{"id":78350,"date":"2022-11-02T10:33:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T14:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/?p=78350"},"modified":"2026-04-27T18:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:57:13","slug":"baskin-robbins-canada-remits-cheque-for-25000-to-bgc-canada-as-part-of-annual-back-to-school-campaign-pink-spoon-in-support-of-canadian-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/baskin-robbins-canada-remits-cheque-for-25000-to-bgc-canada-as-part-of-annual-back-to-school-campaign-pink-spoon-in-support-of-canadian-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Baskin-Robbins Canada remits cheque for $25,000 to BGC Canada as part of annual back-to-school campaign, Pink Spoon, in support of Canadian youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BGCCanada.png\" alt=\"Five young girls smile and pose together against a plain white background, with some wearing colorful t-shirts featuring the BGC logo.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><em>Beyond financial support, Canadian youth benefit from scoops, smiles and clubs across Canada<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>TORONTO, November 2, 2022\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baskinrobbins.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baskin-Robbins Canada<\/a> presented a cheque for $25,000 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BGC Canada<\/a> today in support of the organization\u2019s life-enhancing programs for Canadian youth. The funds were raised from August to October thanks to an annual, in-store fundraiser during the back-to-school season, that Baskin-Robbins Canada has been running for the past five years. To date, the program has helped to raise more than $100,000 for BGC Canada.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur work with BGC Canada is one of the highlights of the year,\u201d says Natalie Joseph, representative for Baskin-Robbins Canada. \u201cWe are truly honoured to able to join forces with BGC Canada and our guests to support Canadian youth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIce cream and kids just belong together. We are proud to be celebrating five years of collaboration with Baskin-Robbins Canada.\u201d, said Rachael MacKenzie-Neill, Vice President, Marketing &amp; Development at BGC Canada. \u201cTheir support for youth makes a difference in communities across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Baskin-Robbins Canada, to order online or to inquire about numerous franchising opportunities, visit baskinrobbins.ca or follow the company on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>About Baskin-Robbins Canada<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>Baskin-Robbins was founded in 1945 by two ice cream enthusiasts who shared a dream to create an innovative ice cream shop that would be a neighborhood gathering place for families. Celebrating 51 years in Canada this fall, Baskin-Robbins operates 107 locations in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and British Columbia. Each year,\u00a0more than 300 million people around the world visit Baskin-Robbins to enjoy some of the close to 1,400 flavours available in the brand\u2019s ice cream library, as well as its assortment of frozen treats including frozen beverages, sundaes, Polar Pizza ice cream treats and ice cream cakes. For more information on Baskin-Robbins Canada or any of its locations, visit baskinrobbins.ca.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>About BGC Canada<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>For 120+ years, BGC Canada has been creating opportunities for millions of Canadian kids and teens. As Canada\u2019s largest child and youth serving charitable organization, our Clubs open their doors to young people and their families at 775 locations nationwide. During out-of-school hours in small and large cities, and rural and Indigenous communities, our trained staff and volunteers provide programs and services that help young people realize positive outcomes in self-expression, academics, healthy living, physical activity, job readiness, mental health, leadership, and more. Opportunity changes everything. Learn more at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/news\/\">bgccan.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow us on social media @BGCCAN.<\/p>\n<p>-30-<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Media contact and information<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><strong>Tia Giannone<\/strong><br \/>\nTorchia Communications<br \/>\n514-288-8290 ext. 233<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:tia@torchiacom.com\">tia@torchiacom.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beyond financial support, Canadian youth benefit from scoops, smiles and clubs across Canada TORONTO, November 2, 2022\u00a0\u2013 Baskin-Robbins Canada presented a cheque for $25,000 to BGC Canada today in support of the organization\u2019s life-enhancing programs for Canadian youth. The funds were raised from August to October thanks to an annual, in-store fundraiser during the back-to-school [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[573,411,88,574,453,145],"class_list":["post-78350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bgc-news","tag-back-to-school","tag-baskin-robbins-canada","tag-bgc-canada","tag-ice-cream","tag-pink-spoon","tag-youth"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78350"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90848,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78350\/revisions\/90848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}