The Casino du Lac-Leamy awards more than 50 service contracts to local suppliers each year (maintenance, landscaping, food, etc.). This represents nearly 400 indirect jobs that are created or maintained by the Casino.

In all, Québec’s casinos purchase nearly 271 million dollars annually in goods and services from 1,300 businesses in the province.

This policy is used by all of Québec’s casinos.

Their hearts filled with love, 33 Casino du Lac-Leamy employees took part in a volunteer day at Le Gîte Ami, a temporary community shelter for persons dealing with social exclusion and homelessness.
On Valentine’s Day, persons in need could tuck into a memorable meal prepared and served by Casino employees.

The event was held as part of the Community Involvement program, which encourages employees to volunteer their time to good causes. In fact, we are already looking into repeating the experience with other organizations and the outlook in this regard is quite positive!

Our heartfelt thanks to all our volunteers!

The Casino du Lac-Leamy partners with the Tablée des Chefs to redistribute surplus food from Casino restaurants and service points through Moisson Outaouais. This is tangible action aimed at feeding the needy in the Outaouais region.

The Tablée des Chefs provides a sustainable food brokerage service, networking producers of surplus food with groups that redistribute it to the needy. The Casino du Lac-Leamy is the first Outaouais business to commit to food redistribution with the Tablée des Chefs on a regular basis. Since last June, we provided 9000 meals to community organizations as La Soupe populaire de Hull, the Gîte-ami, the Centre alimentaire d’Aylmer and Moisson Outaouais.

A number of Casino du Lac-Leamy employees took part in a major food drive for non-perishable items to replenish the stocks of Moisson Outaouais.

The food drive was part of a giant volunteer day that saw nearly 200 Société des casinos du Québec employee volunteers giving of their time to support the food security cause. Watch the video highlights.

For the second consecutive year, the Casino du Lac-Leamy organized a major blood donor clinic at the Hilton Lac-Leamy, in cooperation with Héma-Québec. Casino employees and visitors were invited to give blood.

Response was good, with no less than 153 donors coming out. The experience will doubtlessly be repeated in the future.

The Casino du Lac-Leamy is one of the thirteen Québec businesses honoured by Hydro-Québec for their considerable efforts in implementing energy efficiency programs. Discover the members of the réseau Écoélectrique.

The Casino du Lac-Leamy has been a participant in Gatineau’s municipal composting program for a little more than a year. Thanks to its compostable matter reclamation system, the Casino is able to divert hundreds of tons of composted organic matter from landfill sites.

Both customers and employees participate daily in this by using the appropriate bins that are available in all kitchens, dining areas, bars, bathrooms and gaming areas of the Casino. This initiative helps educate more than three million annual visitors about the importance of the environment.

The Casino du Lac-Leamy replaced individual water bottles by reusable glasses in its gaming areas, an initiative that drew active participation from both employees and customers.

The project, which was rolled out in all Québec casinos, will eliminate nearly 1.2 million plastic bottles annually.

The Casino du Lac-Leamy convention centre now offers a solution for event organizers looking to responsibly manage their events. Four new, ready-to-go packages now let them organize and promote acknowledged actions that incorporate the principles of sustainable development.
The packages incorporate the principles set out by the Bureau de normalisation du Québec and assist organizers in taking concrete measures to reduce the ecological footprint of their events through offsets, support for local businesses and trash reclamation.

The Casino du Lac-Leamy has moved forward with environmentally-friendly horticulture that includes the use of annuals, hardy plants that can tolerate drought and 100% natural fertilizers.