Druide Raises $44,000 for the Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie

Druide informatique and its subsidiary Éditions Druide recently held their eleventh annual Golf Classic for the Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie. The event and the campaign that followed raised $44,000, bringing the total contributions to the PGL foundation to nearly $484,000 since the Druide Classic began.

The money donated this year will allow the foundation to support the three school canteens it established in Mali. Each canteen is run by a committee of women from the community who oversee the purchase of local food, thereby contributing to economic development in the area. They also manage the preparation and distribution of meals to the pupils. In addition, the program promotes gender equality by encouraging parents to send not only their sons but also their daughters to school, as it is often difficult for girls to access education.

The day ended with a pleasant dinner during which Végévora, the winner of Druide’s 2019 Grand Prize for Entrepreneurship, was honoured. Its founders, Marie-Hélène Le Rossignol and Thiago Linares, were able to showcase their delicious Lubia, the first hummus-style chocolate spread available in Canada. The 150 or so guests even tasted this innovative product that can already be found in over thirty locations listed on vegevora.com. It is a responsible alternative, containing no palm oil or dairy, and has half the calories and a quarter of the sugar of traditional hazelnut spreads.

Druide would like to thank all of the participants and donors who once again contributed to the success of this year’s event. The twelfth edition of the Druide Classic will be held on June 2, 2020, at the Saint-Raphaël golf club on Île-Bizard.

The Paul Gérin-Lajoie foundation’s mission is to promote children’s education and adult literacy in the French-speaking world’s poorest countries. The foundation works to raise awareness of international realities among young Canadians. In Quebec, the foundation is best known for the Dictée P.G.L. Elsewhere, it is primarily recognized for its sponsorship programs, its Éducateurs sans frontières project, and its schools.