Sarnia

United Way Receives Generous Donation From Imperial Oil

Imperial Oil has given a cheque for over $47,000 to the United Way of Sarnia-Lambton.

The company recently held a series of art auctions and donated some of the proceeds to the organization.

Executive Director Dave Brown says they were pleasantly surprised by the company's generosity.

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The 2014 United Way Campaign raised $1,955,000.

25 per cent of that was contributed by Imperial Oil through corporate, employee and retiree donations as well as special events.

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