Youth Fusion announced it raised over $1 million for their projects in 2011 during an event that attracted over 250 business leaders, community members, and students, and held at Montreal’s City Hall a few weeks ago. With the help of their partners, among them Vigilant Futures, the funds raised... read more
Check out a play-by-play of the night on Twitter: @VigilantFutures My trunk is full. The people of Lasalle are generous! read more
Every year LaSalle Community Comprehensive High School holds a canned food drive around the holidays to benefit those facing a tough holiday season. This year’s canned food drive happens to be today, with our city streets filled with snow, several more cm continuing to fall, with city crews out... read more
Walking in the main lobby of our building one day I noticed some new signage on my way to the elevators. Our building was BOMA Best certified. The BOMA Best (Building Environmental Standards) initiative is Canada’s leading environmental certification program for commercial buildings and Vigilant... read more
We walked into Place Ville Marie sporting our old-school headbands and animated as ever. It’s fair to say our chanting and group push-ups were intimidating the other teams, but hey, it was all in the name of charity. We do, however, take our racing seriously at Vigilant. We were 10 people facing... read more
Have you ever noticed how great you feel after a really good stomp your foot, straight from the belly laugh? Check out this article I came across: "Humor is infectious. The sound of roaring laughter is far more contagious than any cough, sniffle, or sneeze. When laughter is shared, it binds... read more
Youth education is a subject dear to Vigilant Futures. A recent article in La Presse discussed ways of improving public school/education in Quebec to counter some of the highest drop-out rates in the country. It outlines eight ways to help high-school students stay in school including increasing... read more
How would you like to take a quick nap at work? This is no joke; Harvard Business Review came out with a blog a few weeks ago and had a lot to say about it! Experts are saying that people are just not getting the minimum requirement of 7.5 hours of sleep to maintain overall good health causing... read more
Habitat for Humanity is one of the most popular volunteer activities among Vigilant employees. A few days ago, 12 of us headed out to the current Montreal build site to lend our expertise on the project. We volunteered our time at the same site in 2009, but that time we helped put in rebar in the... read more
Tonight, the streets of downtown Montreal will be deserted between 7 and 10 PM because Montrealers will either be at the Bell Centre, at a local sports bar, or at home with friends to watch the Habs’ home opener against the Tampa Bay Lightning. We live, eat and breathe hockey here. At the end of... read more