CUMIS continues its commitment to ‘Bring Back the Bay’

October 13, 2009 – Burlington, ON – Employees from The CUMIS Group Limited (CUMIS) traded in their dress shoes for rubber boots to help clean up a two kilometer segment of Grindstone Creek, on October 8, 2009.

This one-day intensive clean-up effort is part of the Bay Area Restoration Council’s (BARC) Adopt-A-Creek program, which CUMIS has invested in for the second year in a row.

“As an environmentally-conscious landowner within the Burlington Bay watershed, this project is a perfect fit for CUMIS,” says Kenn Lalonde, President and CEO, CUMIS. “We are honoured to partner with BARC to help ensure the health and vitality of our community waterways.”

CUMIS volunteers proudly cleared a significant amount of garbage and debris from their adopted stream during yesterday’s restoration efforts.

"Organizations like CUMIS are integral in projects that help to restore the Bay and its watershed as they provide the energy and manpower necessary to get the work done.” says Jim Hudson, Executive Director, BARC. “CUMIS is particularly special to BARC as it was the first corporate group to participate in our Adopt-A-Creek program."

About The CUMIS Group Limited
The CUMIS Group Limited (CUMIS) partners with credit unions to deliver competitive insurance and financial solutions. In doing so, it creates financial security and promotes the growth and success of the credit union system in Canada. Its principal companies are CUMIS Life Insurance Company and CUMIS General Insurance Company. CUMIS also has a 50 per cent interest in CUIS Brokerage Services Limited and Credential Financial Inc. CUMIS has management responsibility for its joint marketing program with The Co-operators, which offers an integrated portfolio of both organizations’ insurance products and related services to credit unions under the banner of ‘CUMIS Insurance in partnership with The Co-operators’.

About the Bay Area Restoration Council (BARC)
Formed in 1991, BARC is a community not-for-profit group that assesses and promotes clean-up projects for the Hamilton Harbour and its watershed. BARC works with all levels of government and the private sector to keep harbour restoration issues at the forefront of community discussions and decision-making.

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Media Contact:
Tim Humphreys
Manager, Corporate Communications
The CUMIS Group Limited
Tel: 905-631-5102
Toll-free: 1-800-263-9120, ext. 5102
Cell: 905-220-8969
E-mail: tim.humphreys@cumis.com
Web: www.cumis.com