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Mississauga, ON – On Monday September 8th, 2014, The Club at North Halton played host to the 2014 Castle Building Centres Group Vendor Appreciation Golf Tournament. The tourney was held on the rolling greens of this private golf course in the lovely city of Georgetown, ON.

For the past five years, Castle’s annual charity function benefiting the SickKids Foundation was an unbelievable success. This year’s event raised a record $25,000.00 in charitable donations thanks to the generosity of Castle Valued Vendor Partners.

SickKids is a health-care community dedicated to improving the health of children by providing the best in family-centred, compassionate care, to lead in scientific and clinical advancement, and to prepare the next generation of leaders in child health.

“Castle recognizes the importance of acknowledging the contribution of our supplier network to the success of Castle. Once again we wanted to show our sincere gratitude for their dedication to our membership and their commitment to Castle.”
Ken Jenkins, President

A national selection of Castle supplier representatives from across Canada enjoyed a fun-filled day of golf with some exciting charity challenges along the way. Over 140 vendor participants attended the event and had the opportunity to donate to a worthy cause while enjoying a perfect day on the picturesque course and the company of their peers.

“Castle’s Appreciation Golf Tournament is truly an “appreciation” day to their vendors and yet another fantastic Castle event.”
Bob Fierheller; PPG Industries

James Jones; Vice President, National Marketing who played in the tournament and emceed the evening event commented

“This kind of sincere camaraderie between vendors and their customers can only exist though mutual respect and long term win-win partnerships.”

Castle Building Centres Group would like to once again thank their Valued Vendor Partners for the generous donations at this year’s charity event. Castle is truly grateful for their continued support and commitment and for building strong relationships with Castle Members for over 50 years.

Castle Building Centres Group Ltd. is a Canadian member-owned, Lumber, Building Materials and Hardware buying group committed to the success of the independent. Our commitment is to drive this success to our over 290 member locations though Transparency, Freedom and Profitability. Our business model focuses on accountability to our membership, member freedom of choice, and a commitment to their success, growth and profitability through strategic partnerships with key vendor partners and a winning hardware distribution solution.