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Our promise is to help create a better future for Canadians by looking forward and imagining the life we want for ourselves, our children and our grandchildren.  At Manulife, this means creating products and services that help our customers secure their futures and their families’ futures.  And it means building strong, resilient communities by supporting initiatives and programs that encourage innovative, forward-thinking ideas that help us create the future of our dreams. 

The Manulife Volunteer Commitment 
In 2010, Manulife donated more than $8.8 million to help more than 350 non-profit organizations across Canada.  But donations alone can’t fulfill our promise to create a better future for Canadians. 

That’s why Manulife is making a major commitment to supporting volunteerism in Canada and unleashing the power of Canada’s volunteers towards building a better future for us all. To learn more about what’s behind our commitment, click here.

The generosity of our employees
Just as people are our strongest asset in business, they are also the cornerstone of our community efforts. Whether it’s swinging a hammer for Habitat for Humanity, running, walking or cycling to raise money for a good cause, or donating generously through Manulife’s United Way campaign, they are helping create strong, vibrant communities. 

In 2010, employees in Canada donated more than 20,000 volunteer hours, through Manulife-sponsored programs and events and on their own time.    

Manulife supports a number of community organizations through a commitment of both funds and employee time including:

• Junior Achievement 
• Evergreen Foundation 
• Habitat for Humanity 
• Frontier College Homework Clubs  

 Employees and their families and friends also have an opportunity to participate in a number of Manulife-sponsored community fundraising events: 

• Manulife Bike & Hike for Heart - supports St. Mary’s Regional Cardiac Care Centre in Kitchener 
• Manulife Dragon Boat Festival- supports Sport Nova Scotia in Halifax 
• Manulife Walk for Memories - supports the Alzheimer Society of Toronto 
• Pedal for Kids - supports Montreal Children’s Hospital  

These are some of the ways that Manulife works together with our employees to help create the strong, vibrant communities we want for today and for the future. 

Funding Guidelines
Manulife accepts community funding requests through an online funding application. 

Although organizations are welcome to apply online, please note that due to a number of multi-year commitments, Manulife’s community funding budget is very limited for new partnerships in 2012.   As you may appreciate, Manulife receives thousands more funding applications from very worthwhile organizations than we can possibly support.   While we wish we could support them all, it’s just not possible. 

Public Accountability Statement
Manulife’s Public Accountability Statement provides more information about our corporate giving in Canada and globally.