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As a Canadian telecommunications and entertainment leader, Videotron has a responsibility and an active commitment to the communities in which it does business. Acting through Quebecor, through Quebecor companies, and directly, Videotron supports worthwhile causes by giving to support youths, families in need, the environment and the Vigilance on the net program designed to educate kids about the dangers of the Internet.

Giving

All requests for donations should be addressed to:

Quebecor inc.: Communications Department – Donations
612 Saint-Jacques St.
Montréal, Québec
H3C 4M8

Each request should be accompanied by a description of the organization and its mission, audited financial statements (if available) and a statement of how the donation will be used. The contact person's name and contact information must be included.

Requests will be reviewed by a committee created for the purpose, which meets every two or three months. The successful applicants are informed after each meeting.

Quebecor tries to respond favourably to as many requests that meet its corporate giving priorities as possible, budgets permitting.

For sponsorship requests, see Sponsorships.

The environment

Allô la Terre and online billing

Allô la Terre
In 2008, Videotron and Quebecor teamed up with Jour de la Terre-Québec (Earth Day) to launch a mobile phone recycling program. The Allô la Terre program gives the mountains of mobile phones discarded in Québec every year a second life. The components are recycled and hazardous materials are disposed of in a safe manner.

Cell phones and accessories that are no longer being used or no longer functional can be deposited in one of the 240 recycling bins located in every Le SuperClub Vidéotron store, Videotron stores and counters, and Archambault stores across Québec.

All proceeds from the resale and recycling of the phones go to Earth Day's green belts program. For more information, visit www.jourdelaterre.org.

Online billing
The partnership between Videotron and Earth Day to support the online billing program has now ended. The five-year program has been a resounding success: more than 245,000 trees have been planted and it is projected that another 100,000 will be planted next year. Videotron thanks all the customers who signed up for online invoices. We are developing new initiatives to continue promoting online billing to our customers.

To subscribe to online billing, go to the Customer Centre on the Videotron website and click on Online Invoice.

Vigilance on the net

In the summer of 2007, Videotron launched a large-scale awareness-raising campaign to promote safe Internet use among Québec teens and adults.

Between 2007 and the end of 2009, the Vigilance on the net tour, fronted by Antoine Mongrain (VRAK TV, l'Académie des mots, VOX), visited the schools to educate kids about the potential dangers of the Internet. The content of the presentation was developed with the help of Denis Talbot (M. Net, Musique Plus). The idea was to grab young people with concrete examples that were relevant to their lives, so they could relate to the situations described by Antoine Mongrain.

The enormously successful Vigilance on the net tour reached nearly 25,000 youths aged 12 to 17, parents and teachers in the space of three years. Given that teachers are in constant contact with students, the Vigilance on the net team decided at the beginning of 2010 to put together an educational kit on Internet hazards for teachers to use in the classrooms themselves. The Vigilance on the net kit is available free of charge upon request. For more information, visit www.vigilancesurlenet.com.

Videotron teamed up with a number of partners for this campaign, including police departments across Québec and the Tel-jeunes help line.

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