Saturday May 12 wasn’t the warmest day of spring, but the support of the people from Valley East certainly warmed the heart of Sharon Hogan, President of the Sudbury Chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of Canada. Sharon, shown on the far right under the tent, took her turn serving hot dogs and hamburgers in an effort to raise much needed funds to help combat these diseases. All 310 M & M Meat Shops across Canada took part in the event for the 12 th year. Last year they raised over $750,000 and this year’s goal was $800,000.

Debbie Edwardson, on the far left front, was the co-ordinator of the Val Caron Site. There were three different sites in all in the City of Greater Sudbury, including one on Paris Street and one on Lasalle Blvd. Over 100 volunteers from the three stores raised a total of $5781.43. M & M Meat Shops provide all of the materials and food while the CCFC provides the manpower.

The money raised from this event is used to fund research into the inflammatory bowel diseases for which there is no known cause and no cure as of yet. It strikes people of all ages and lately has been occurring in more and more young babies around the world.

Sharon Hogan has been a member of the Sudbury Chapter for five years and is completing her 2^nd year as Chapter President.

The next major fund raiser for the group is the Heel & Wheel-a-thon, scheduled for Sunday, June 10 at Lilly Creek in Sudbury.