NOW WITH FOUR CONVENIENT LOCATIONS

Andrea Guinard and Ron Brunette, Co-owners of the Heatwave Tanning Salon Chain with four (4) locations in the City of Greater Sudbury, are proud of the way their clients come through every year during their Annual Christmas Food Drive.

Everyone who brought in canned food items were allowed to DOUBLE UP their FREE TANS when they purchased any of the above special packages.

Christmas 2008 was the the 3rd year that Heatwave Tanning Salon has implemented this worthwhile cause at all locations. 

Below, left, Ron and Pierre Chenier are loading the more than 4000 items into the van. On the lower right, Ron presents Ann Unwin with a cheque which will be used to purchase additional food items. Along with Ron and Ann are Andrea Blais and Andre Beaulieu, volunteers with the Good Neighbours Food Bank.

“We must do more for food banks at times other than Christmas,” stated Ron Brunette. “Everyone is very generous around the holidays, but people need food all year long. We are glad to be of help to Anne and her volunteers right now, but we will be trying to find a way to help them out in the months to come as well.”  

With the negative state of the economy at the end of 2008, there is expected to be even more demand for the services of provided by our local food banks. The support of companies such as Heatwave Tanning will be a long way to helping those less fortunate living in Valley East.

If you have any food or cash that you would like to donate to help, you can call the Good Neighbours Food Bank at 566-1283 or St. Vincent de Paul, at 897-1212. 

Anne Unwin, Director of the Good Neighbours Food Bank in Hanmer, received a call from Ron Brunette, on the far right, and Andrea Guinard on the far left, Co-owners of Heatwave Tanning Salon, she was asked to come by to pick up a donation of food just before Christmas.

   The request was not unusual for this time of year as schools, churches and other community organizations go out of their way to collect non-perishable donations that can fill the shelves of local food banks in order to help out those less fortunate in our area. But even Anne was “blown away” by the volume of food that had been collected from clients of the four Heatwave Tanning Salons in the Greater Sudbury Area. “I was told that there was some food to pick up, but I had no idea it would be this much. This is going to be really well appreciated by the people who use our services.”
  
   In addition to the full truck load of food, Ron and Andrea also presented Anne with a cheque in the amount of $500 to be used to “top-up” any shortages that the food bank may have.
  
   Despite the “economic boom” that we keep hearing about in Sudbury , over 30,000 people living in the City of Greater Sudbury are living below the poverty line. It is also estimated that about 60% of the jobs in the area pay less than $10 per hour, making it extremely difficult for many who are earning minimum wage to escape the cycle of poverty. The Good Neighbours Food Bank is part of a network of 40 food banks from across the City of Greater Sudbury providing much needed food supplies to an average of over 10,000 Sudbury residents each month. The Good Neighbours Food Bank and St. Vincent de Paul provide support to hundreds of people living in Valley East .