How to participate
Who we're looking for
2007 Sponsored Employees from Canada Post Corporation, Toronto Transit Commission, TD Bank Financial Group, The Canadian Red Cross, Manulife Financial, Ontario Public Service and Deloitte and Touche LLP.
An ideal sponsored employee candidate would be...
- Passionate about the community
- A potential leader
- Comfortable in a team environment
- Confident
- Innovative
- A problem solver
- Goal oriented
- Seeking new challenges
Any individual who has been involved in your organization’s United Way campaign may be an ideal choice. Previous Sponsored Employees at your workplace can also play a key role in helping you recruit and mentor new program candidates.
Get involved: two program options
Sponsor an employee
A Sponsored Employee is an individual who is seconded to United Way from September 2 to December 12, 2008, to assist with the annual workplace campaign on a full-time basis. Their salary and benefits continue to be paid by their employer. The Sponsored Employee Program can help your employee develop professional skills while teaming up with United Way to make an important difference for our city.Provide financial support
This is an ideal choice for organizations that are unable to send one of their own employees but still wish to support the program. Financial support of $9,000 enables United Way to hire an individual as a Sponsored Employee, giving them a once-in-a-lifetime professional development opportunity.
Read the full job description or download the pdf version.
Getting involved is good for your business, your employees and our community.
For more information on the Sponsored Employee Program, please contact David Elliott at 416 777 1444 ex 529 or delliott@uwgt.org.