Our Causes

EPRA | Electronic Products Recycling Association

Created in 2012, the Electronic Products Recycling Association of Québec (EPRA-Québec) is an industry-led, not-for-profit organization recognized by RECYC-QUÉBEC to manage the Québec Program for the Recovery and Reclamation of Electronic Products, better known under the trademark: Recycle My ElectronicsMC. EPRA-Québec thus provides its stewards (manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of electronics marketed in Québec) an approved environmental compliance program. The Recycle My ElectronicsMC program has more than 1,000 authorized drop-off points spread out across the province where it is possible to bring old electronics free of charge. This vast network is mainly composed of municipal ecocentres, many retailers as well as other organizations and companies. More than 150 types of products are accepted. To find the nearest authorized drop-off point, visit Where Can I Recycle?
To learn more about the program, visit: recyclemyelectronics.ca/qc

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Make-A-Wish^® | Rêves d'enfants^MD Canada

Make wishes come true for children with critical illnesses.

A donation of $5 per unit sold (value of $499 and under) or $10 (value of over $500) of an Eco-PC product.

The accumulated annual total will be donated by Millenium Micro Group to Make-A-Wish^® | Rêves d'enfants^MD Canada.

For more information about the Foundation or to make an additional donation, visit makeawish.ca

What is the Impact of Granting Wishes?

We are on a quest to bring every eligible child’s wish to life, because wishes are an important part of a child’s treatment journey. Wishes provide kids hope when they need it most, and research shows they have effects on children’s overall well-being and health outcomes.

In fact, wishes have proven physical and emotional benefits that can give children with critical illnesses a higher chance of survival. When a wish is granted, a child replaces fear with confidence, sadness with joy and anxiety with hope.

Why Wishes Matter

In 2015, Make-A-Wish Israel conducted a study to measure how wish-granting experiences influence medical outcomes of children with critical illnesses. The results revealed wishes not only increased hope, they also improved the children’s physical and emotional health. The wishes made the impossible, possible — helping children replace fear with confidence, sadness with joy and anxiety with hope.

Learn more about how Make-A-Wish is helping children improve their emotional health more visibly and successfully than any other organization.

We don’t grant wishes for short-term smiles. We grant wishes to positively impact long-term health results*.

Make-A-Wish was the subject of a study to measure how wish-granting experiences influence the medical outcomes of children with cancer. Sixty-six children were evaluated using three different verified, respected, widely used assessment tools. The tools quantify hope, positive emotions, health-related quality of life and anxiety.

“It is possible that wishing enabled these children to dream about that seemed unobtainable, out of reach, and thus created an experience of achieving the impossible,” researchers wrote.

And if the impossible can happen once, children can believe in their ability to live with or even overcome their illnesses. That’s the real purpose of a wish.

*Shoshani, A. Mifano, K. Czamanski-Cohen, J. (2015). The effects of the Make a Wish intervention on psychiatric symptoms and health-related quality of life of children with cancer: a randomized controlled trial. (Les effets d’une intervention de Make-A-Wish | Rêves d’enfants sur les symptômes psychiatriques et la qualité de vie des enfants atteints du cancer en ce qui a trait à leur santé : un essai clinique aléatoire.) Quality of Life Research, 25(5), 1209-1218. doi 10.1007/s11136-015-1148-7