SimplyCast, the automated marketing company based in Dartmouth, has announced a $100,000 fund to benefit young people as the central part of its 10th anniversary celebration.
President and CEO Saeed El-Darahali said at an anniversary party in Halifax on Friday that the Youth First Fund would be used to award scholarships and bursaries to students, finance internships and help graduates pay off their student loans. It will be an evergreen fund, meaning it will always be maintained at or near the $100,000 level. He added that he had found it difficult as a young man to find work without