HBC Run for Canada Part 2
Posted by FLATOUT JIM
For any Canadian readers, who read my rant about the cancelled HBC Run for Canada, I emailed HBC relaying my opinion of the cancellation. The email was pretty much a copy of my post. Much to my surprise, I received a reply Feb 2. This is the email I received.
Hello,
Thank you for your feedback regarding the cancellation of the Hbc Run for Canada. We sincerely appreciate your feedback; it was an event that we held a lot of passion for because of it's support of Canadian athletes, and grass root engagement with Canadians coast-to-coast.
Unfortunately, due to the current economic environment, we had no choice but to cancel the event moving forward. We're in the process of developing new programs that will continue to help us support 200 athletes each year with $5,000 bursaries, and once again engage our employees and customers.
We do appreciate the feedback that you've provided. We will take this into consideration as we develop our plans going forward.
Sincerely,
Diane Gordon
Director, Hbc Community Investment
I appreciate the reply, and to a certain extent, I can sympathise with them with the economic conditions right now, however, I really feel honesty is the best policy, and I felt the news release sounded a little too much like they were trying to cover up the fact that they were making a purely economic decision by throwing in a bunch of baloney about focusing on our 200 athletes they are sponsoring for Vancouver 2010.
Anyway, there you have it. I am looking forward to the boat load of medals Canada is going to haul away next winter. I still haven’t told my 8 year old yet.
