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DE BEERS AMBASSADORS FOR GOOD REBUILD YELLOWKNIFE INCLUSIVE GARDEN
An inclusive garden operated by the Northwest Territories (NWT) Disabilities Council is growing and becoming more accessible thanks to a contribution from De Beers Group volunteers in Yellowknife.
The garden, featuring a dozen accessible planter boxes, was rebuilt through a contribution provided by Ambassadors for Good (AfG), an employee volunteer program offered by De Beers.
De Beers employees from Gahcho Kué Mine were joined by members of the Council to assemble the new garden boxes, purchased with a $9,000 grant from the AfG program. They were assembled within a few hours and boxes unveiled on the garden site off 52nd Street on July 15. The garden boxes are specially designed to be accessible by all people, including some that are accessible by wheelchair users.
“Ambassadors for Good enables De Beers employees to use their skills and abilities to contribute in a meaningful way to local organizations, said Lyndon Clark, General Manager of Gahcho Kué Mine. “This program is just one of the ways we’re working with partners to create a lasting, positive legacy in the communities where we work.”
The Council has operated the garden since 2016, when it took over control of the site from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.
“As a charitable organization with very limited financial and human resources, we knew that we would not be able to make such extensive repairs on our own," said Denise McKee, the Council’s Executive Director. “Fortunately, it was not long after this challenge presented itself that a representative from De Beers Group connected with our organization and introduced us to their Ambassadors for Good Program.”
This is the second Ambassadors for Good project undertaken in Canada by De Beers employees; the first being a community barbecue hosted during the Rainbow Coalition Pride event in Yellowknife in August 2019.
Source: https://canada.debeersgroup.com/news/2020/de-beers-ambassadors-for-good-rebuild-inclusive-garden
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