CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY
Caring for Communities Around the World
As part of our corporate social responsibility efforts, The Vista Group of Companies is committed to improving the communities closest to us and society in general.
The Visram Foundation (The Malekkhanu & Sherali Fazal Visram Memorial Foundation) is our foundation and aims to provide daily care of orphaned and underprivileged children in India. Through The Visram Foundation, commonly known as REACH, we further the legacy of the Visram family in supporting various charitable efforts in Canada, the United States, and India.
Please take a look below for a complete collection of our efforts in making the world a better place.
PARTNER PROGRAMS & EFFORTS
Affecting Change in Local Regions
The Vista Group of Companies owns and manages numerous properties in Canada and the United States. As such, we have engaged in several different programs to affect change in the communities in which we are located.
GREEN ENGAGE
Green Engage is an online environmental sustainability tool, which gives hotels the ability to track how much energy, carbon and water they are using, as well as assess how waste is managed. The IHG Green Engage system comprises of more than 200 specific actions – or ‘Green Solutions’ – designed to reduce a hotel’s environmental impact.
GREEN KEY ECO-RATING
Our hotels and resorts are audited and rated by the Hotel Association of Canada’s well-established and well-regarded Green Key Eco-Rating Program. This program recognizes companies like ours that are committed to improving their environmental performance.
GREEN KEY MEETINGS
The Green Key Meetings program, co-created by Green Key Global and The MPI Foundation Canada, is a comprehensive assessment tool for lodging and event facilities that host meetings of any size. Developed with the assistance of senior meeting planner professionals, the program is an excellent tool for travel, meeting and conference planners in determining a facility’s level of commitment to environmental issues.
LOCAL PRESENCE ORGANIZATIONS
Changing Our Local Communities
CANADA
Kitchener, ON
- Cancer Run
- Big Bike for Heart & Stroke
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Habitat for Humanity
Windsor, ON
- ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Saquenay, QC
- Canadian Cancer Society
- Coramh
- Fond de Dotation Jonquiere
- Foundation de Ma Vie
- Foundation Mira
- Jonquiere Medic
- Lions Club
- Maison Deschene
- Maison Notre Dame
- Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
- Optimist Club
UNITED STATES
Orlando, FL
- CFHLA Adopt a School Winegard Elementary School
- Charity Challenge
Binghamton, NY
- A Room to Heal: Creating healing environments for children affected by life-challenging medical conditions. By giving these children a special, comforting place to rest, we build smiles, one child at a time.
- Berkshire Farms
- Breasts Cancer Fun Walk
- Christmas Dinner that feeds over 3500 people
- CVS Cancer Dinner
- Gorgeous Washington program which brings Arts the downtown area
- Greater Binghamton Futbol Club
- Humane Society for the Annual Duck Derby
- Johnson City Schools Prom Dress Donation Program
- Make a Wish for a local family SUNY Broome – Care packages to Haiti
- MDA Kickoff Party
- SPEAK Animal Shelter
- Toys for Tots
Vestal, NY
- Broome Toys for Tots
Myrtle Beach, SC
- Scholarships and an Endowment for LOCAL students attending Coastal Carolina University
- American Heart Association – hosted annual benefit for local chapter
- NC National Guard Association
- World Help 5th Annual Causelife Invitational – monies to provide clean water in third world countries
- Horry County Disabilities and Special Needs
- Canine Angels of Horry County
- March of Dimes of Myrtle Beach
- Bimini’s Annual Fundraiser to benefit American Cancer Society
- Myrtle Beach Corvette Club – benefited our local Veterans Welcome Home and Resource Center
- Carolina Forest High School Softball Program
- Horry Georgetown Technical College Culinary and Hospitality program
- South Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association
- Coastal Carolinas Association of Realtors
- St. James High School “Learners at Work” program
- SC Cooperatives Care Foundation – nonprofit dedicated to offering assistance and relief to the victims of natural disasters
- St. Andrews Catholic School Scholarship Fund
- 12th Annual Marathon for Meals – Helping Hands and Community Kitchen of Myrtle Beach
- South Carolina Hospitality Association – participated in Restaurant Week
- Food Donation to Street Reach of MB, a homeless & transitional shelter of New Directions
- Waterscapes donated dinner for 2 to the Sun News Educational Foundation
- Participated and donated to March of Dimes Signature Chef’s Auction
- Participated in the American Culinary Federation Chef’s Culinary Competition
- Myrtle Beach Hospitality Trio Dinner