Diamond Staff Decorates at Festival of Trees

On Wed. Nov. 25, Diamond Delivery staff decorated their Christmas tree at the annual BC Children’s Hospital’s Festival of Trees located at the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver. This is the third year that Diamond has sponsored a tree at the Festival where the proceeds of the five week display go towards the Campaign for BC Children, in support of a new BC Children’s Hospital.

 For more information on the BC Children’s Hospital, and their various charity activites please visit their website by clicking the link below.

Diamond Delivery Annual Food Drive 2009

Diamond Delivery would love your support in helping those less fortunate than ourselves.  In the spirit of the season we would like to collect cash and non-perishable food items for the local Surrey Food Bank.  Please donate what you can!  Every little bit helps.

All cash donations can be made to Angela Michon or Maria Allan at our Surrey office at 13350 Comber Way, and Diamond Delivery will match all cash donations! 

All non-perishable food items can be dropped off at the Diamond Delivery Surrey office @ 13350 Comber Way, Surrey.

 Wishing you Happy Holidays!

Nightshift

Nightshift Ministries

Diamond Delivery is pleased to support Nightshift’s various charity programs which raise funds and awareness to increase quality of life in our local community. Since January 2004, Nightshift has provided counseling, daily hot meals, groceries and clothing to our community’s homeless 365 days a year via outreach street programs. 

Two fund raising activities that have enabled Nightshift to continue with its endeavors are the yearly golf tournament held at Northview Golf & Country Club on June 13, and the fundraising Gala on November 21^st, which was also at Northview Golf Club. Although the attendance numbers were down from last year for the Gala, the generosity and giving was way up and $62,500 was raised as a result. 

In February 2010, Nightshift is moving to a new location at 10635 King George, which will house their Outreach Program, Sisters Marketplace and the new Care Centre which is their licensed counseling centre.

For more information on Nightshift, or to learn how you can help them in the cause, please visit their website at http://www.nightshiftministries.org/

Diamond Delivers Tiny Tulips Play Zone

Diamond Delivery is proud to have been involved in delivering the Surrey Memorial Hospital’s Tiny Tulips Play Zone to various locations in Surrey and finally to Guildford Town Centre this past summer. The 12-foot tall children’s mini home is in support of Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation and was drawn for on Saturday Oct 24. As a result of the playhouse’s exposure, $25,000 was raised for the SMH Children’s Centre.

For more information on how you can help the SMH Foundation please vist their website http://www.smhfoundation.com/cms

UBC Hospital Multiple Sclerosis Clinic

 Diamond Delivery supports the Multiple Sclerosis Clinic at UBC Hospital and their efforts to create a leading-edge treatment and research centre for neuromyelitis optica (NMO), an auto-immune disorder of the central nervous system, affecting mainly the spinal cord and the optic nerves. 

The Centre will lead the development and evaluation of new diagnostic tests, facilitate rapid access to new treatments, co-ordinate clinical trials of new therapies, and initiate new research into NMO and other auto-immune diseases of the central nervous system. 

For more information or to make a gift, visit the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation web site at www.worldclasshealthcare.ca

Diamond Trailer Carries Boys and Girls Club Logo

Diamond Delivery proudly unveils one of their semi-trailers carrying the BGCGV logo to help increase BGCGV’s profile throughout the Greater Vancouver area.

A challenge for many not-for-profits is lack of awareness in the community. By displaying the logo on one of our fleet vehicles, not only are we helping the BGCGV brand but we are also showing that our company is a supporter of this worthwhile and very valuable organization. Our hope is that we encourage other corporate organizations to show their support.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Vancouver, founded in 1936, is a leading provider of programs that support the healthy physical, educational, and social development of 4,000 young people and their families in the community. The seven Clubs in the Greater Vancouver area create a safe supportive environment where children, youth, and families can experience new opportunities, overcome barriers, build positive relationships, and develop confidence and skills for life. For additional information, please visit their website http://www.bgc-gv.bc.ca/index.asp

Going Green

Diamond is an environmentally friendly company, committed to being proactive in maintaining a sustainable world.

From adherence to a strong recycling policy, using environmentally friendly cleaning products and landscaping practices in and around our offices to the utilization of less polluting vehicles, Diamond is continually looking at better ways in which we can contribute to a healthier environment.

To honour this commitment, we have adopted a street. Comber Way is now officially cared for by Diamond staff. Look for our staff on Fridays helping to keep our environment safe and clean.

We encourage you to participate in this program and lend a helping hand to your community. If you or your organization would like information about this program please contact the City of Surrey Engineering Operations Division @ 604-590-7200.

Korle-Bu Neuroscience Centre

We at Diamond Delivery have a heart for West Africa and its people. We invite you to join us in addressing a much neglected area of health care, because of a lack of experienced workers and specialized facilities. We are proud sponsors of a new hospital facility in Accra, capital of Ghana, the Korle-Bu Neuroscience Centre, dedicated to treating conditions affecting the brain and the spine. You too can help. Click on the link to Korle-Bu http://www.kbnf.org, go to www.6380.ca or phone 877-IOU-6380 to find out how. A show of heart from you will help heal brains and spines, allowing ordinary West African people to return to work.

Cancer touches all of us

And, in a strange way, Cancer unites us. We all know someone who has battled Cancer. Some of us have experienced the tragedy first hand when a family member has fought bravely and lost.

Diamond Delivery has made a generous donation in the memory of Devon Sutton-Havard to the Canadian Cancer Society. Devon was a 19 year old resident of Aldergrove, BC who was beloved by his family, friends and community. He fought valiantly for 1 ½ years before succumbing to the terrible illness.

As an example of good Corporate Stewardship, Diamond Delivery challenges all other Lower Mainland businesses to join the fight against Cancer by donating generously to the Canadian Cancer Society. Let’s make Cancer history.

Pink Shirt Day

The R. Diamond Group of Companies is a proud supporter of what is soon to be a sweeping international initiative to end bullying. In the fall of 2007, two young men became aware of a grade 9 student who had been bullied for wearing a pink polo shirt to school. Instead of retaliating with violence, these remarkable young men went to their local dollar store and purchased 50 pink shirts, distributing them to their high school friends to wear in a show of solidarity to the young man who was bullied. This simple act of kindness garnered the attention of many, including Christy Clark, who was inspired to find a way to leverage their actions into something bigger, and “Pink Shirt Day” was born!