{"id":41069,"date":"2024-10-15T08:58:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T13:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/?p=41069"},"modified":"2025-03-24T12:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T17:24:06","slug":"1-4m-net-raised-in-support-of-portages-mission-a-resounding-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/1-4m-net-raised-in-support-of-portages-mission-a-resounding-success\/","title":{"rendered":"$1.4M net raised in support of Portage\u2019s mission – a resounding success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

The 21st edition of the Soir\u00e9e des Grands Philanthropes, held on October 3rd, paid tribute to Eric La Fl\u00e8che, President and Chief Executive Officer of METRO inc.<\/a><\/p>\n

The evening highlighted Mr. La Fl\u00e8che’s outstanding contribution to the business community and to the economic development of Qu\u00e9bec, as well as his commitment to helping underprivileged youth and adults.<\/p>\n

METRO and Portage have worked together for more than 30 years to help young people struggling with addiction. The Portage family is truly privileged to be able to rely on METRO’s steadfast support, for which it is deeply grateful.<\/p>\n

The event welcomed 780 guests to Windsor Station’s Salle des pas perdus, in Montr\u00e9al, as well as 135 guests who attended from Qu\u00e9bec City via a live broadcast from the Fairmont Le Ch\u00e2teau Frontenac<\/a>.\u00a0 We also had the honour of welcoming Christine Fr\u00e9chette, Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy, Minister Responsible for Regional Economic Development and Minister Responsible for the Metropolis and the Montr\u00e9al Region. We thank her for attending and for supporting Portage’s mission.<\/p>\n

Journalist and well-known presenter Isabelle Mar\u00e9chal co-hosted the evening with TVA Qu\u00e9bec anchor Julie Couture. A truly dynamic duo.<\/p>\n

During the evening, Laurie and Yasmin, who completed their therapy at Portage, talked about their experience, one in Montr\u00e9al and the other in Qu\u00e9bec City. \u00a0The guests were moved by the testimonials, which helped them realize just how much a stay at Portage changed these young women’s lives.\u00a0 Laurie and Yasmin’s testimonials illustrate perfectly the impact of Portage’s programs in the community.<\/p>\n

Christian Marc Gendron and his wife Manon S\u00e9guin entertained the guests with a musical repertoire that spanned the generations. The tremendously talented and well-known artist and composer of the hit Piano Man trilogy gave an outstanding performance.<\/p>\n

Our sincere thanks to co-chairs Madeleine Paquin, President and Chief Executive Officer of LOSGISTEC from 1996 to 2004, and Pierre Boivin, Chairman of METRO Inc., to the members of the honorary committee, and to the partners, participants and volunteers who helped make the event a success. We would also like to thank the teams of the Fairmont Le Reine Elizabeth and the Fairmont Le Ch\u00e2teau Frontenac, who prepared a 4-course gourmet meal for over 900 people, as well as guest chef Helena Loureiro, who prepared a gourmet menu showcasing the flavours of Portugal. All proceeds from the event will go to Portage’s programs in Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n

This highly successful 21st edition will remain forever in our memories.<\/p>\n\t

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The 21st edition of the Soir\u00e9e des Grands Philanthropes, held on October 3rd, paid tribute to Eric La Fl\u00e8che, President and Chief Executive Officer of METRO inc. The evening highlighted Mr. La Fl\u00e8che’s outstanding contribution to the business community and to the economic development of Qu\u00e9bec, as well as his commitment to helping underprivileged youth… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":41062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-quebec-foundation-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41069"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42358,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41069\/revisions\/42358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}