Riding for Research
A longstanding JDRF partner, RBC has donated over more than $8.2 Million to the organization since 1999, either in corporate sponsorships of our Galas and events, through the bank and Foundation or by employee giving through our Walk and Ride fundraising events.
RBC has donated over more than $8.2 Million to the organization since 1999
RBC’s incredible support of JDRF’s mission through personal donations, fundraising campaigns, volunteering on leadership committees and cabinets and event attendance in huge numbers across the country, speaks volumes of their longstanding commitment to help improve the lives of everyone with type 1 diabetes.
Each year, JDRF selects an Honouree to recognize at our A Night of Promise Toronto galas. This award is bestowed to an individual or organization that has demonstrated a high degree of support to JDRF and overall philanthropic giving. In 2019, it seemed fitting that we look to honour RBC. It was the year when dozens of RBC staff members volunteered at the Toronto Sun Life Walk to Cure Diabetes for JDRF helping with the registration process to ensure the event ran smoothly and contributing to its huge success. RBCers also took part in the 2019 Sun Life Ride to Defeat Diabetes for JDRF putting in teams of 5 for Ride events across the country. RBC teams at the Peel Ride from RBC’s call centre come out in full force every year.
2019 Toronto RBC WaterPark Micro Ride
But their biggest success has been undoubtedly the RBC WaterPark Micro Ride in Toronto. The Ride brings Canadians together in a friendly stationary bike-athon to see who can get loud and raise the most money for T1D research. The RBC Micro Ride only began in 2018, and what started with a conservative fundraising goal of $50,000, ended in an incredible $125,000 raised for diabetes research, finishing up as the largest JDRF Micro Ride ever in all of Canada.
After this incredible accomplishment, RBC set out to knock their fundraising out of the park once again in 2019 raising another $125,000 and proving one more time their ongoing success as an established leader in their support for the T1D community. There is no doubt that the RBC Micro Ride is here to stay as a fun event with committed individuals who are helping us fuel incredible research progress that will improve the lives of everyone with type 1 diabetes.
We could not be more proud and thankful for having RBC as a valued JDRF partner to help us move our research forward every year!