PCL Constructors Canada Inc. and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind have formed a partnership that will help enhance the independence of blind and partially sighted clients through building improvements at the Lake Joseph Centre near MacTier, Ontario, in the Muskoka district about 200 km north of Toronto.
TORONTO
PCL Toronto employees are again showing off their generous community spirit. PCL Constructors Canada Inc. and the CNIB have formed a partnership that will help enhance the independence of blind and partially sighted clients through building improvements at CNIB’s Lake Joseph Centre (Lake Joe).
In the leadup to Lake Joe’s 50th anniversary celebration on Aug. 20, PCL is donating general contracting services for the construction of a new staff residence. It will be constructed entirely by PCL employee volunteers and through the support of labour and materials from the construction subtrade community.
“For more than a century, PCL has been building in local communities from coast-to-coast because we care about those communities,” said PCL executive vice-president Chris Gower. “It makes me incredibly proud to watch PCLers and our subtrade partners come together to support such a worthy cause that will help strengthen this community and support Canadians with vision loss.”
Lake Joe adds to the legacy of charitable projects PCL has donated to local communities. In 2004, PCL completed the Darling Home for Kids (formerly Rose Cherry Home) and the Brantford Hospice, which were delivered almost entirely through donations and built by volunteers from the construction community.
“This is an amazing and generous gift for Lake Joe,” said Jacqueline Harrison, CNIB Lake Joseph Centre manager.
“This residence will benefit both the staff and the clients here at Lake Joe.”
Located at the north end of Lake Joseph near MacTier, in the Muskoka district about 200 kilometres north of Toronto, Lake Joe offers a unique mix of rehabilitation and recreational programs for people who are living with vision loss or other disabilities.
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