$100,000 donation to IWK Foundation

Last week Portland Street Honda and Honda Canada presented two matching donations of fifty thousand dollars to the IWK Foundation. This comes after another successful “Race to 1000” campaign on the part of Portland Street Honda.

Having now completed its 6th consecutive year, the “Portland Street Honda: Race to 1000” is a four-month campaign in which a portion of each vehicle sale is donated to the IWK Foundation; with a goal of donating $50,000. To date, Portland Street Honda has donated over a quarter of a million dollars to the IWK Foundation. 

With another successful “race” on the books, the Honda Canada Foundation stepped forward and offered to help Portland Street Honda in supporting this worthwhile cause by matching the original $50,000 donation for a total gift of $100,000 for the IWK Foundation.

"We are so incredibly grateful to Portland Street Honda for donating $50,000 through their Race to 1000 campaign in support of the IWK Foundation,” says Jennifer Gillivan, President & CEO, IWK Foundation. “Equally, we are humbled to learn that Honda Canada has matched this donation for a total contribution of  $100,000! We thank Honda Canada, Portland Street Honda and their customers for once again proving how committed they are to ensuring our Maritime women, children and families have access to nothing less than the very best care at the IWK.”

“Both Portland Street Honda and our customers recognize the importance of the work done by the IWK Foundation and it’s dedicated staff.” Said Portland Street Honda General Manager Joseph Burke. “We consider it both an honor, and just the right thing to do, to continue to offer our support to a vital part of our community like the IWK Hospital, an organization that has touched the lives of each and every one of us. That is why we are so pleased to be able to offer another $50,000 donation and to have the Honda Canada Foundation join us this year with their matching donation.”