Wal-Mart employees help community

From left are Jim Taylor, co-manager, Greater Sudbury Police Sgt. Joanne Pendrak and Una Mathieu, cashier.

Mar 09, 2009- 3:07 PM

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Posted by Sudbury Northern Life

Wal-Mart in Sudbury raised $11,235 for the Sudbury Special Olympics from sales of paper torches sold in the store. Wal-Mart staff held a fundraising chili day and sold 50/50 tickets.

Greater Sudbury Police and Special Olympics representatives set up a table collecting donations. The Sudbury location was #1 across Canada for selling torches during the month of January. This is the first year the store sold torches.

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Outskirts Oscar 3/11/2009 7:09:01 PM - Report Abuse

Way to go Wallymart! I''d wish they''d set more Walmarts in this neck of the woods, especially in Elliot Lake where there''s a bunch of ardent and millitant "we sell only 3 things boutique" patrons that don''t want it. LOL
muff_1 3/10/2009 12:51:50 PM - Report Abuse

Agreed good job Walmart.
Anonymous User 3/10/2009 5:58:18 AM - Report Abuse

I wonder where all the anti-Wal*Mart people are in this story? You remember them? The ones that cried that if the city allowed Wal*Mart to set up shop they would devastate the economy. Push out the little guy and be an evil conglomerate?
CatN 3/9/2009 12:31:36 PM - Report Abuse

Congratulations and thank you to the staff at Wal-Mart. The athletes certainly appreciate all your efforts!!