TORONTO, Oct. 12, 2023 /CNW/ - Today TD announced a donation of $250,000 for urgent humanitarian aid and community support to address the recent and ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

Many TD colleagues and customers have families and friends in the region and TD is providing support to those directly impacted by these tragic events.  In addition to its direct contribution, beginning next week, TD will also be accepting in-branch donations to the Canadian Red Cross Middle East Humanitarian Crisis Appeal to provide humanitarian assistance to those impacted across the region.

TD's contributions will support:

• Save the Children- Save the Children works to advance children's rights around the world and has been working with children since 1953. Save the Children are actively appealing for support in Gaza and Israel through the Children's Emergency Fund
• United Jewish Appeal (UJA) -UJA has set up an emergency appeal to aid families and individuals who've been killed, wounded or kidnapped. The contribution will go to UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and UJA Federation of New York

The Toronto Dominion Bank and its subsidiaries are collectively known as TD Bank Group ("TD" or the "Bank"). TD is the sixth largest bank in North America by assets and serves over 27.5 million customers in four key businesses operating in a number of locations in financial centres around the globe: Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking, including TD Canada Trust and TD Auto Finance Canada; U.S. Retail, including TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, TD Auto Finance U.S., TD Wealth (U.S.), and an investment in The Charles Schwab Corporation; Wealth Management and Insurance, including TD Wealth (Canada), TD Direct Investing, and TD Insurance; and Wholesale Banking, including TD Securities and TD Cowen. TD also ranks among the world's leading online financial services firms, with more than 16 million active online and mobile customers. TD had $1.9 trillion in assets on July 31, 2023. The Toronto Dominion Bank trades under the symbol "TD" on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges.

SOURCE TD Bank Group