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Our Corporate Citizenship Program provides financial and in-kind support to registered charities and not-for-profit environmental, educational and community organizations whose initiatives reflect OPG's vision of citizenship and sustainability. We seek to contribute to communities across Ontario that are home to our generating facilities, employees, customers and stakeholders.
Program Summary Report
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A message from the President 3
Support focus 4
Environment 6
Education 8
Scholarships 11
Science Camps 13
Community 14
Pickering/Ajax 18
Clarington 20
Bruce County 22
Atikokan 24
Thunder Bay 25
Mississauga 26
Lennox/Addington 27
Sarnia/Lambton 28
Haldimand/Norfolk 29
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Niagara 30
Ottawa/St. Lawrence 31
Northeast 32
Northwest 33
Small Hydro 34
Application Guidelines 35
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Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is a major North
American electricity generating company, based in
Ontario, Canada. OPG was formed in early 1999
as one of five successor companies to Ontario
Hydro. The company is a commercial business that
generates electricity for large industries and utilities
serving consumers in cities and rural areas. The
Province of Ontario is OPG’s sole shareholder.
OPG operates a unique mix of nuclear, fossil-
fuelled and hydroelectric generating stations in
Ontario. Each type of generation plays an
important role in ensuring that customer demands
for electricity are met. OPG is committed to
providing its customers with a competitively-
priced, clean power supply, while operating in a
safe, open and environmentally responsible manner.
In fact, 75 per cent of our electricity generation
comes from nuclear and hydroelectric sources that
have virtually no smog-producing emissions.
Keeping Ontario running is our business and doing
it responsibly is our vow.
Ontario Power Generation
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As a company committed to sustainable development and an
important employer in many Ontario communities, Ontario Power
Generation (OPG) takes seriously its responsibility to be an active and
good corporate citizen. This includes strengthening our relationships
with the communities we serve and that host our generating facilities.
Our community commitment operates at both the corporate level and
through the actions of our employees.
Our employees take great pride in
their commitment to the community. Many of them allocate their personal
contributions to charities of choice through the company’s annual employee
Charity Campaign. The 2000 OPG Charity Campaign raised more than
$2.1 million which included a corporate contribution from OPG for
organizations such as the United Way, the Canadian Cancer Society and
many other charities. OPG employees also donate generous amounts of time,
expertise and energy through thousands of personal acts of volunteerism.
At the corporate level, OPG strives to build on the foundation of social
responsibility and caring established by our employees. Our Corporate
Citizenship Program provides financial and in-kind support to registered
charities and not-for-profit environmental, educational and community
organizations whose initiatives reflect OPG’s vision of citizenship and
sustainability. We seek to contribute to communities across Ontario that are
home to our generating facilities, employees, customers and stakeholders.
Society and the public increasingly expect companies to enhance the quality
of life in communities where they operate. The Conference Board of Canada,
for example, in its first-ever Corporate Social Responsibility national poll
released May 3, 2000 found that: “Canadians believe that companies should ‘Be Community Friendly’…that
business should play a leading role in the local community by donating time and resources.”
This report documents that role as practiced by OPG and its employees. It is the first Corporate Citizenship
Program Summary Report produced by our company and it highlights a portion of the community projects we
have proudly supported in 1999 and 2000.
We believe that through our Corporate Citizenship Program we are clearly making a difference and putting our
energy to good use as a responsible corporation and good neighbour. In addition, the program is also good
business. It is part of the ongoing process of being open, accessible and recognized by our customers.
We hope, after examining this report, that you come to a similar conclusion.
Ron OsbornePresident and CEO
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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
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OPG’s Corporate Citizenship Program (CCP) builds on
Ontario Hydro’s 90 year plus history of contributing to
the quality of life in Ontario. Our program considers
proposals from registered charities and not-for-profit
organizations. Proposals may include donation or
sponsorship requests for financial and/or in-kind
contributions, joint ventures or strategic alliances,
awards, grants, scholarships, bursaries, internships and
mentoring programs.
The program supports initiatives that are innovative and
have a linkage with the company’s strategic goal to
become a sustainable energy company. Ultimately, this
means minimizing our impact on the environment and
ensuring that our contribution to the broader
community is consistently positive. To achieve this goal,
our program focuses support in three primary areas:
• We contribute to innovative environmental
initiatives and partnerships offering solutions focused
on biodiversity, “green energy”, clean air, clean
water, energy efficiency, and renewable resources
through education, research and technology, wildlife
and habitat restoration, and naturalization projects.
• We support educational initiatives for young people.
Specifically, we focus on projects that promote
science, engineering, technology, business and the
environment through educational programming,
scholarships and awards, sponsorship of science
camps, competitions and conferences as well as
educational and mentoring programs.
• We contribute to the quality of life in the
communities in which we operate and in which our
employees live. In addition to local environmental
and educational initiatives, we also support “grass
roots” projects, local amateur sports teams, food
banks, the United Way, local hospitals and health
organizations, and arts and cultural groups.
• In Kind Canada (IKC) enjoys a special relationship
with OPG and provides the logistics to the
corporation in placing “In Kind” donations with
charities in our plant site communities and across
Ontario that are in need. Material donated by OPG
includes a wide range of surplus office furniture,
stationery supplies and computers which are placed
by IKC and its information technology partner
Reboot. IKC, a Public Foundation, was launched in
1994 and provides a “gift-in-kind” program for
Canadian charities. Since its launch, IKC has
processed some $60 million worth of donations for
more than 1,000 charities.
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“Dear Ontario Power Generation…We are writing to let you know that we have been the grateful recipients of computer equipment that you so kindlydonated to Reboot, Canada. We have been working on a project with Devon MacDonald and his terrific staff to bringcomputers and Internet access to Mount Sinai Hospital patients, especially those who are homebound and of limited means.The patients tell us that your generosity has transformed their lives, Thank you so much!”
– Joanne Sulman, MSW, RSW, Department of Social Work, Mount Sinai Hospital
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1) Ron Osborne, President and CEO and BillFarlinger, Chairman present OPG’s 1999corporate contribution to David Kerr,United Way Campaign Chair and AlisonPickard, Fundraising Manager, UnitedWay of Greater Toronto with Pat McNeil,Chair, OPG Charity Campaign.
2) With assistance from OPG, OsgoodeTownship High School built an electric carand participated in the Electrothon Raceheld on June 8 at the Capital CitySpeedway. Team members: standing left -Allan Watson, Maurice Barnabe,Transportation Technology Teacher, andKyle Westerlund; in car - Sarah Fee,sitting - Joe Schaw, missing - LydiaCawell.
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“Dear Ontario Power Generation…The race is over and the checkered flag has dropped…we completed our electric car and had it ready to race at the Electrothon Race on June 8,2000 at the Capital City Speedway. There were about 30 teams mainly from high schools in Eastern Ontario...we had fun and it was a goodexperience building the car ...thank you, OPG, for your support…the project was a good learning experience...the car has now been hoisted upto the shop ceiling and we will have to see if next year we can use this work as a basis for the faster Mark II model.”
– Sarah Fee of the Osgoode Township High School Electric Vehicle Team
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1) Ducks Unlimited Canada Logo.
2 & 3) Wetland conservation projects.
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OPG contributed about $1,000,000 from January 1999 to December 2000 to more than 70 environmental initiatives
undertaken by organizations such as World Wildlife Fund, Carolinian Canada, Pollution Probe, Wildlife Habitat
Council, Ducks Unlimited Canada and The Owl Foundation, along with many local stewardship and conservation
organizations.
OPG’s nuclear, hydroelectric and fossil stations occupy large tracts of land bordering lakes and waterways in some
important ecological areas of Ontario. At each facility, we strive to protect the health and well-being of the native
wildlife and ecosystems. Guided by OPG’s Biodiversity Policy, a number of CCP projects were undertaken to support
our plant sites’ regional biodiversity initiatives. For example:
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We supported the Sileno C. Corsini / Pigeon Marsh —
a 76-hectare wetland complex near Lake St. Clair that is
one of the most important wetlands in North America.
The marsh is a staging area for waterfowl from the
Mississippi and Atlantic flyways and a natural habitat for
rare and endangered flora and fauna. This region will be
home to 700 species of plants and 220 species of birds,
along with fish, reptiles and amphibians. Our
contribution to this project helped Ducks Unlimited to
preserve and restore this ecological heritage site. OPG’s
Lambton Generating Station (GS) staff will participate
in the project’s launch in the Spring of 2001.
OPG honoured the five-year partnership commitment
entered into by Ontario Hydro, with World Wildlife
Fund Canada (WWF). WWF undertook, through their
Wildlife Toxicology Program, independent research on
pollution prevention and endocrine disrupting
chemicals. Public concern with this issue is high, and
WWF has established itself as a key source of
information on endocrine disrupting chemicals.
OPG entered into a multi-year partnership with Trent
University’s Water Quality Centre in support of water
quality testing and research into watershed ecosystems
and contaminant impacts.
We honoured the five-year support commitment by
Ontario Hydro to the Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Chair in
Ecotoxicology at the St. Lawrence River Institute of
Environmental Sciences. The River Institute is
implementing a remedial action plan in the Cornwall-
Massena area, creating artificial fish spawning habitats in
the St. Lawrence River, and researching the diversity of
area wetlands. The Institute is working with OPG’s
R. H. Saunders GS staff monitoring zebra mussel
population densities in the river.
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1) We are proud to support the national and world-renowned research and rehabilitation efforts of The Owl Foundation, located in VinelandStation, Ontario. The Foundation receives many “feathered” friends each year for rehabilitation. Pictured here is Kay McKeever, Presidentof The Owl Foundation with Bob Osborne, Public Affairs Officer, OPG, Niagara Plant Group and Nanticoke GS examining the owl and raptorenclosures rebuilt with support from OPG.
2) “E.T.”, one of the many owls benefiting from the Foundation’s efforts.
3) Pollution Probe logo. OPG was proud to support the promotion of Pollution Probe’s 3Es Report (Energy from Renewables, EmissionsReduction and Energy Efficiency). In addition, OPG was a sponsor of Pollution Probe’s 2000 Fundraising Gala.
4) Trent University Water Quality Centre — laboratory research undertaken by Professor Peter Dillon.
5) World Wildlife Fund logo.
6) OPG was a proud sponsor of Carolinian Canada’s Big Picture Project map and teaching materials on the importance of native forestecosystems in southern Ontario.
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1) The Pembina Institute Climate Change Awareness and Action Education Kit and Ontario Supplementwhich is scheduled for release in Ontario in the Fall of 2001.
2) Port Hope High School’s OPG sponsored Canada FIRST Robotics Team members with Julie Payette ofthe Canadian Astronaut Program and their Robo Hockey entry.
OPG is a proud corporate supporter of the Pembina
Institute Climate Change Awareness and Action
Education Kit (Ontario Supplement) for High Schools.
Other supporters of the kit include the Climate Change
Action Fund, Suncor Energy, BC Hydro and the Suzuki
Foundation. This kit assists high school teachers in
presenting issues, choices and solutions on climate
change.
Port Hope High School in Port Hope, St. Mary’s High
School in Cobourg, Etobicoke/Martingrove Collegiate in
Etobicoke and Gordon Graydon Memorial Secondary
School in Mississauga all entered OPG sponsored teams
in the Canada FIRST Robotic Games which took place
at Mohawk College in Hamilton on March 3-5, 2000.
As well as providing financial support to this event,
members of our engineering staff volunteered their time
to serve as mentors to participating students. Canada
FIRST provides students with a taste of real-world
experience by having them produce an engineering
product that meets specifications on time and within
budget. Three of the four teams OPG supported were
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From January 1999 to December 2000, OPG contributed about $1,500,000 to approximately 211 educational
initiatives. OPG support included 21 Regional Engineering Science Fairs across Ontario and 14 competitions which
culminated in the Youth Science Foundation’s Canada-Wide Science Fair held at the University of Western Ontario in
London on May 19, 2000. A small sample of our support to educational initiatives is highlighted below:
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1) Pictured left to right are Bob Jaffrey, Chairman of the Board, AjaxPublic Library, Geoffrey Nie, Chief Librarian, Monica Olenroot,President, Friends of the Ajax Public Library, Donna McFarlane,Director, Nuclear Public Affairs, OPG and Pat O’Brien, Manager,Public Affairs, Pickering GS.
2) Young participant at National Engineering Week 2000. OPG was aproud corporate sponsor.
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among the top eight finalists of the 21 teams that participated in
Canada FIRST 2000. These teams participated in the International
Symposium for Robotics (ISR2000) held in Montreal in May 2000.
Students not only demonstrated their robots for an international
audience, but also heard a keynote address by Julie Payette of the
Canadian Astronaut Program.
OPG contributed $100,000 to the Friends of the Ajax Public
Library’s fundraising campaign. The contribution pushed the
Friends $1 million campaign to the halfway mark.
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OPG was the lead Corporate Partner for the Engineers
Are Everyday Heroes multi-media educational project
spearheaded by Professional Engineers Ontario and
TVOntario. The project aims to demystify engineering
and science and promote their study by primary school
children in Ontario.
Heroes activities included a series of eight entertaining
educational vignettes, which were produced for airing on
TVO Kids over a period of three years. Each vignette
features a different engineering innovation that solves a
child’s problem. The series was launched on March 4,
2000 and has proven to be very popular with children
and parents.
The “Be an Engineering Hero: Design a Home for
Tumbleweed (TVO Kids’ pet hamster) Contest” was also
launched on March 4 and continued to the end of
March. The contest was promoted on air and on the
TVO Kids website. Thousands of highly creative entries
were received and many designs were constructed and
shown on air. Three simultaneous multi-media stage
shows entitled “Fessie and the Kid” were presented to
enthusiastic audiences on March 4, 2000 during
National Engineering Week at the Ontario Science
Centre in Toronto, National Museum of Science and
Technology in Ottawa and Science North in Sudbury.
OPG engineers participated in all three stage shows
answering questions on general engineering from young
inquiring minds.
Each show was hosted by TVO Kids’ stars and started
with the 20-minute “Fessie and the Kid” video. The
video’s star, Reginald Fessenden (Fessie), a famous
Canadian engineer of the past, guides a student through
stories about engineering heroes of the past, present and
future.
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“Dear Ontario Power Generation…Ontario Power Generation is one of our most valued National Engineering Week supporters. Not only does the company actas a financial sponsor, but large numbers of OPG engineers also participate as volunteers in a wide variety of activitiesacross the province. Knowing that OPG is behind us encourages us to expand our efforts every year to reach more and moreyoung people with messages about the important role engineering plays in our daily lives.”
– John Udd, P. Eng., Chair, National Engineering Week Ontario Steering Committee
1) Sporting a victor’s smile is John MacDonald, a Grade 7 student at de LaSalle College, whose energy conservation project, “Be Warm, Be Cool -Insulate”, won him the OPG Award which assisted him in participatingin the Youth Science Foundation’s Canada-Wide Science Fair, held inLondon, Ontario. Congratulating John on behalf of OPG is Dr. MohanMathur, Vice President, Nuclear Training and Support Services.
2) OPG engineers Ana Dennier, Stuart Kramer and Nick Sion answerquestions from young engineering fans at the Engineers are EverydayHeroes “Fessie and the Kid” Launch on March 4, 2000 at the OntarioScience Centre.
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sPOST SECONDARY SCHOOLSOPG to date has awarded post secondary scholarships/awards to 50 individuals with 11 universities and 22 colleges
participating in OPG’s scholarship program:
UNIVERSITIES:
COLLEGES:
SECONDARY SCHOOLSIn 2000, the company launched a Pilot Secondary School Awards Program in co-operation with the Durham District
School Board to recognize excellence in the fields of science, mathematics and environmental studies. To date, OPG
has granted awards to 36 Durham High School students from the following schools:
Ajax High School
Anderson Collegiate & Vocational Institute
Brock High School
Cartwright High School
Dr. F.J. Donevan Collegiate Institute
Dunbarton High School
Eastdale Collegiate & Vocational Institute
Exeter High School
G.L. Roberts Collegiate & Vocational Institute
Henry Street High School
O’Neill Collegiate & Vocational Institute
Oshawa Central Collegiate Institute
Pickering High School
Pine Ridge Secondary School
Port Perry High School
R.S. McLaughlin Collegiate & Vocational Institute
Sinclair Secondary School
Uxbridge Secondary School
Algonquin College of Applied Arts & Technology
Cambrian College
Canadore College
Centennial College
Conestoga College
Confederation College
Durham College
Fanshaw College of Applied Arts & Technology
George Brown College
Georgian College of Applied Arts & Technology
Humber College
Lambton College
Loyalist College
Mohawk College
Niagara College
Northern College of Applied Arts & Technology
Sault College of Applied Arts & Technology
Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology
Sheridan College
Sir Sanford Fleming College
St. Clair College of Applied Arts & Technology
St. Lawrence College
Carleton University
Lakehead University
McMaster University
Ryerson Polytechnic University
Queen's University
University of Guelph
University of Ottawa
University of Toronto
University of Waterloo
University of Western Ontario
University of Windsor
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Science Camps operated by universities, colleges and professional institutions play an important part in encouraging
young people to take a keen interest in science and engineering. OPG supported over 50 science and engineering camps,
fairs and competitions across the province in 1999-2000. Investing in future scientists and engineers is in the long-term
interest of OPG, and also in the interest of society at large. We are especially pleased that half of our support to science
camps is earmarked towards encouraging young girls to attend these camps.
1) Plaque received from the University of Waterloo’sEngineering Science Quest (ESQ) Camp 2000.
2) Plaque received from the University of Guelph’sCreative Encounters With Science YouthEngineering Science Camp Program.
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“Dear Ontario Power Generation…I would like to thank you for your donation that I received as part of my award at the Trent Regional Science Fair, that washeld earlier this month. I placed first in the senior biological sciences division and to my surprise was awarded $120.00 courtesyof Ontario Power Generation...my project was conducted in an attempt to determine if students were at risk of contractingzoonotic diseases, which are infectious diseases that animals can transfer to humans. I will be going on to the Canada-WideScience Fair in May, which is going to be held in London, Ontario. I hope to use some of the money to prepare for the Canada-Wide Science Fair and save the rest to put towards University in the fall…I am grateful to Ontario Power Generation and itsCorporate Citizenship Program for all of its support and contributions to the field of science.”
– Deyna Dinesen, Winner of the OPG Award at the Trent Regional Science Fair
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3) and 4) Letters of thanks from some recentengineering and science camp participants.
“Dear Ontario Power Generation…I would like to thank you — along with my two daughters — for funding their bursaries to the Superior Science summer camp. The girls hada wonderful time and learned so much about building robots. I think for my girls it was a great help for their self esteem…thank you, from mychildren and I, for this opportunity for them to attend Superior Science.”
– Mrs. Kelly Kuzma and her daughters Tara and Tanya
“Dear Ontario Power Generation…I was delighted when my daughter, Deyna, won first place at the Trent Regional Science Fair held at Trent University recentlybut I was even more delighted to find out her prize came from Ontario Power Generation. I am pleased that our new companyis involved in the development of future scientists and professionals.”
– David Dinesen, Surveillance Technologist, OPG
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Amateur Sports
Our Pickering and Darlington Generating Stations
teamed up as major sponsors of the Ontario Summer
Games which saw 3,000 of the province’s best young
athletes compete in Durham Region from August 10-
13, 2000. In addition to financial support, Darlington
GS provided their sports fields as a venue for the men’s
soccer games. OPG’s Community Event Cruiser was also
a big hit at various venues throughout the Games.
Hospitals and Health
OPG contributed to 12 hospitals and 64 health and
safety-related initiatives across Ontario. These included:
local chapters of the Canadian Cancer Society, The
Arthritis Society, Canadian Mental Health Association,
Canadian Red Cross, Heart and Stroke Foundation of
Ontario, St. John Ambulance, and other provincial and
national organizations such as The Canadian Breast
Cancer Foundation, and The Hospital for Sick
Children.
Humanitarian
OPG and its employees rallied for Walkerton residents
during the recent E-Coli water tragedy in which seven
people died. Bruce Nuclear employees assisted in the
distribution of 57,024 bottles of water provided with
OPG support. In addition, many Bruce employees
performed fundraising and numerous volunteer acts of
kindness. A gate collection at the Bruce plant raised
$14,000 in ninety minutes from employees. This was
complemented by a Corporate contribution bringing the
total OPG and employee financial support to Walkerton
to almost $60,000. In the months since the tragedy,
Bruce Nuclear employees have continued to give
generously in support of their friends and neighbours in
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contribution to the United Way and annual festive season contributions to 25 food banks located across Ontario. Over
300 of the initiatives supported were in plant site communities. These initiatives included support to youth amateur
sport teams and events, hospitals and health organizations, and arts and cultural organizations. A sample of the
initiatives are detailed below:
“Dear Ontario Power Generation…Just a short note from the Games Organizing Committee to thank Ontario Power Generation for their undying support forthe staging of the Ontario Summer Games 2000. Obviously, the financial assistance provided was important, but thecommunity commitment ...of your corporation’s employees, allowed us to host a very successful Games. The support ofOntario Power Generation in the Games was so significant that we do not believe they could have been hosted withoutyour commitment.”
– Thomas W. Flood, Co-Chair, Ontario Summer Games 2000
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1) Beverly Forget, Public Affairs, Darlington GS providing refreshments to soccer enthusiastsin front of the OPG Community Event Cruiser at the Ontario Summer Games 2000.
2) A member of the Darlington-supported under-15 Soccer Team demonstrates his skill duringcompetition in the Ontario Summer Games 2000.
3) Participants in the Ontario Summer Games take time out to celebrate.
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OPG was proud to be a Commission Benefactor of
Music Canada Musique 2000’s (MC2M) Millennial
Celebration. Inspired by our commitment to the
environment and the Trans Canada Trail, coupled with
the importance of contributing to the arts, we were
pleased to support the Trail of Dreams Suite by Oscar
Peterson. The world premiere for Dr. Peterson’s Trail of
Dreams Suite took place on April 11, 2000 at Roy
Thomson Hall.
OPG support included many grass-roots community
initiatives and festivals like the Carassauga Festival in
Mississauga which was sponsored by our Lakeview GS.
Thunder Bay GS provided support to transform Central
School, a Thunder Bay heritage building, into the new
Magnus Theatre.
The community contributions of individual generating
stations are an important component of OPG’s
Corporate Citizenship Program.
The following pages present highlights demonstrating
the grass-roots impact of OPG’s contributions on the
communities, neighbourhoods and regions surrounding
our plants.
Attending the post-premiere reception sponsored by OPG are David Leslie, Chairman and CEO, Ernst and Young; NicholasGoldschmidt, Artistic Director, MC2M; Michel Legrand, Conductor and Arranger; Dr. Oscar Peterson (seated); RonOsborne, President and CEO, OPG; Her Excellency, The Right-Honourable Adrianne Clarkson, Governor General of Canadaand His Excellency, John Ralston Saul.
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1) For 1999 and 2000 combined, the United Way received contributions(employee and corporate) of about $ 1.7 million in addition to sixloaned OPG employee representatives.
2) Meet Andrew Dimeck. He’s one of 160 kids who this summer joinedthe Clarington Fire Department’s Junior Firefighter Program — ahands-on opportunity for 11 to 12 year-olds to learn and practice fireprevention and other safety methods. Joining kids from all over themunicipality at the Clarington Fire Hall, Andrew donned a fullfirefighter’s uniform and took part in fun, challenging and informativesafety activities. At OPG, safety is our number one priority — in thecommunity and in our own operations. OPG’s Darlington Nuclear GSis proud to sponsor programs like Junior Firefighter’s because webelieve safety awareness starts with one person at a time — with kidsjust like Andrew.
2) Opera Mississauga’s production of La Boheme was proudlysupported by our Lakeview GS.
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MAJOR SUPPORT INITIATIVES
1) Ontario Summer Games 2000.
2) Colin Dougherty and CaitlinDougherty ride the MillenniumTrail.
3) Grant Tamane, age 7, a member of the PickeringPanthers - Tyke Hockey Teamwhich Pickering Nuclear GS isproud to support becauseinvesting in kids is one themost powerful things we cancan do.
PICKERING NUCLEAR GENERATING STATIONLocated in the City of Pickering
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x• Pickering GS was a major supporter of the Ontario Summer Games held in Durham on
August 10–13, 2000 (in partnership with Darlington GS). 3,000 athletes and 15,000
spectators participated.
• Pickering GS was a key supporter of the Pickering Millennium Trail which runs along
our plant property and links to the Lake Ontario Waterfront Trail.
• OPG is a major Multi-Year contributor to Durham College’s Creating Futures
Campaign to construct a University Centre. The College is a key partner in the training
and development of OPG nuclear personnel at Pickering, Darlington and the Bruce
Nuclear Generating Stations.
• Over 115 local youth sports teams, tournaments and competitions in hockey, baseball,
soccer, ringette, and figure skating received our support in Pickering and Ajax.
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• Pickering GS contributed to the Ajax and Pickering Health Centre through support of
the Foundation’s various fundraising initiatives, including the Ajax and Pickering Rotary
Clubs and Hospital TV Auction “Operation Lifeline”, The West Durham Festival of
Trees, and the Pickering Town Centre Mayors’ Charity Classic Golf Tournament.
• We are proud to support the Children’s Water Institute and to participate in the
Durham Children’s Groundwater Festival held in Oshawa in October 2000 with over
4,000 Grade 4 and 5 students participating in the Festival, designed to teach young
people about water conservation.
• Other projects in the Ajax and Pickering area that received assistance included: Ajax
Home Week, SCOPA Safe Communities, Pickering Museum Village, Dragon Boat
Festival and the Ontario Special Olympics.
1) Rouge Valley Health System - Ajaxand Pickering Health Centre logo.
2) Happy participants of the DurhamChildren’s Groundwater Festival inOshawa.
3) Deanna Nitsopoulos, Grade 4 student,Durham Region and a participant inthe Durham Children’s GroundwaterFestival learned the value of water inour lives.
4) Brian MacTavish, Vice President,OPG presents gold medals to theWindsor Wildcats, winners at theOntario Summer Games 2000.
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• Darlington GS was a major supporter, along with Pickering GS, of the Ontario
Summer Games held in Durham on August 10–13, 2000. Darlington also played venue
host to the men’s soccer competition, with approximately 2,500 soccer players and
spectators at Darlington’s Soccer Pitches.
• Darlington GS provided support to Bethesda House, a facility in Bowmanville that
offers temporary emergency shelter for abused women and their children. An emergency
fundraising campaign was launched in April 2000 to prevent the centre from closing.
• Darlington GS was also an exclusive sponsor of the Municipality of Clarington’s
Millennium Celebrations and Backyard Festival, a month-long celebration for all
Clarington residents that included a number of homecoming events. Darlington’s
Soccer Pitches provided the venue for the closing fireworks celebration, with about
4,000 residents, business and community members participating.
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DARLINGTON NUCLEAR GENERATING STATIONLocated in the Town of Clarington
Orono Arena and Community Centre.
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• Darlington GS was pleased to support Big Brothers of Clarington’s Bowl for Millions fundraiser in February, 2000.
• A contribution from OPG to the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority (CLOCA) will help repair the Devil’s Den Nature
Trail in Whitby. The trail, which was washed out in spring floods, runs through the Heber Down Conservation Area and is often used
by school groups on environmental studies.
• Darlington’s support to the Orono Amateur Athletic Association helped provide new dressing rooms, a meeting room, and storage
areas in the 2,500 sq. ft. expansion of the Orono Arena and Community Centre. The Orono Arena is designated as a staging area for
emergency response at the Darlington Nuclear Station.
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1) Charles Packer, Site Vice President, OPG presents a cheque to Karen Mayson, ExecutiveDirector, Bethesda House.
2) Brian Duncan, Manager, Operations Support at Darlington GS , talks about safety during acheque presentation to Risk Watch in June. OPG’s financial assistance to Risk Watch willsupport manuals and teaching aids for teachers involved with this wide-ranging youth safetyprogram.
3) Darlington GS was proud to support Bowmanville Hospital in its fundraising efforts throughsupport of their annual Charity Golf Tournament.
4) Getting ready for the Big Brothers Bowl for Millions fundraiser are junior bowlers (front left)Kyle Purdy, Nicholas Purdy, Ashley Connors, and Alecsha Ferency. Presenting a cheque toDon Samis, President, Big Brothers is Penney Waghorne, Public Affairs, Darlington GS. Backright is Harold Yellowlees, Board member. Kneeling is Jenny Walhout, Executive Director,Big Brothers.
5) Darlington GS was proud to sponsor the Men’s Under-15 Soccer Team, participants in theOntario Summer Games.
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• OPG provided major support to the Municipality of Brockton during the recent
E-Coli Water Crisis in Walkerton. Bruce GS employees distributed 57,024 bottles of
water to the residents of Walkerton. This was complemented by a corporate gift and a
Bruce employee gate collection fundraiser. Together with other OPG contributions,
these efforts resulted in about $60,000 in donations being provided to the Walkerton
community.
• OPG support towards equipping the Saugeen Shores Community Complex, coupled
with personal support from Bruce station employees, was instrumental in ensuring the
completion of the Complex.
• A Bruce GS contribution to the Saugeen Rail Trail Association aided in the expansion
and connection of the Trail in Saugeen Shores to McGregor Park.
• Bruce GS support to the Friends of McGregor Park allowed for interpretative signs to
be posted within the park to highlight environmentally sensitive areas.
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OPG support during the Walkerton water crisis: from left - Brian Gilcrist, Mechanical Engineer,Pickering GS, Burrel Gailing, Resident, and Dave Kieffer, Construction Technician, Bruce GS.
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• Bruce GS also supports the Bluewater Summer Playhouse, serving communities around the Bruce Nuclear
site. The Playhouse operates an arts mentoring program for local high school students as well as offering a
number of theatrical productions each year. The Bruce station supported its final summer production,
“Perfect Pie” by Governor General Award winning playwright Judith Thompson. The Playhouse
designated the play’s September 1 performances as a benefit for the Women’s House of Bruce County.
• To help address the area’s shortage of family doctors, Bruce management recommended OPG’s
involvement in a community plan to make low-cost housing available to physicians. With OPG’s assistance,
the communities of Port Elgin and Kincardine now have community-owned dwellings available for use by
physicians relocating to the two towns.
• OPG’s contributions to the Bluewater District School Board assisted naturalization projects at Amabel
Sauble Community School and Port Elgin-Saugeen Central School. These included planting of native trees
and shrubs, erection of sun shelters and provision of tables and benches for outdoor educational initiatives.
These school naturalization areas allow for facets of the Ontario school curriculum to be extended to cover
sections using a “hands on” approach.
1) One of three community-owned Doctors’ residences.
2) Students from Port Elgin-Saugeen Central Schoolhelped plant trees and other vegetation that went intothe first phase of the playground naturalization projectat their school. Money from the OPG CorporateCitizenship Program provided a welcome boost to thefundraising effort. As the trees grow, they will providewelcoming shade in the summer months and shelterfrom the harsh winds of winter.
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OPG’s support to the Atikokan Public Library will enable the provisionof barrier-free access for physically disabled residents.
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• Our support towards the Atikokan Public Library kicked off a fundraising drive that
will enable the provision of barrier-free access for physically disabled residents.
• A contribution to the Atikokan Police Service D.A.R.E. Program (Drug Abuse
Resistance Education) helped get the message out about the dangers of drug and
substance abuse. The Atikokan Police Service utilizes the services of two trained
D.A.R.E. officers to instruct about 250 local Grade 5 and 6 students on the dangers of
drug and substance abuse. The programs have proven to be a valuable educational
experience and at the same time have enhanced relations between the youth of Atikokan
and the local police service.
• OPG sponsored the Beaten Path Nordic Ski Trails in Atikokan. Nordic skiing is a
popular recreational activity in Atikokan.
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• Support to Magnus in the Park, a joint project of the Magnus Theatre Company
Northwest and The Coalition for Waverley Park, will help to transform Central School,
built in 1884, a Thunder Bay Heritage building into a theatre. The theatre will be the
new home of all the Magnus Theatre’s performances, activities and theatre school needs.
The venue will also host many other arts events for the community.
• The Thunder Bay Regional Hospital Foundation’s Care Beyond Compare Campaign to
establish a new regional acute care facility to serve Northwestern Ontario’s 280,000 resi-
dents is a community priority and hence a support priority for our Atikokan, Thunder
Bay and Northwest Plant Groups.
• Our contribution of both financial support and employee volunteers to Thunder Bay
2002 – Clean & Green, Spring Up to Clean Up, aided about 11,000 citizens in
community-wide clean-ups and neighbourhood beautification projects.
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1) Care Beyond Compare logo.
2) Artist’s rendering of the new acute care Thunder BayRegional Hospital in Thunder Bay.
3) Northern Ontario Business Awards, First Nation BusinessAward of Excellence sponsored by OPG and presented byMario Durepos, Public Affairs Officer, OPG (at right) to PierrePelletier, President of 4 K’s Logging.
THUNDER BAY GENERATING STATIONLocated in the City of Thunder Bay
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MAJOR SUPPORT INITIATIVES
1) Mississauga Amateur Radio Clubcelebrates the purchase of newequipment to help in communityemergency responsecommunications, thanks to supportfrom Lakeview GS.
2) Lakeview Sunset Concert Seriessupported in part by OPG.
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• Support from Lakeview GS to the Mississauga Amateur Radio Club aided in the
purchase of a radio repeater that was placed on top of Lakeview GS to enhance the
Club’s emergency preparedness capability. The Lakeview GS proved to be an
excellent location for the new repeater, since both organizations have a common
interest in emergency preparedness.
• Lakeview GS also sponsored Opera Mississauga’s production of La Boheme, which
was performed at the Mississauga Living Arts Centre.
• Lakeview GS was proud to support the Lakeview Business Association’s Sunset
Concert Series at Lakefront Promenade Park. The concerts received rave reviews
this summer from participants and spectators.
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• Lennox GS support to the Lennox and Addington County General Hospital Foundation
provided for a LifeSign Monitor for their emergency department as well as support to
their continuing care facility. The hospital is an integral part of the community and the
designated emergency health facility for Lennox GS.
• The Amazing Loyalist Parkway Country Adventure is a community festival in the
agricultural area of the Loyalist Parkway which promotes the beauty, history, natural
resources and quality of life of the region. The Festival grows in popularity each year and
Lennox GS was proud to sponsor the event in 1999 and again in 2000.
• A contribution to the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte will assist with the development of
a heritage pathway from the original landing site of the “Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte”
through the Mohawk Park ending at the National Historic Site of Christ Church Her
Majesty’s Royal Chapel of the Mohawks. The heritage trail will celebrate points of
historical and cultural significance with signs and plaques commemorating achievements
dating from the original Mohawk Landing in 1783 to the burial sites of the warriors of
1812 to a state-of-the-art R2000 housing development.
MAJOR SUPPORT INITIATIVES
1) Lennox and Addington (L&A) County General Hospital Foundation logo.
2) After handing a $10,000 donation from OPG to the L&A County HospitalFoundation, Ross Forrest, Plant Manager, Lennox GS, has his vital signschecked by registered nurse Debra Vine using the new LifeSign monitorpurchased with OPG’s support.
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• OPG’s ongoing support to the Wildlife Habitat Council’s (WHC) St. Clair River
Waterways for Wildlife Project helps engage U.S. and Canadian corporations,
landowners, natural resource agencies and local conservation agencies on the St. Clair
River in land management strategies for the benefit of native wildlife. The project
contributes to target goals set by the International Joint Commission for de-listing the
St. Clair River as an area of concern. WHC initiatives complement our Lambton GS
biodiversity initiatives. Volunteer efforts of our Lambton employees also benefit the
WHC.
• Lambton GS was proud to support the YMCA of Sarnia Lambton’s Invest in Youth
campaign, which helps local underprivileged children take part in YMCA activities and
developmental programs.
• Lambton GS also funded school naturalization and peace garden projects for Sacred
Heart School, Moore Town Courtright Public School and Sir John Moore Community
School.
• Our Lambton GS is a proud sponsor of the Convention and Visitors Bureau of
Sarnia/Lambton’s Celebration of Lights. This premiere winter tourist attraction takes
place from November 17, 2000 to January 5, 2001 in Centennial Park.
MAJOR SUPPORT INITIATIVES
1) Wildlife Habitat Council volunteers participate inthe Mill Creek Canoe Clean Up in St. ClairCounty.
2) Kneeling in the Sacred Heart School PeaceGarden in Port Lambton are Steven Murphy aGrade 8 student and School Public RelationsCommittee Member, Susan Thurston, CorporateRelations Officer; OPG, Hope Bechard a Grade 4student and Sharon Murphy a Grade 3/4Teacher.
LAMBTON GENERATING STATIONLocated south of Sarnia
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• The Haldimand District Scouts have participated for several years in the annual
Nanticoke GS Earth Week Tree Planting Program. OPG supports their efforts through
our Corporate Citizenship Program.
• Significant support from OPG to the Port Dover Lions Silver Lake Park Project was
used to complete planting of the Carolinian woodlot at the west end of the park and to
enhance the natural landscape of the community.
• OPG’s contribution to The West Haldimand General Hospital Foundation helped the
hospital acquire new x-ray and mammography equipment, allowing approximately 150
women a month who would otherwise have to travel out of the area for mammograms
to be tested locally.
• Nanticoke GS is the “Post It Sponsor” for the Lighthouse Festival Theatre’s 1999 and
2000 Seasons. The Theatre specializes in the research, development and production of
new Canadian plays and attracts upwards of 28,000 people every year.
MAJOR SUPPORT INITIATIVES
1) Haldimand District Scouts participate inNanticoke’s Earth Week 2000 TreePlanting Program.
2) Left to right: Rad Simovic, retired PlantManager, Nanticoke GS, presents acheque to Port Dover Lions JohnRoberts and Don Tomlinson for theSilver Lake Park Project.
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• The Winter Festival of Lights is the premiere winter tourist event in Niagara Falls. OPG
is a sponsor of the Festival, which runs from mid-November to mid-January every year,
attracting an estimated 1,000,000 visitors.
• OPG support of the Niagara District Girls Hockey Association assisted the 17-and-
under team to participate in the Ontario Winter Games. As well, our Niagara Plant
Group also provided sponsorship to one of the associations “house league” teams.
• Niagara PG support to Canadians for a Clean Environment assisted in the development
and promotion of an environmental education program for schools and community-
based children’s organizations covering issues such as: energy conservation, air and water
quality, and the Back Road Dumping Program.
• Public water safety is a priority for OPG’s hydroelectric operations in Niagara and
across the province. As part of our commitment to water safety, OPG is a supporter of
the St. John’s Ambulance Niagara Falls annual summer in-school water safety
presentations and on-the-water patrols.
• OPG partnered with the Carousel Players as the sponsor of their study guide and comic
book for the production of The Last Drop, a travelling educational play for Grades 4-8
that reached 9,000 students, teachers, and parents in 1999. The play examines the
importance of water in our daily lives. OPG will continue its support for the 2000/2001
season.
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MAJOR SUPPORT INITIATIVES
NIAGARA PLANT GROUPHeadquartered in Niagara Falls(pictured: Sir Adam Beck GS)
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1) Winter Festival of Lights.
2) Niagara District Girls HockeyAssociation team sponsoredby OPG’s Niagara Plant Group.
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“Dear Ontario Power Generation…Patients at the Ottawa Civic Hospital and now The Ottawa Hospital have been the beneficiaries of the generosity of OntarioPower Generation through your sponsorship of the MDS Nordion / Ottawa Hospital Fundraising Challenge. In addition, yourcontributions and ongoing support are crucial factors in our ability to attract participants and fundraisers to our cause…onbehalf of the 15,000 women seen annually at the Women’s Breast Health Centre, and the 10,000 men who will visit the newProstate Centre in its first year, their friends and family, please convey to your President how much OPG’s support isappreciated. Thank you for helping us fight cancer every step of the way.”
– David McInnes, VP, Corporate Communications, MDS Nordion and Thomas A. Hewitt, CFRE, The Ottawa Hospital Foundation
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• OPG contributions to the St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences
includes support to the NSERC Chair in Ecotoxicology Research and assistance to
acquire water purification equipment for the water testing laboratories at the Institute. In
addition, our Ottawa/St. Lawrence Plant Group was pleased to support the Institute’s
“Eco-Friends” Environmental Science Youth Day Camps.
• OPG assistance to the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Historical Society will aid the
Cornwall Millennium Community Museum Wood House located in Lamoureux Park,
Cornwall in completing a new “River Gallery” whereby Cornwall’s historical linkage
with water power will be explained. The gallery will be dedicated to the role the St.
Lawrence River played in the development of Cornwall and Eastern Ontario. Our
historical role on the river and in the industrial growth of the region made this project a
priority for support.
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1) St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences laboratorywhere Dr. Jeff Ridal (left), Manager of the Institute and JohnTammage, Manager, Ottawa/St. Lawrence Plant Group examine thenew water purification and testing equipment made possible by agrant from OPG.
2) Ian Bowering, Museum Curator, illustrates work underway on theCornwall Millennium Community Museum Wood House.
OTTAWA/ST. LAWRENCE PLANT GROUPIncludes 10 Stations headquartered in Renfrew (pictured: R. H. Saunders GS)
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• Northeast PG support of Regional Science Fairs in North Bay, North Channel,
Sudbury and Timmins gave hundreds of young scientists the opportunity to compete
with their peers on science and engineering projects, with OPG award winners moving
on to the provincial and national championships.
• Our support for the Sudbury YMCA Centre For Life helped promote the healthy
development of individuals, families, and the community. The programs of the Centre
focus on broad areas of health, including physical, social, emotional, educational,
spiritual and occupational well-being.
• Our Northeast PG was pleased to assist the Wintergreen Fund for Conservation in the
development of an information brochure, “A Guide to the Recreational Trails in the
City of Timmins”.
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1) Harry Coott, President of the South Porcupine Food Bank receives acheque from Merle Gaudette, Budget and Cost Technician forElectricity Production to help out during the 1999 Festive Season.
2) Regional Science Fair participant and OPG award winner T.J. O’Grady,one of hundreds of young scientists that competed in Science Fairsacross Ontario supported by OPG.
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• OPG’s multi-year support to Lakehead University’s Native Access Program in
Engineering (NAPE) has helped increase the number of engineers and technologists of
native descent in Canada. NAPE functions as a unique partnership between
corporations, First Nations and Lakehead University. John Henry Earl, an Engineering
Applied Science Trainee in the Station Engineering Department at our Bruce GS was a
graduate recruit from the Program.
• We proudly sponsored the third Biennial National Student Conference hosted by
Lakehead University Student Chapter of the Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering.
At the conference, students from Alberta, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Saskatoon
examined the national and international scope of Chemical Engineering and were taken
on tours of our plant sites.
1) Native Access Program in Engineering (NAPE) logo.
2) NAPE students hard at work at Lakehead University.
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MAJOR SUPPORT INITIATIVES:
OPG support to the Canadian Canoe Museum assisted in the design oftheir signature exhibit “Portage to the Past” (artist conception of theproposed renovation).
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• OPG helped support the design of a major new exhibit at the Canadian Canoe Museum
in Peterborough — “Portage to the Past,” the museum’s signature exhibit focusing on
the canoe’s integral connection to the natural environment. The exhibit is scheduled to
open in March 2001.
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es• Full name of organization, address, phone, fax, email
and website information as applicable
• Contact person and title
• Revenue Canada Registered Charitable Tax number
(if applicable)
• Description of the organization (purpose, history,
activities, service area)
• Most recent audited financial statements, annual
report and operating budget
• List of Board of Directors or Trustees and staff
• Details of the project to be supported (purpose,
objectives, time lines and a detailed budget)
• Amount and type of support requested from OPG
(i.e., in-kind or cash support) and status as either a
donation (charitable tax receipt will be issued) or
sponsorship (non-charitable tax receipt will be issued)
• Project accomplishments/evaluations: measurable
outcomes of the program and how the success of the
project will be determined and shared
• Details on collaboration: list of other project partners
or organizations contacted for support
• How OPG’s support will be recognized
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
Ontario Power Generation does not provide financial or
in-kind support for a number of activities including:
• “Core” or operating funding
• Religious organizations for sacred or sectarian
purposes
• Individuals, with the exception of recipients of OPG
scholarships, awards, bursaries, and internships
• Trips or Tours
• Conferences, with the exception of those that fall
within our corporate lines of business
• Professional sports teams
To be considered for support, organizations must be either a registered charity or not-for-profit organization and must
provide all of the following information; incomplete proposals will be rejected.
For more information on our Corporate Citizenship Program please visit our website at:www.ontar iopowergenerat ion.com
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