CHUM Foundation: Jonathan Drouin is upfront about his commitment

Jonathan Drouin kept his deposit book fresh by pledging to donate $500,000 from his own pocket. Halfway through his commitment, he has already donated more than $300,000.

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On September 19, 2017, the then 22-year-old Quebec striker announced that he had “pledged to make a personal donation of half a million” over the next 10 years. This corresponds to an average of $50,000 per year.

According to official records listed in Fondation du CHUM’s annual report, the Canadian player has donated more than $300,000 as of March 31, 2022.

The foundation recently indicated that it received an annual contribution from a hockey player.

For the sake of transparency, the Canadian striker has confirmed to the journal Fondation du CHUM the amounts given so far.

“Jonathan kept his word and was up to date with the amount he owed. The Foundation is also extremely grateful for the quality of this commitment,” said the Foundation’s Director of Marketing and Communications, Stephanie Marcotte-Côté.

Other commitment

In addition to money from his own pocket, Drouin pledged to help the Fondation du CHUM raise $5 million through 2027 through various fundraising activities.

Again, the 27-year-old hockey player is ahead of his target.

After five editions despite the severity of the pandemic, Jonathan Drouin’s annual golf tournament raised a total of $3.17 million from the public to benefit the Foundation.

A diverse collaboration

On January 19, our Bureau of Investigation revealed that former Canadiens player PK Subban had played words during a major public unveiling in September 2015. At the time, he announced a $10 million donation over seven years to the cause. Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Still, on his website, the athlete prides himself on “donating $10 million to the Montreal Children’s Hospital” in 2015. However, most of this amount comes from donations from the audience.

Following our questions, Subban indicated that $6.3 million had been raised. He did not want to specify the part of his personal contribution. But annual reports from the hospital foundation show less than $1 million.

Prior to Subban and Drouin’s commitments, other Canadian players had also made public announcements about voluntary partnerships spanning 20 years.

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A unique instrument in Montreal

Saku Koivu established his foundation in November 2002, a year after his intense battle against non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. His goal is to raise the $8 million needed in donations to provide a positron emission tomography machine and computed tomography (PET/CT). )

Montreal General Hospital became the only facility in the region to have this device that detects cancer cells. CH’s captain, at the time, personally paid several hundred thousand dollars so that his foundation could purchase imaging equipment. It was unveiled on September 27, 2005.

According to hospital data, more than 2,500 patients benefit from this nuclear medicine tool annually.

Another one, thanks to Max Pacioretty

After his horrific injury on Bell Center ice in March 2011, Max Pacioretty decided to get involved by raising funds to provide a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine to the Montreal General Hospital.

This tool is used to detect signs of mild and severe brain damage.

“This $12.6 million investment was made possible by our contribution of $5.5 million, including a $2.6 million donation from the Max Pacioretty Foundation,” reads the 2017-2018 from the Montreal General Hospital Foundation.

Biggest donor

In a completely different league, the wealthy 92-year-old American businessman, Warren Buffett, has announced that in 2022 he will leave more than 99% of his wealth to his family’s charities: the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, the Sherwood Foundation, the NoVo Foundation and the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, to which he has given nearly $1 billion. provided

During his lifetime, the great philanthropist nicknamed “The Oracle of Omaha” gave away $48 billion to charities, making Buffett the biggest giver on the planet, according to Forbes.