s leading non-prime consumer lenders, announced today that it will donate $1.4 million over three years to BGC Canada’s Food...

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BGC Clubs are a modern solution to help parents

By Owen Charters, President & CEO, BGC Canada October 25, 2024 Raising kids is difficult and it takes a village—that’s just the way modern society is built. But we live in an era where the village doesn’t live with us,...

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BGC Clubs want the best for Canadian kids

By Owen Charters, President & CEO, BGC Canada November 18, 2024 We don’t have to want to get down on the floor and play mini-stick hockey to love kids – and you don’t need to provide shoulder rides for photos. You...

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BGC Clubs rise above challenges to meet the needs of their communities

By Owen Charters, President & CEO, BGC Canada February 3, 2025 Over six hundred BGC Club locations across Canada serve nearly 150,000 children and youth. Each Club is being asked to do more to support young people, but they don’t...

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Rogers Announces 2024 Rogers Youth Grant Recipients and National Partners

Rogers Announces 2024 Rogers Youth Grant Recipients and National Partners

Published on Rogers on November 20, 2024. Program doubles our impact to help over 100,000 youth Rogers supports youth to build a stronger Canada, and we are proud to announce new partnerships for our Rogers Youth Grants program – Big...

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BGC Clubs are a safe ’third place’

By Owen Charters, President & CEO, BGC Canada September 12, 2024 Social engagement for young people has an enormously outsized impact on their mental well-being, and that’s what BGC Clubs are about. Our kids are back to school. While getting back...

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BGC Clubs provide job opportunities for young people

BGC Clubs provide job opportunities for young people

By Owen Charters, President & CEO, BGC Canada July 30, 2024 BGC Clubs are some of the best employers of Club kids, and this is reflected at the national level too. With 6,500 staff and 150,000 children and youth nationwide, that’s...

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