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The Optimax Benefits Community

Optimax Benefits was born on the sentiment of care.

We’re invested in helping our community thrive. It’s a commitment that is rooted deep in our values and has been an integral aspect of how Optimax was founded, and how it has grown. Growing up in a small community, our founder learned early the strength of compassion and support from neighbours.

Meet the Founder

Our Impact Through the Optimax Open

As our business has grown, so has our ability to make an impact in our community. Each year, Optimax Benefits identifies a cause that requires support and organizes a charitable golf tournament that brings together the business community to make an impact.

This year at the 9th Annual Optimax Open Charity golf tournament on August 17, 2022, the funds raised will go to Our House Addiction Recovery Centre.

 

Our every-day community

When Optimax supports an organization, our involvement rarely stops at raising funds. We are dedicated to being strong advocates for community initiatives, even those we are not directly involved with. Through event attendance, sponsorship, volunteerism, and championing for local causes, we aspire to leave a lasting impact in the community where we do businesses.

  • President and Founder, Earl Shindruk is one of the founding members of 100 Men YEG, and is a bronze sponsor of quarterly events. He has been a member since October 2014 and has helped more than 40 charities benefit from $225K of group support.
  • He was also the founding board member of the Meningitis Foundation of Alberta, and the NPO Collective, a collection of skilled professionals focused on working with not-for-profit organizations.
  • With a reach of over 3,500 followers on @optimaxbenefits twitter, we promote community initiatives, events, and causes

Causes we Support

 

Community News

The 9th Annual Optimax Open

8th June 2022

This popular, well-attended golf tournament brings the business community and caring individuals together every summer in support of a deserving and worthwhile cause. Through the generous support of our partners and attendees, the tournament has raised over $34,800 since it began in 2012. In 2019, we raised over $7,000 for the lntercultural Child & Family…

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The 8th Annual Optimax Open

1st September 2019

On August 21 the Optimax Open Charity Golf Tournament took place for the 8th year at the beautiful River Ridge Golf Course. The ultimate goal with this event is to bring our friends together, and to have a great time. A casual event that is more about our great conversations than the number on your…

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Thoughts on Giving

26th November 2018

What does it mean to be a philanthropist? This is a question we’ve been considering purposefully over the past month. Founder Earl Shindruk was recently awarded a national Philanthropy Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Edmonton and Area Chapter. This humbling experience has us reflecting on the place and purpose for philanthropy, and the…

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