CALGARY, June 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - Pembina Pipeline
Corporation ("Pembina" or the "Company") (TSX: PPL; NYSE: PBA)
announced today that in celebration of National Indigenous Peoples
Day, its signature community investment program, Fuel 4
Thought, has launched in Driftpile First Nation, Sturgeon Lake
Cree First Nation, Alexis Nakota Sioux First Nation and Ktunaxa
Nation Council.
In partnership with Breakfast Club of Canada, Fuel 4 Thought serves a healthy
breakfast to 140,000 kids across communities where Pembina operates
to ensure young people have the energy they need to realize their
full potential.
"We work closely with our communities and Indigenous partners to
develop opportunities to collaborate on community projects," said
Jaret Sprott, Pembina's Senior Vice
President & COO, Facilities. "We work hard to understand the
challenges in the areas where we operate. When we found out that 1
in 2 children in Indigenous communities across Canada are at risk of starting their day on an
empty stomach, we saw an opportunity to make a big difference with
our Fuel 4 Thought program."
Many of Pembina's operations are located on or near First
Nations and Métis lands. Building relationships with Indigenous
communities helps Pembina employees better understand local needs.
"Our Indigenous neighbours have a special interest in the land on
which we operate, and today is a great opportunity to recognize and
celebrate the heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding
contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples," added Mr.
Sprott.
"At Breakfast Club of Canada,
we strongly value the communities of our Indigenous People," said
Daniel Germain, Founding President,
Breakfast Club of Canada. "Many of
these communities have seen generation after generation of
adversity and are demanding change for a better future. When you
provide a child with a nutritious meal, you provide them with the
equal opportunities as their peers. The changes being brought into
these four communities will last for generations and will allow
others to be inspired and demand change for their own."
"Education is the future for our people," said Ann Mclean, Principal, Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation
School. "When you've eaten breakfast you're more alert, and ready
to get to the task at hand."
To celebrate the launch, Pembina released a video of Fuel 4
Thought in action at the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation School.
Watch it here.
Through Fuel 4 Thought, Pembina invests $1.5 million to support nutritious breakfast
programs in high-needs schools within many of the Company's
operating areas across Canada.
Visit www.pembina.com/our-responsibility/community-investment
for more information on Fuel 4 Thought and Pembina's
Community Investment programs.
About Pembina
Calgary-based Pembina Pipeline
Corporation is a leading transportation and midstream service
provider that has been serving North
America's energy industry for over 60 years. Pembina owns an
integrated system of pipelines that transport various hydrocarbon
liquids and natural gas products produced primarily in western
Canada. The Company also owns gas
gathering and processing facilities and an oil and natural gas
liquids infrastructure and logistics business. Pembina's integrated
assets and commercial operations along the majority of the
hydrocarbon value chain allow it to offer a full spectrum of
midstream and marketing services to the energy sector. Pembina is
committed to identifying additional opportunities to connect
hydrocarbon production to new demand locations through the
development of infrastructure that would extend Pembina's service
offering even further along the hydrocarbon value chain. These new
developments will contribute to ensuring that hydrocarbons produced
in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin and the other basins where
Pembina operates can reach the highest value markets throughout the
world.
Pembina strives to provide sustainable, industry-leading total
returns for our investors; reliable and value-added services for
our customers; a net positive impact to communities; and a safe,
respectful, collaborative and fair work culture for our
employees.
Pembina's strategy is to:
- Preserve value by providing safe, environmentally
conscious, cost-effective and reliable services;
- Diversify by providing integrated solutions which
enhance profitability and customer service;
- Implement Growth by pursuing projects or assets that are
expected to generate cash flow per share accretion and capture
long-life, economic hydrocarbon reserves; and
- Secure Global Markets by understanding what the world
needs, where they need it, and delivering it.
Pembina is structured into three Divisions: Pipelines Division,
Facilities Division and Marketing & New Ventures Division.
Pembina's common shares trade on the Toronto and New
York stock exchanges under PPL and PBA, respectively. For
more information, visit www.pembina.com.
About Breakfast Club of Canada
Breakfast Club of Canada is a
non-profit organization that provides funding, equipment, training
and support to school breakfast programs across the country. We are
dedicated to making sure every child starts their day with a meal,
helping them thrive at school, and in their community. Founded in
Quebec in 1994, Breakfast Club of
Canada began to fund and support
school breakfast programs nationwide in 2005.
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