Cohen Highley LLP’s Commitment to Community
Commitment to Our Community
We recognize that Cohen Highley is part of a broader community and that we have an opportunity to lead by example to ensure that our communities are strong and vibrant. The staff at Cohen Highley LLP is deeply committed to enhancing the quality of life for others. Our firm has enjoyed a great deal of success in the practice of law and, in return, feels deeply obligated to share this success with the community. The following is a partial list of involvement in the community by our firm and its employees.
Some Of The Organizations We Support
- All Creatures’ Rescue
- Big Brother/Big Sisters of London and Area
- Brain Injury Association
- Coalition of Muslim Women
- Goodwill Industries
- Guelph Humane Society
- King’s University College
- Kinwell Place – Nonprofit Subsidized Housing
- Learning Disabilities Association
- London Anti-Human Trafficking Commitee
- London Bridge Childcare Services
- London Humane Society
Community Living London
For decades Cohen Highley has been a staunch supporter of Community Living London, most notably as the Title Sponsor and a committee member for their Annual Night of Heroes, and with the Cohen Highley Annual Charity Golf Tournament, which has raised over $800,000 for the organization.
The Foodbank of Waterloo Region
Cohen Highley supports the Foodbank of Waterloo Region several times throughout the year, most prominently as the Presenting Sponsor for their Annual Canstruction- Waterloo Region event. Since 2008, Canstruction Waterloo Region has raised more than 1.7 million meals for people in need in the Waterloo community.
Affordable Housing
Members of the Multi-Residential Housing Group at Cohen Highley work tirelessly on behalf of nonprofit housing organisations, including the Vision SoHo Alliance Project. The Visions SoHo Alliance Project is the combined effort of six London nonprofits, to build a 680-unit development on the site of two heritage buildings on the former Old Victoria Hospital campus, which will include more than 300 new, affordable or below-market, rental units. Managing Partner Laura Gurr sits on the Board of Directors for Homes Unlimited, one of the six nonprofits involved in the Alliance.
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