NEWS RELEASE
MUNICIPAL RETIREES ORGANIZATION OF ONTARIO
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The Municipal Retirees Organization of Ontario (MROO) is pleased to announce that in 2021 MROO donated a total of $7,000 to local charities and organizations across the region. This year, MROO donated a total of $63,000 to local organizations and charities across Ontario as part of their COVID-19 relief initiative.
MROO, a not-for-profit organization that advocates and supports the rights of OMERS pensioners, is divided into 9 Zones across the province. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, many events and conferences were cancelled in 2021. The Board of Directors decided to put these savings from those events back into their local communities.
In Zone 9, which includes the following counties of Simcoe, Grey, Dufferin, the District of Muskoka and Kawartha Lakes, Director of Zone 9, Cindy Snider and her team, donated to the following 12 local Salvation Army Food Banks in the region:
- Bracebridge Community Church
- Collingwood Community Church
- Fenelon Falls Corps
- Georgina Community Church
- Gravenhurst Community Church
- Huntsville Food Bank
- Midland Community Church
- Lindsay Community Church
- Orangeville New Hope Community Church
- Orillia Salvation Army Food Bank,
- Owen Sound Community Church and
- Barrie Bayside Mission Centre.
President of MROO, Keith Robicheau, is very pleased with this initiative from the Board of Directors and Zone Directors.
“MROO is all about supporting and advocating for our members and our local communities," said Robicheau. "We couldn’t be happier with the efforts of our Zone Directors to continue to connect with and support their local communities during this very difficult year. Through grass-roots initiatives and community outreach, MROO continues to be a pillar of support across Ontario.”
About MROO
MROO was created as a not-for-profit corporation in 1977 and speaks on behalf of all OMERS retirees providing services and support to 30,000+ members. MROO is the largest OMERS retiree organization and the only one with membership open to retirees from all walks of local government life. Find out more about MROO here.
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