Drouin to donate 500K and help raise 5M over 10 years

[LeHab]

Jonathan Drouin has not lost any time before becoming involved in the Montreal community since he joined the Habs.
The Montreal Canadiens forward announced Tuesday that he will donate $500,000 over 10 years to the CHUM Foundation for the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal.
Drouin said during a visit to the hospital̢۪s research centre on Tuesday that he also intends to get involved in various activities over the next decade to raise $5 million for the institution

http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/jonathan-drouin-makes-500-000-donation-to-the-chum-foundation-1.3596783

Has not even worn a Habs jersey in a pre-season game and already making an impact in the community.

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[xxsciroccoxx]

Awesome! Hats off to him.

 

[Zen Arcade]

Someone wants to get traded.

 

[Hynh]

Guess he wants to help the Preds win a cup.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

He isn't quite like Subban. 50k for 10 years is better than nothing.

 

[MXD]

He isn't quite like Subban. 50k for 10 years is better than nothing.

... Actually, that's the exact same thing as Subban did.
Less money pledged all in all, but the principle is the same, and there's a decent income gap between both players as well. Subban was mostly pledges, too.

 

[SI90]

Someone wants to get traded.

Beat me to it!!!

 

[WTFMAN99]

All kidding aside. Great on Drouin.

 

[Foppberg]

Already demanding a trade? Damn.

 

[A4T1L6]

Respect to him

 

[Baruch]

Congrats on Drouin for the donation&pledge, a good way to show appreciation for your society

Relatively to their salaries, the donation is equivalent.

Waiting for that RDS spam in 3.2.1...

 

[LeHab]

... Actually, that's the exact same thing as Subban did.
Less money pledged all in all, but the principle is the same, and there's a decent income gap between both players as well. Subban was mostly pledges, too.

Similar deals. I believe in PK's case he pledged to raise 10M over 7 years. Technically he could be on the hook for the totality if no one else contributes or he could end up not donating a dime of his own money if others contribute totality. According to globalnews in his first year foundation hit yearly target of 1.4M while Subban + sponsors contributed for 280K. Not clear how much of Subban's money was donated. Now that he is not as visible, he will probably have to contribute quite a bit more from his personal paycheck.

http://globalnews.ca/news/2913873/p...t-year-of-montreal-childrens-hospital-pledge/

In Drouin case he guarantees 50K/year for 10 years of his own money + a target of 5M for his foundation. 5M is more a best effort target not a guarantee.

In both cases, excellent initiatives.

 

[Tralfamadore]

Great PR move.

 

[RussianGuyovich]

soon you habs fans will really get to notice just how much drouin really enjoys giving things away

 

[Pi]

Great PR move.

He doesn't have to do this. He's a French canadian playing for the Habs, that's as good a PR he can get if he's playing well. 500K over 10 years is still better than 0$ over 10 years.

 

[BIG GIFS]

Good job Jonathan, it's great to see players do this kind of stuff.

 

[TheNewEra]

i really hope he has the franchise's permission otherwise thats a huge no no

 

[BIG GIFS]

There was member of the organization with him so I would believe he has the franchise's permission

 

[tony d]

Awesome to see this. Certainly a way to get yourself entrenched in the community.

 

[JoVel]

But he's only doing this to show off! It's better if a poor person donates one dollar!!

 

[beowulf]

Similar deals. I believe in PK's case he pledged to raise 10M over 7 years. Technically he could be on the hook for the totality if no one else contributes or he could end up not donating a dime of his own money if others contribute totality. According to globalnews in his first year foundation hit yearly target of 1.4M while Subban + sponsors contributed for 280K. Not clear how much of Subban's money was donated. Now that he is not as visible, he will probably have to contribute quite a bit more from his personal paycheck.

http://globalnews.ca/news/2913873/p...t-year-of-montreal-childrens-hospital-pledge/

In Drouin case he guarantees 50K/year for 10 years of his own money + a target of 5M for his foundation. 5M is more a best effort target not a guarantee.

In both cases, excellent initiatives.

Except that Subban regularly returns to Montreal specifically for this cause as he cares and wants to help.

 

[TheStroker]

I can't remember which poster it was, but in the Subban thread about his donation, he was pretty vocal how it was all PR stunt and strictly for his ego. Wish I could remember who it was, as I'd love to hear what criticism he could find in a generous act like this.

Good for Drouin. He gets to play for his childhood team and make an impact in the community like this. Good for him.

 

[GeeoffBrown]

500k is a lot of money. He's a lot more generous than I would be lol

 

[Foppberg]

i really hope he has the franchise's permission otherwise thats a huge no no

Someone always has to find the negative out of a situation, eh?

 

[Not The One]

I really hope this will become a Thing here, and it was also a great idea to specify how much Drouin will personally contribute to avoid any misunderstandings.