{"id":384733,"date":"2020-11-19T06:33:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T11:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=384733"},"modified":"2020-11-19T06:33:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T11:33:08","slug":"petro-canada-to-support-caregivers-in-canada-through-the-petro-canada-caremakers-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/petro-canada-to-support-caregivers-in-canada-through-the-petro-canada-caremakers-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Petro-Canada to support Caregivers in Canada through the Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation\u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"
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All financial figures are in Canadian dollars.\u00a0<\/p>\n

CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Petro-Canada, a Suncor business, today announced the creation of the Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation, <\/strong>which will support family caregivers across Canada. Through the CareMakers Foundation, Suncor plans to invest $10 million over the next five years to bring awareness and support to the essential work of caregivers, a group that according to Statistics Canada includes more than 8 million Canadians.<\/p>\n

The CareMakers Foundation will provide grants to charitable organizations in Canada that support family caregiving, to enhance and amplify their work. The first recipients of the CareMakers Foundation include: Baycrest Foundation, Circle of Care: Mount Sinai Hospital, BC Neighbourhood Houses, and Community Care City of Kawartha Lakes.<\/p>\n

At some point in their lives, more than half of Canadians provide unpaid care to a family member or friend with a long-term health condition, physical or mental disability, or age-related need. These caregivers play an integral role in supporting relatives, friends and neighbours, and they often go unrecognized and unsupported.<\/p>\n

\u201cCaring for those who care for others is a natural fit for us. It is core to Suncor\u2019s purpose, and through our Petro-Canada associates and marketers it\u2019s also how we Live By The Leaf every day,\u201d said Mark Little, Suncor president and chief executive officer. \u201cCaregiving is personal for us. The work supported by the Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation will positively impact our employees, our customers and Canadians from coast to coast to coast.\u201d<\/p>\n

Caregivers provide roughly 75 per cent of all patient care in Canada. Among other things, family caregivers provide transportation, meal preparation and housekeeping. They schedule appointments, help with medications and provide emotional support. \u201cCaregivers are the backbone of our communities, and the pandemic has in many ways exacerbated the issues that family caregivers face,\u201d said Little. \u201cWe know this issue is largely unseen, and through our more than 1,850 retail and wholesale locations we have the unique ability to shine a light on caregiving at a time when caring is more essential than it has ever been.\u201d<\/p>\n

For many, caring is more than a simple act of kindness; it\u2019s an everyday commitment and an unspoken promise. Working with other organizations in the sector, the CareMakers Foundation will focus on providing tools and resources that can help support family caregivers in Canada.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCaregivers are often forgotten about. We\u2019re in home, we\u2019re providing care.\u201d \u2013 Kevin, Suncor employee and family caregiver<\/p>\n

\u201cCaregivers are folks who give without keeping score, who ask for nothing in return.\u201d \u2013 Maxim, Petro-Canada Associate, Montreal<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing a family caregiver is such an all-encompassing and overwhelming role, yet it is largely a silent and unseen one. We need to care for and support our family caregivers and acknowledge the sacrifice and devotion involved in caring for others. At one point or another, we will all either be a caregiver or need a caregiver, and it is our duty to care for one another\u201d – Dr. Adriana Shnall PhD, MSW, RSW, Program Director, Baycrest@Home, Clinical Programs & Koschitzky Centre for Innovations in Family Caregiving<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that every family caregiver should feel cared for. The space of caregiving is complex and in need of support and transformation. By creating the Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation, we will have an opportunity to tangibly benefit charitable organizations throughout Canada who are working actively to support family caregivers,\u201d Leila Fenc, executive director, Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation<\/p>\n

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Caregiving is an issue that affects all Canadians. Our society simply would not function without caregivers.<\/p>\n