Druide Raises $69,000 for the Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie

On June 3, Druide informatique and its subsidiary, Éditions Druide, held their fourteenth annual golf classic to benefit the Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie. The event raised $69,000, bringing the total contributions to the foundation since the Druide Classic’s inception to $706,000.

The money collected this year will go toward supporting the foundation’s school canteen programs in Benin. These canteens provide hot, balanced meals throughout the academic year to students in need at four elementary schools. The whole community reaps the benefits: the programs have created about 20 jobs and source local food from another project promoting small-scale farming and community gardening.

The Classic concluded with a delightful dinner showcasing Juno Technologies, a women’s health medtech company and winner of the 2025 Druide Grand Prize for Business Creation. Cofounder Lynn Doughane introduced the 150 or so guests to the discreet, wearable device for quick and lasting menstrual pain relief with which Juno intends to revolutionize millions of women’s lives.

Druide thanks everyone who contributed to the event’s success this year and is pleased to announce that the fifteenth Druide Classic will be held June 2, 2026, at Club de golf Saint-Raphaël in Île-Bizard.

The Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote access to equitable, quality, lifelong education so that everyone has the means to shape their own future and that of society. Its activities focus on providing a broader perspective on education in Quebec, Haiti and Africa. 

Druide informatique has been specializing in artificial intelligence and computational linguistics since 1993. The company produces and markets Antidote, the most comprehensive writing-assistance software available for English and French, as well as Typing Pal, the renowned typing-tutorial application. In addition to its software, Druide also publishes French-language literature and reference works through its subsidiary, Éditions Druide.