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Burnaby businesses raise funds for local non-profits

Four Burnaby-based non-profits are the real winners of the Burnaby Board of Trade’s membership drive last month. The annual competition pits four teams against one another to see who can sign up the most new members for the board of trade.
Cayley Dobie
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Good works: Team Blue came in first in the June membership drive for the Burnaby Board of Trade, raising more than $2,100 for Burnaby Community ServicesContributed

Four Burnaby-based non-profits are the real winners of the Burnaby Board of Trade’s membership drive last month.

The annual competition pits four teams against one another to see who can sign up the most new members for the board of trade. For every new member brought in, the board of trade donates $100 to the team’s partner non-profit.

This year’s drive raised $9,300 for Canada Scores Vancouver, Burnaby Neighbourhood House, Burnaby Community Services and Charlford House, according to the Burnaby Board of Trade.

In all 62 new members were signed up, with the blue team, led by NOW publisher Lara Graham, coming in first place by registering 21 new members. For coming in first place, the board of trade donated an extra $50 per new member to the team’s partner non-profit – Burnaby Community Services.