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Article: EDS Announces Enhancement of $100K Grant to Help Military Families With Further $90K Donation.
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- June 28, 2007
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OTTAWA, June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Recognizing the significant pressures that face Canadian military families, EDS has built on its $100K grant and brought in some of its key suppliers for an additional $90,000 donation to the Chief Of the Defence Staff Military Families Fund.
The donation was presented to General Rick Hillier, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) at a fund-raising meeting at the National War Museum in Ottawa this week.
"I know from my own experience that often military life takes a tremendous toll on families especially when their loved ones are posted overseas," said Al Hurd, VP Government. "You hear stories about how families are ...