Community Report
2020
2020
Doing Our Part:
Giving back to the community
LifeLabs has a long history of giving back to the communities where we live and work – and 2020 was no different. In 2020, over 60 LifeLabs employees supported 57 unique non-profits, including organizations like Sick Kids, Girl Guides, BC SPCA, and Autism Ontario. Together, LifeLabs and its employees donated more than $25,000 to local charities in our communities, helping to provide support for those in need.
Wearing Jeans in Support of BC Children’s Hospital
LifeLabs employees showed their support for BC Children’s Hospital by donning some denim and taking part in Jean Up, a virtual event to raise funds for kids in BC facing life-altering illnesses.
Prostate cancer testing drive, Victoria
Victoria, BC: Employees at the local collection site administered 735 PSA tests at the annual Men’s Health Day run by Island Prostate Centre. A similar event was held in Thunder Bay, Ontario, in partnership with the Prostate Cancer Canada Network. The events help to raise awareness and encourage men to participate in screening programs.
POGO event, Sudbury
LifeLabs staff held a pajama party for kids at the cancer care unit in Health Sciences Centre North in Sudbury, Ontario. Events like these across the province raised $60,000 for the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario to help children battling cancer.
Scholarship students
Our 2020, LifeLabs Family Scholarships were awarded to 11 students. This is an annual program for children of LifeLabs employees.
Go Blue initiative
By selling shirts and buttons, LifeLabs staff in British Columbia helped raise over $13,000 for Pacific Autism Family Network.
Walk so Kids Can Talk event
LifeLabs came out in full force at the national 5km Walk So Kids Can Talk event. More than 250 LifeLabs employees in 18 communities raised $14,000 to support Kids’ Help Phone.
Dr. Reddy
LifeLabs pathologist Dr. Suseela Reddy received the Award for Community Service for her volunteer work supporting local and international charities such as Operation Eyesight Universal, the Red Cross, Open Door, and Two Worlds Cancer Collaboration. She has personally donated blood more than 200 times, and twice donated her hair to Wigs for Kids.
Movember
Even if you couldn’t see their moustaches behind their masks, this year the LifeLabs Movember team raised over $10,000 in support of men’s health in British Columbia.