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The Clarington/Courtice Independent, Bowmanvillc, Saturday, June 21, 1997 Page 19 $505,000 Raised for the CCFC During M&M Charily Barbecue From Charlottetown to Kelowna, thousands of volunteers volunteers across the country served up burgers and hot dogs during M&M Meat Shops' ninth annual Charity Barbecue Day event on Saturday, raising $505,000 for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada (CCFC). All the money raised goes directly towards medical research into finding the cause of and cure for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, two forms of inflammatory bowel disease. This now means that M & M Meat Shops has raised more than $2.7 million for the CCFC since the chain first began its Charity Barbecue Day event in 1989. "No charitable organiza- BHS Music Teacher After Car Crash Bowmanville High School music teacher, Ron Parker, is recovering at home after a collision Thursday, June 12, landed him in hospital with a concussion. The accident occurred on the evening of June 12 at the corner of Church St. and Silver St., as Mr. Parker was heading home after leading the school bands at Rotary Park to kick off the 1997 summer Concerts in the Park series. Parker was taken to Memorial Hospital and treated. treated. "I still feel a little shaky and I got my leg banged up," he said after being released from hospital Tuesday afternoon. afternoon. Right now, he's following doctor's orders and getting lots of rest. He hopes to be recovered sufficiently in two weeks to take a scheduled trip to Europe with some of his music colleagues. lion could ask for a better partner than M&M Meat Shops," said Michael Howorth, National Executive Director, CCFC. "Not only does Charity Barbecue Day raise much needed funds for our resarch programs, it also raised awareness "of our organization organization and the diseases we are trying to fight. We are just thrilled and overwhelmed by M & M's generosity." "Each year the event gets The Durham Regional Police Street Crime Unit in conjunction with C.N. Rail, GO Transit and Glidden Paints of the ICI Paint Group will be operating a bridge clean-up campaign in the Ajax and Pickering area on Saturday, June 21st, 1997 starting at 9:00 a.m. The clean-up is expected to last approximately 4 hours and will be conducted by volunteers volunteers from the Durham Region who will paint over unsightly graffiti on railway underpasses and overpasses. A similar program was conducted conducted approximately one and a half years ago and was very successful. bigger and better," says Mac Voisin, president and founder of M & M Meat Shops. "We just can't thank the public enough for coming out to support support this great cause." M&M Meat Shops is Canada's largest chain of specialty specialty frozen food. There are currently 212 franchises operating operating in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada is a not-for-profit voluntary medical medical research foundation dedicated dedicated to finding the cure for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by raising increasing funds for medical research. The foundation also provides education programs for individuals individuals with IBD, their families, families, health professionals and the general public. Hire-a-Student Week Jesse Stewart, of the Human Resource Centre for Students, got together with Clarington's Mayor, Diane Hamre, and Councillors David Scott, Pat Pingle, Ann Dreslinski, (behind Stewart) Larry Hannah, Mary Novak and Carson Elliott to raise the flag in honour of Hire-a-Sludent Week. Afterwards, Stewart got behind his drum set and worked on drumming up some jobs for students looking for work in this area. 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