{"id":42890,"date":"2016-07-05T13:44:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/the-network\/uncategorized\/expo-agf-takes-200-guests-on-a-culinary-journey-and-raises-216000"},"modified":"2024-05-07T15:23:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T19:23:12","slug":"expo-agf-takes-200-guests-on-a-culinary-journey-and-raises-216000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/the-network\/foundation\/expo-agf-takes-200-guests-on-a-culinary-journey-and-raises-216000","title":{"rendered":"Expo AGF takes 200 guests on a culinary journey and raises $216,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/photo_secondaire-7.jpg\" style=\"height:310px; width:649px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;AGF&nbsp;Group Foundation held its third fundraiser on May&nbsp;18&nbsp;at the&nbsp;Toundra&nbsp;pavilion on&nbsp;&Icirc;le&nbsp;Notre-Dame&nbsp;in Montreal.&nbsp;With the&nbsp;theme&nbsp;Expo AGF,&nbsp;the&nbsp;international-flavoured&nbsp;dining&nbsp;experience&nbsp;transported the&nbsp;200&nbsp;guests to&nbsp;eight&nbsp;regions of the world&nbsp;where&nbsp;AGF&nbsp;has operations.&nbsp;The event generated&nbsp;$216,000&nbsp;in net proceeds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A&nbsp;window on&nbsp;AGF International&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AGF&nbsp;has been active on the international&nbsp;scene&nbsp;for more than&nbsp;15&nbsp;years&nbsp;and&nbsp;today&nbsp;has operations in a dozen countries around the world.&nbsp;the Foundation wanted to introduce&nbsp;its business partners&nbsp;to all of these achievements, communities and cultures. &ldquo;Expo AGF&nbsp;was designed to&nbsp;illustrate&nbsp;the AGF experience abroad,&rdquo; said&nbsp;Catherine&nbsp;Gendron,&nbsp;the Foundation&rsquo;s director.&nbsp;On May&nbsp;18, more than&nbsp;200&nbsp;suppliers, customers and other partners&nbsp;came together at&nbsp;La&nbsp;Toundra,&nbsp;Expo 67&rsquo;s&nbsp;Canada Pavilion,&nbsp;where&nbsp;they&nbsp;enjoyed the&nbsp;Expo AGF&nbsp;culinary experience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For this event, eight&nbsp;acclaimed&nbsp;chefs&nbsp;and a&nbsp;sommelier agreed to&nbsp;take on&nbsp;an unusual challenge: create dishes&nbsp;inspired by the cuisines of&nbsp;Costa Rica,&nbsp;the French Caribbean, Peru and the UAE, and pair&nbsp;each one with the perfect wine&nbsp;from&nbsp;Canada, France,&nbsp;Chile or the United States. Four culinary&nbsp;styles&nbsp;and&nbsp;four wine-producing regions to take&nbsp;the taste buds on&nbsp;a trip around the world.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Investing in our communities&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Expo AGF&nbsp;raised $216,000,&nbsp;nearly&nbsp;25%&nbsp;more than the last annual fundraiser.&nbsp;&ldquo;The lion&rsquo;s share of this money will&nbsp;go&nbsp;supporting&nbsp;employees&rsquo; community involvement projects,&rdquo;&nbsp;said&nbsp;Serge&nbsp;Gendron.&nbsp;The Foundation&rsquo;s&nbsp;35&nbsp;ambassadors&nbsp;are already hard at work, discussing projects, supporting each other and taking action in their respective business units. Last year, they organized 65 activities with their colleagues and raised $27,000&nbsp;to invest in causes that are important to them.&nbsp;For each project completed, the&nbsp;Foundation&nbsp;is&nbsp;committed to matching the amount raised by&nbsp;each locally completed project. Since it was established in&nbsp;2012,&nbsp;it has distributed more than $1.5 million&nbsp;to various causes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;AGF&nbsp;Group&nbsp;Foundation&nbsp;will also donate $50,000&nbsp;to&nbsp;La&nbsp;Tabl&eacute;e&nbsp;des Chefs,&nbsp;a non-profit organization with a mission to feed people in need and offer cooking courses for young people. Like&nbsp;AGF,&nbsp;La&nbsp;Tabl&eacute;e&nbsp;is headquartered in&nbsp;Longueuil,&nbsp;and its activities&nbsp;reach across&nbsp;the country and even abroad. Our&nbsp;contribution&nbsp;will serve to fund its&nbsp;Les&nbsp;brigades&nbsp;culinaires&nbsp;training program, which will be offered&nbsp;at more than&nbsp;200&nbsp;secondary schools&nbsp;by&nbsp;2019.&nbsp;Thousands of young people will thus have the opportunity to develop skills so they can eat better and feed their family in future.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;AGF&nbsp;Group Foundation thanks all those who contributed to the success of&nbsp;Expo AGF.&nbsp;Special thanks to:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The&nbsp;employees&nbsp;who assisted the organizers on the day of the event:&nbsp;Francis&nbsp;Archambault, Martine Aubin,&nbsp;Andr&eacute;e&nbsp;Daneau, Danielle-France Fortin, Justin Gauthier, Odette&nbsp;Langlois, Martin Logan,&nbsp;Annick&nbsp;Malenfant,&nbsp;C&eacute;dric&nbsp;Panneton, Claudio&nbsp;Rebolledo&nbsp;and&nbsp;Fran&ccedil;ois&nbsp;Tanguay;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sylvain&nbsp;Vaillancourt,&nbsp;vice-president,&nbsp;Steel,&nbsp;our auctioneer for the evening;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The internal organizing committee:&nbsp;Catherine&nbsp;Badgian, Jean-Pierre Blain, Marie Breton, Anne Charest, Annie&nbsp;Corriveau,&nbsp;S&eacute;bastien&nbsp;Daigneault, Catherine&nbsp;Gendron, Christine&nbsp;Girouard&nbsp;and&nbsp;Jo&euml;lle&nbsp;Meloche;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The external organizing committee, for their help with ticket sales:&nbsp;Normand A.&nbsp;Brais, Moreno De&nbsp;Marchi,&nbsp;Serge&nbsp;Gendron,&nbsp;Daniel Pelletier&nbsp;and&nbsp;Michel St-Jean.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ligne_bleue_separation_version_e-1909.jpg\" style=\"height:67px; width:400px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/photo_secondaire-8.jpg\" style=\"height:310px; width:649px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Expo AGF haca viajar a 200&nbsp;personas y se recaudan 216&nbsp;000&nbsp;CAD<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>La Fundaci&oacute;n Grupo&nbsp;AGF organiz&oacute; su tercera cena de beneficencia el pasado 18 de mayo en el pabell&oacute;n La Toundra de la &Icirc;le Notre-Dame. Con el tema <em>Expo&nbsp;AGF<\/em>, la experiencia gastron&oacute;mica con sabores internacionales transport&oacute; a sus 200&nbsp;comensales, durante una noche, a ocho regiones del mundo en las que AGF est&aacute; presente. Los beneficios netos del evento: 216&nbsp;000&nbsp;CAD.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Una ventana hacia AGF International<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AGF se abri&oacute; al internacional desde hace m&aacute;s de quince a&ntilde;os. Hoy se ha implantado en alrededor de una docena de pa&iacute;ses en el planeta. Es la misma cantidad de realizaciones, decoraciones y culturas que la Fundaci&oacute;n deseaba darles a conocer a sus socios de negocios. &ldquo;<em>Expo&nbsp;AGF<\/em> fue concebida para hacer vivir la experiencia AGF al internacional&rdquo;, subraya Catherine Gendron, Directora de la Fundaci&oacute;n. El pasado 18 de mayo, m&aacute;s de 200 proveedores, clientes y otros colaboradores respondieron al llamado. Reunidos en La Toundra, pabell&oacute;n de Canad&aacute; durante la Expo&nbsp;67 de Montreal, vivieron la experiencia gastron&oacute;mica <em>Expo&nbsp;AGF.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Para la ocasi&oacute;n, ocho chefs y una sumiller de renombre aceptaron un desaf&iacute;o bastante particular: dise&ntilde;ar platos in&eacute;ditos inspirados en la gastronom&iacute;a de Costa Rica, de las Antillas francesas, de Per&uacute;, de los Emiratos &Aacute;rabes Unidos y, para cada una, seleccionar un vino de Canad&aacute;, Francia, Chile o Estados Unidos que combinara perfectamente. Cuatro estilos culinarios, cuatro regiones vit&iacute;colas; no hac&iacute;a falta nada m&aacute;s para hacer viajar las papilas gustativas de nuestros comensales a las cuatro esquinas del mundo&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Una inversi&oacute;n para nuestras comunidades<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Expo&nbsp;AGF<\/em> gener&oacute; un beneficio de 216&nbsp;000&nbsp;CAD, casi 25% m&aacute;s que nuestro evento anual del a&ntilde;o pasado. &ldquo;La mayor parte servir&aacute; para apoyar los proyectos de implicaci&oacute;n social de los empleados&rdquo;, afirma Serge Gendron. De hecho, los 35 embajadores de la Fundaci&oacute;n ya han puesto manos a la obra: dialogan, se ayudan mutuamente y act&uacute;an en su unidad de negocios respectiva. Junto con sus colegas, organizaron 65 actividades y reunieron 27&nbsp;000&nbsp;CAD el a&ntilde;o pasado, que invirtieron en causas queridas para ellos. Ahora bien, por cada proyecto realizado, la Fundaci&oacute;n se comprometi&oacute; a igualar el monto recaudado, duplicando as&iacute; los esfuerzos desplegados localmente. Desde su creaci&oacute;n en el 2012, se han entregado m&aacute;s de 1.5&nbsp;millones de d&oacute;lares de esta manera.<\/p>\n<p>La Fundaci&oacute;n Grupo AGF otorgar&aacute; igualmente 50&nbsp;000&nbsp;CAD a <em>La Tabl&eacute;e des Chefs<\/em>, un organismo sin fines de lucro cuya misi&oacute;n es alimentar a las personas necesitadas y desarrollar la educaci&oacute;n culinaria de los j&oacute;venes. Al igual que AGF, <em>La Tabl&eacute;e<\/em> estableci&oacute; su sede social en Longueuil y sus actividades se extienden a trav&eacute;s del pa&iacute;s e incluso al extranjero. Nuestra contribuci&oacute;n servir&aacute; para financiar su programa de formaci&oacute;n <em>Les brigades culinaires<\/em> en m&aacute;s de 200 escuelas secundarias de aqu&iacute; al 2019. Miles de j&oacute;venes tendr&aacute;n la oportunidad de desarrollar sus competencias para alimentarse mejor y finalmente alimentar a su familia.<\/p>\n<p><em>La Fundaci&oacute;n Grupo AGF desea agradecerles a todos los que contribuyeron al &eacute;xito de la Expo&nbsp;AGF. Gracias especialmente:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; a los empleados que vinieron a ayudar a los organizadores durante el d&iacute;a D: Francis Archambault, Martine Aubin, Andr&eacute;e Daneau, Danielle-France Fortin, Justin Gauthier, Odette Langlois, Martin Logan, Annick Malenfant, C&eacute;dric Panneton, Claudio Rebolledo y Fran&ccedil;ois Tanguay,<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; a Sylvain Vaillancourt, Vicepresidente, Acier&nbsp;AGF, nuestro encantador por una noche,<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; a los miembros del Comit&eacute; organizador interno: Catherine Badgian, Jean-Pierre Blain, Marie Breton, Anne Charest, Annie Corriveau, S&eacute;bastien Daigneault, Catherine Gendron, Christine Girouard y Jo&euml;lle Meloche,<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; y a los miembros del Comit&eacute; organizador externo, por su ayuda para la venta de boletos: Normand A. Brais, Moreno De Marchi, Serge Gendron, Daniel Pelletier y Michel St-Jean.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;AGF&nbsp;Group Foundation held its third fundraiser on May&nbsp;18&nbsp;at the&nbsp;Toundra&nbsp;pavilion on&nbsp;&Icirc;le&nbsp;Notre-Dame&nbsp;in Montreal.&nbsp;With the&nbsp;theme&nbsp;Expo AGF,&nbsp;the&nbsp;international-flavoured&nbsp;dining&nbsp;experience&nbsp;transported the&nbsp;200&nbsp;guests to&nbsp;eight&nbsp;regions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":42881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[229],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-foundation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42890"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55989,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42890\/revisions\/55989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}