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Giving back to our community
Our generous team works hard and we love giving back! To select causes that are meaningful to our employees, we collect internal feedback on which charities to support. Then, we rally together to fundraise so we can donate as much as possible.
We’ve also made it a corporate goal to encourage young people to consider a career in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math – STEM. We try to sponsor STEM-related projects and activities whenever possible.
Learn how we’ve made community involvement a priority over the years.
KidsAbility Centre for Child Development
With origins dating back to the 1920s, the KidsAbility Centre for Child Development plays a crucial role supporting children and youth in the Waterloo, Wellington, and surrounding regions.
KidsAbility helps children and youth with communication, physical, or developmental needs realize their full potential by providing assessment, diagnosis, clinical treatment, specialized programs, therapies, and access to specialized equipment and resources.
Taking place each spring, the KidsAbility Plasma Car Races brings together local corporate communities to participate in fun and energetic races with the goal of raising funds and awareness.
PEER Group is a proud supporter of KidsAbility.
To learn more, visit https://www.kidsability.ca/
2026 donation totals
- KidsAbility Plasma Car Races: $16,556.52
- PEER Group Inc. Endowment Fund: $30,000 (total: $210,000)
Food4Kids Waterloo
Food4Kids Waterloo provides a very important service in our community by delivering nutritious food packages directly to at-risk and vulnerable children to ensure they have the nourishment they need. PEER Group is proud to support Food4Kids Waterloo by raising money through various initiatives throughout the year.
To learn more about Food4Kids, visit https://food4kidswr.ca/
2025 donation total: $13,495.97
Send’em Off Smiling
Send’em Off Smiling (SOS) provides backpacks filled with school supplies and clothing to hundreds of children in the Region of Waterloo each year. Established in 1994, SOS has delivered more than 22,000 backpacks to children over the past three decades. PEER Group is a longtime supporter of SOS’s important work in our community.
To learn more about Send’em Off Smiling, visit https://sendemoff.ca/
2025 donation total: $9,477.83
The Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo and Stratford Perth
We love our furry, feathered, and scaly friends and are proud supporters of the Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo & Stratford Perth. The HSKWSP is one the largest humane societies in Ontario, running two animal shelters while supporting people and pets in several municipalities.
To learn more about HSKWSP, visit https://kwsphumane.ca/
2025 donation total: $9,022.89
KidsAbility Centre for Child Development
With origins dating back to the 1920s, the KidsAbility Centre for Child Development plays a crucial role supporting children and youth in the Waterloo, Wellington, and surrounding regions.
KidsAbility helps children and youth with communication, physical, or developmental needs realize their full potential by providing assessment, diagnosis, clinical treatment, specialized programs, therapies, and access to specialized equipment and resources.
Taking place each spring, the KidsAbility Plasma Car Races brings together local corporate communities to participate in fun and energetic races with the goal of raising funds and awareness.
PEER Group is a proud supporter of KidsAbility.
To learn more, visit https://www.kidsability.ca/
2025 donation totals
- KidsAbility Plasma Car Races: $13,441.50
- PEER Group Inc. Endowment Fund: $25,000 (total: $180,000)
Food4Kids Waterloo
Food4Kids Waterloo provides a very important service in our community by delivering nutritious food packages directly to at-risk and vulnerable children to ensure they have the nourishment they need. This year, through various fundraising lunches and an online auction, we donated $26,895.71 to this important organization.
To learn more about Food4Kids, visit https://food4kidswr.ca/
Send’em Off Smiling
Send’em Off Smiling (SOS) provides backpacks filled with school supplies and clothing to hundreds of children in the Region of Waterloo each year. Established in 1994, SOS has helped more than 22,000 children over the past three decades. This year, PEER Group employees raised a total of $13,252 to support SOS fulfill their mission.
To learn more about Send’em Off Smiling, visit https://sendemoff.ca/
Humane Society
We love our furry, feathered, and scaly friends! Through various fundraising initiatives, PEER Group employees raised $8,108 in support of The Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo & Stratford Perth.
To learn more about Kitchener Waterloo Humane Society, visit https://kwsphumane.ca/
KidsAbility Centre for Child Development
The result of various fundraising initiatives, including participation in the annual Plasma Car Race, PEER Group donated $10,309 to the KidsAbility Centre for Child Development. The funds will help them fulfill their mission of empowering children and youth with special needs to realize their full potential.
To learn more about KidsAbility, visit https://www.kidsability.ca/
Food4Kids
Food4Kids Waterloo delivers nutritious food packages directly to at-risk and vulnerable children to ensure they have the nourishment they need. This year, PEER Group employees raised $23,136 in support of this important organization.
To learn more about Food4Kids, visit https://food4kidswr.ca/
KidsAbility Plasma Car Races
PEER Group was proud to sponsor this year’s KidsAbility Plasma Car Races. This annual corporate team-building event raises funds to help KidsAbility provide life-changing assistance to more than 14,000 children in the Region of Waterloo and Wellington County.
More than $75,000 was raised this year, including a $13,556 donation from PEER Group employees and an additional $25,000 corporate contribution to The PEER Group Inc. Endowment Fund, which now totals $155,000.
To learn more about KidsAbility, visit https://www.kidsability.ca/
Send’em Off Smiling
Send’em Off Smiling (SOS) plays an integral role in our community by supplying backpacks, school supplies, and clothing to hundreds of children in the Region of Waterloo each year. PEER Group employees gave generously in support of this amazing organization and raised a total of $13,075.
To learn more about Send’em Off Smiling, visit https://sendemoff.ca/
Humane Society
PEER Group employees collectively raised $9,116 in support of the important work the Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo & Stratford Perth does for our four-legged friends.
To learn more about Kitchener Waterloo Humane Society, visit https://kwsphumane.ca/
Food4Kids Waterloo
More than 3,000 children in the Region of Waterloo do not have access to the food they need to thrive. Food4Kids Waterloo delivers nutritious food packages directly to at-risk and vulnerable children to ensure they have the nourishment they need. This year, through various fundraising lunches and an online auction, we were able to donate $20,189 to this important organization.
To learn more about Food4Kids, visit https://food4kidswr.ca/
Movember
PEER Group’s Movember team put their best lip forward in support of men’s health by growing a complement of cookie dusters, crumb catchers, pushbrooms, soup strainers, and mouth brows. For their efforts, the team raised an impressive $2,764. Congrats guys!
To learn more about Movember, visit https://ca.movember.com/
KidsAbility
PEER Group is a passionate supporter of KidsAbility’s mission to help children in our community reach their full potential through innovative programs and advanced technologies. In 2017, we set up The PEER Group Inc. Endowment Fund in support of KidsAbility and the KidsAbility Foundation.
In commemoration of our 30th anniversary, we donated an additional $30,000 to the endowment fund, raising the total amount to $130,000.
To learn more about KidsAbility, visit https://www.kidsability.ca/
Send’em Off Smiling
Send’em Off Smiling (SOS) plays an integral role in our community by supplying backpacks, school supplies, and clothing to hundreds of children in the Region of Waterloo each year. PEER Group employees gave generously in support of this amazing organization and raised a total of $12,063 to help SOS fulfill their honorable mission.
To learn more about Send’em Off Smiling, visit https://sendemoff.ca/
KW Humane Society
We love our four-legged friends. That’s why we are proud to support the important work being done by the Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo & Stratford Perth. This year, we organized a Super Bowl pool, silent auction, and online bingo and raised a total of $6,318 which was donated to the KW & SP Humane Society.
To learn more about Kitchener Waterloo Humane Society, visit https://kwsphumane.ca/
Canadian Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal
PEER Group employees joined together to play virtual bingo and raise funds in support of the Canadian Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal. Through the purchase of bingo cards, $1,330 was raised, which was matched by PEER Group for a total donation amount of $2,660.
The funds will help the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement respond to humanitarian needs generated by the escalating conflict in Ukraine. Support includes preparedness, immediate and ongoing relief efforts, long-term recovery, resiliency, and other critical humanitarian activities as needs arise, both in Ukraine and surrounding countries, including supporting populations displaced.
To learn more about Canadian Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal, visit https://www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/current-emergency-responses/ukraine-crisis
Photo credit: Canadian Red Cross
Food4Kids Waterloo Region
Each week, Food4Kids WR sends 21 volunteer drivers to 49 schools to deliver packages of food to 886 children affected by chronic hunger in the Waterloo Region. PEER Group is proud to support Food4Kids as they fulfill their inspiring mission to provide healthy food to the children in our community who need it the most. Our fundraising efforts in 2021 raised $11,300.
To learn more about Food4Kids, visit https://food4kidswr.ca/
Movember
Each November, a group of follically-abled PEER Group employees commit their upper-lip in support of Movember, a leading charity for men’s health. In 2021, the PEER Group Mo Bros team hosted online bingo and together raised a total of $2960 for the charity. Well done guys!
To learn more about Movember, visit https://ca.movember.com/
KidsAbility
In 2017, we set up The PEER Group Inc. Endowment Fund in support of KidsAbility and the KidsAbility Foundation. The initial $25,000 donation was made in celebration of our 25th anniversary (25-for-25).
We continue to be proud supporters of KidsAbility’s mission to help children in our community reach their full potential through innovative programs and advanced technologies. This year, we made another $25,000 donation to the endowment fund, bringing the total amount donated to $100,000.
To learn more about KidsAbility, visit https://www.kidsability.ca/
Send’em Off Smiling
Send’em Off Smiling (SOS) supplies backpacks, school supplies, and clothing to thousands of children in the Waterloo Region each year. This year, we donated $10,640 to help SOS deliver hope and smiles to the children in our community who need it the most.
To learn more about Send’em Off Smiling, visit https://sendemoff.ca/
Humane Society
We love supporting great charities, whether that support goes to people – or animals – in our community! This year, through some remote fundraising events like virtual BINGO nights and Takeout Tuesday dinners, our team raised $5,680 for the Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo & Stratford Perth.
To learn more about Kitchener Waterloo Humane Society, visit https://kwsphumane.ca/
Food4Kids Waterloo Region
Food4Kids provides packages of food to hundreds of hungry children in Waterloo Region who live with chronic hunger. In the 2020-21 school year, they aimed to support over 750 kids and we wanted to help them increase that number. Through fundraising efforts at the end of 2020, we raised $8,870 to donate to this great charity.
To learn more about Food4Kids, visit https://food4kidswr.ca/
Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Turkey Drive
We love helping the Kitchener-Conestoga Rotarians with their annual turkey drive, in support of the House of Friendship’s Christmas Hampers program. We’re grateful we can provide the gift of food to local families who need it during the holiday season.
To learn more about Kitchener Conestoga Rotary Club, visit https://kcrotary.ca/
Send’em Off Smiling
Send’em Off Smiling (SOS) provides backpacks, school supplies, and clothing to thousands of kids in our community each year. In addition to our typical donation, a group of PEERs visited the SOS warehouse for an evening to help the SOS team assemble dozens of backpacks.
To learn more about Send’em Off Smiling, visit https://sendemoff.ca/
KidsAbility
PEER Group is a proud supporter of KidsAbility and KidsAbility Foundation. This year, we topped up “The PEER Group Inc. Endowment Fund” with another $25,000 to help multiple children in our community reach their full potential through innovative programs and advanced technologies. We set up the endowment fund initially in 2017 to celebrate our 25th anniversary (“25 for 25”).
To learn more about KidsAbility, visit https://www.kidsability.ca/
High School Robotics Teams
In our ongoing effort to support STEM-related activities for youth in our community, we made in-kind donations of several laptops to two local robotics teams: Rebels 2702 and Team DAVE 3683. Both teams are making great use of the hardware for the 2020 competition season: their software and business services groups use the laptops to perform critical tasks.
To learn more about Rebels 2702, visit https://2702rebels.com.
For more details about Team DAVE 3683, visit www.teamdave.ca.
Kitchener Waterloo Humane Society
The Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo & Stratford Perth helps lots of furry and feathered animals (among others) in our community. We’re always happy to help them out! This year, our team raised $6,600 for the animal-loving charity.
To learn more about Kitchener Waterloo Humane Society, visit https://kwsphumane.ca/
Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Turkey Drive
Every year, the Kitchener-Conestoga Rotarians collect donations to support the House of Friendship’s annual Christmas Hamper Program. And, every year, PEER Group employees rise to the challenge: we organize a series of fundraising events with the goal of providing the gift of food to as many families as possible. This year, our donations provided food hampers – including turkeys – to 112 families in our community!
To learn more, visit the Kitchener Conestoga Rotary Club website.
Movember
A group of PEER “Mo Bros” formed a team this year to support Movember, the leading charity for men’s health. Together, they raised $1,050 through online donations plus $1,300 through a fundraising breakfast and lunch in the office! Go Team Mo!
To learn more, visit the Movember website.
KidsAbility
In October, our marketing team adopted the name, “PEER Group Plasmatix” to participate in the 2019 Plasma Car Races in support of KidsAbility. Through our fundraising efforts and corporate matching program, the Plasmatix team donated $4,684 to KidsAbility and we took the prize for Top Fundraisers! This year, PEER Group sponsored the races with a $5,000 corporate donation and our team helped organize the event. Our President & CEO, Mike Kropp, also surprised KidsAbility with an additional $25,000 donation to top up our existing Endowment Fund with KidsAbility Foundation, which we set up in 2017 with an initial $25,000 to mark PEER Group’s 25th anniversary.
To learn more, visit the KidsAbility website.
Send’em Off Smiling
We love helping Send’em Off Smiling (SOS) put “First Day Smiles” on the faces of local children in need. SOS outfits thousands of kids with clothing and school supplies to help set them up for a successful school year.
To learn more, visit the Send’em Off Smiling website.
2702 Rebels FRC Team
We love supporting STEM-related initiatives for youth. This year, we sponsored a FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team: 2702 Rebels. They designed, built, and programmed a robot to compete in challenges defined by FIRST. The Rebels’ robot performed so well at the provincial tournament that the team moved onto the world championships in Detroit!
For more details about Rebels 2702, visit their webpage at https://2702rebels.com/
KW Humane Society
We love animals! This year, our team raised $3,600 to help the KW Humane Society (KWHS) support animals in our community.
To learn more about KWHS, visit the KW Humane Society website.
Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Turkey Drive
The Rotarians are “talking turkey!” again. Every year, our team raises funds for the Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club’s annual turkey drive in support of House of Friendship’s Christmas Hamper Program. We challenged ourselves to raise $1,000 more than last year and met our goal: our donation provided the gift of food to almost 100 families in our community.
Sonnenstrahl e.V.
Inspired by the giving spirit at PEER Group headquarters in Kitchener, Canada, our European team wanted to give back to their community. They decided to support young people with cancer and donated to a local charity, Sonnenstrahl e.V., in Dresden, Germany.
To learn more, visit the Sonnenstrahl e.V. website.
Send‘em Off Smiling 2018
Each year, our team raises funds for Send’em Off Smiling (SOS), a local charity with a mission to “set children in need on a more hopeful path by outfitting them with clothing and school supplies, intended to send’em off smiling on that first day of school each September”. Over the past 24 years, SOS has helped 19,000 children in Kitchener-Waterloo and Cambridge. In 2017, they helped 1,138 children in the region. This year, we wanted to help them support even more kids so we set a goal to become a Platinum Sponsor. We pulled it off through our dedicated fundraising efforts and donated $10,020.
To learn more, visit the Send’em Off Smiling website.
The Grand Ride
Grand River Regional Cancer Centre (GRRCC) provides treatment and support services for people living with cancer in Waterloo Wellington. The Grand River Hospital Foundation hosts an annual fundraiser where a maximum of 75 cyclists participate in The Grand Ride: a tour through scenic Waterloo Region on 60 or 120km routes. This event raises funds for support programs that help patients and their families cope with the effects of cancer.
In 2018, PEER Group sponsored The Grand Ride at the “Echelon” level.
To learn more, visit the GRRCC website.
KW Humane Society
The KW Humane Society creates safe spaces for animals in our community. Through our fundraising efforts this year, our team raised $2525 for KWHS.
To learn more, visit the Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society website.
KidsAbility Plasma Car Races
On May 4, 2018, our PEER Group Plasmatix team participated in Plasma Car Races to support KidsAbility. We had four drivers and several cheerleaders! Through fundraising efforts, we raised $4,144 for KidsAbility which put us on the leader board for top fundraiser.
To learn more, visit the KidsAbility website.
Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Turkey Drive
One of our favourite local charities is the annual Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club turkey drive that supports House of Friendship’s Christmas Hamper Program. We met our 2017 fundraising goal and donated enough to feed 80 families in our community.
Take Our Kids to Work Day
For the fourth consecutive year, we participated in the national Take Our Kids to Work Day and opened our office up to grade 9 students. We hosted a small but interested group: two of our employees’ teenagers visited us and enjoyed the opportunity to learn about Smart Manufacturing and factory automation software.
Send’em Off Smiling
Kids went back to school in September which triggered our annual donation to Send’em Off Smiling, a local charity with a mission to “set children in need on a more hopeful path by outfitting them with clothing and school supplies”. This year, our team embarked on various fundraising efforts including a “jersey day” sports-themed lunch, a sweet & savory lunch, and some pop-up auctions. We surpassed our goal of $5,200 and made a donation of $6,500 to SOS!
To learn more, visit the Send’em Off Smiling website.
KidsAbility Foundation
The PEER Group ownership team wanted to do something special in the community to celebrate our company’s 25th anniversary in 2017. We chose “25 for 25” and set up a $25,000 Endowment Fund with the KidsAbility Foundation. KidsAbility empowers thousands of children in the KW Region who have complex special needs. The PEER Group Inc. Endowment Fund will be a lasting legacy to help KidsAbility support as many children as possible through their innovative programs and advanced technologies. PEER Group is proud to help KidsAbility help these kids realize their full potential.
To learn more, visit the KidsAbility website.
KW Humane Society
Our team loves to make an annual donation to the KW Humane Society to help them find homes for animals who need families. Through raffles, bake sales and charity lunches, our amazing fundraising team helped us raise $3,100 for KWHS this year.
To learn more, visit the Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society website.
Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Turkey Drive
As professional employees in a vibrant tech community, it can be easy to forget just how fortunate we are. Volunteer organizations like the Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club and The House of Friendship remind us about the joy of sharing. Every year in December, we make a donation to the KC Rotary Turkey Drive which gives the gift of food to many local families in need. This fall, our creative (and competitive) group of employees banded together to put the fun in fundraising: several pop-up auctions, department-run bake sales, and companywide fundraising lunches helped us make an $8,210 donation to the turkey drive.
To learn more, visit the Turkey Drive website.
Take your Grade 9 to Work Day
Our grade 9’s stopped by the Kitchener office to learn what high-tech automation is all about. They had the opportunity to shadow their parent/guardian, attend product demonstrations and partake in a delicious catered lunch.
Send’em Off Smiling
One of our favourite charities, Send‘em Off Smiling, provides backpacks full of school supplies and clothing to local children in need. For the fourth consecutive year, PEER Group employees raised funds through bake sales, silent auctions, and fundraising lunches. Our $5,200 donation will help provide confidence and self-esteem over 50 local kids!
To learn more, visit the Send‘em Off Smiling website.
Alberta Fires Emergency Appeal
Our amazing Admin team hosted a spontaneous Western-inspired breakfast to raise money for our fellow Canadians affected by the fires in Alberta. All proceeds went to the Canadian Red Cross Alberta Fires Emergency Appeal, to be matched by the Canadian government.
KW Humane Society
PEER Group employees love working together to help ensure that more furry friends in the KW Humane Society shelter find their forever homes. Through fundraising efforts (bake sale, book sale, and pop-up auctions), we raised $3,000 for the KWHS – $900 more than we raised last year!
To learn more, visit the Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society website.
Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Turkey Drive
One of our favourite community charities is the annual KCRC Turkey Drive – part of the House of Friendship Christmas Hamper program. Every year, our employees outdo themselves with fundraising and PEER Group matches our efforts dollar for dollar. This allows us to give the gift of food to several families in the Waterloo Region. Combined, our Toonie Tuesday bake sales, hot lunches, and raffles enabled a donation of $8,000 this year!
To learn more, visit the Turkey Drive website.
Take our Kids to Work Day
Our Kitchener office hosted a small group of inquisitive grade 9s for the day on November 4th(coinciding with The Learning Partnership’s annual Take Our Kids to Work™ day). We gave the students a glimpse into high-tech automation and PEER Group products and solutions. The day also provided a nice way for these teenagers to sample typical office life as they met several members of our engineering and admin teams, moved between meeting rooms, and enjoyed a catered lunch.
Send’em Off Smiling
For the third consecutive year, the PEER Group family decided to support local children in need through a donation to Send’em Off Smiling, a charity which provides backpacks full of new school clothing and supplies. All our Toonie Tuesday bake sales and charity lunches sure do pay off! This year, we raised $5,200 ($1,900 more than last year and $2,600 more than the year before that).
To learn more, visit the Send‘em Off Smiling website.
Defeat Depression
The Defeat Depression Campaign invites Canadians to join together and support mental health awareness and promote discussion around depression and other mood disorders. PEER Group hosted a charity BBQ for our office building to raise funds for this organization; we made a donation of $1,045!
To learn more, visit the Defeat Depression website.
Robert Half Suit Drive (with Dress for Success)
PEER Group staff collected interview-appropriate attire and accessories for low-income job seekers, in support of the Robert Half Suit Drive with Dress for Success.
To learn more, visit the Robert Half website.
Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society
Many PEER Group employees are animal lovers. For several years, our employees have hosted fundraising events to raise money for KWHS. This year, we put on a chili lunch and Valentine’s Day bake sale and raised $500 more than last year. We made a donation of $2,100 which will help find forever homes for the many animals in the KWHS shelter. Way to go, team!
To learn more, visit the Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society website.
Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Turkey Drive
Making a donation to the KCRC’s annual turkey drive is one way for PEER Group to give back to the community in which we live and work. We take pride in innovation so we challenged ourselves to come up with new ideas to meet a higher fundraising goal this year.
Our 110 employees raised donations through a garage sale, potato lunch, and a bake sale, knowing that PEER Group would match our contribution. We raised $6032 and encourage other local tech companies to kick start their own fundraising and provide a Christmas dinner to every KW family that would not otherwise enjoy one.
To learn more, visit the Turkey Drive website.
High school students get a glimpse into automation
This year, we had the pleasure of hosting a group of grade nine students in our Kitchener office. They spent a jam-packed day shadowing a parent/guardian, attending presentations where they learned all about factory automation, and engaging in some hands-on exercises. We also had a high school co-op student with us for the Fall semester. Working in the Marketing department, our young media assistant became our resident photographer and also added her creative flair to some promotional materials.
Send’em Off Smiling
For the second year in a row, the PEER Group family made a donation to Send’em Off Smiling, a charity which provides school clothing and supplies for local children in need. This year, PEER Group raised $3300 ($700 more than last year) through a Tupperware sale, pasta lunch, and individual donations to the organization.
To learn more, visit the Send’em Off Smiling website.
Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society
The Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society provides shelter humane care for lost and unwanted pets and tries to find wonderful new forever homes for them. This year we raised $1500 ($300 more than last year) and donated items like bedding, food and leashes.
To learn more, visit the Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society website.
Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Turkey Drive
Every November and December, we donate money for the purchase of turkeys for less fortunate families within the Waterloo Region. This effort is a part of a House of Friendship Christmas Hamper program. This year we raised $2118, after corporate matching a total of $4236 was raised for the Turkey Drive – it was a lot of fun and people like the fact that they are giving to a local cause.
To learn more, visit the Turkey Drive website.
FIRST LEGO League
The FIRST® LEGO® League is an international competition organized by FIRST for elementary and middle school students. In September each year, a new challenge is announced that focuses on a different real-world topic related to the sciences. This year we sponsored a local elementary school team.
To learn more, visit the FIRST LEGO League website.
Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society
The Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society provides shelter humane care for lost and unwanted pets and try to find wonderful new forever homes for them. This year we raised $1200 and donated items like bedding, food and leashes
To learn more, visit the Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society website.
Send’em Off Smiling
Send’em Off Smiling provides school clothing and supplies for local children in need. They rely on teachers to identify those children who will benefit most from the program. We know from teacher feedback that the program does an exemplary job of “connecting the dots” between child poverty, learning readiness, and the future prospects of these children. $2600 dollars was raised this year through a bake sale and donations for ‘Send‘em Off Smiling’ – We sure do love our food.
To learn more, visit the Send’em Off Smiling website.
Philippines typhoon
On November 10, 2013 a typhoon tore its way through the Philippines leaving hundreds of thousands without food, water or shelter. The need for relief was of highest priority. PEER Group came together and collected 15 cargo boxes full of clothing.
