Childhood Cancer Canada

 HOME HARDWARE AWARDS Toronto RESIDENT AND LOCAL CHARITY WITH NEW CARS

Winners of ‘Home Owners Helping Home Towns

Community and Charity Contest’ announced

Toronto, ON, November 17, 2011–Doug and Nancy Plourde, Dealer-Owners, Metro Home Hardware Building Centre presented Melissa Heng, from Toronto, and her charity of choice, Childhood Cancer Canada Foundation, with brand new Toyota Matrix as winners of the Home Owners Helping Home Towns Community & Charity Contest.

“This has been a wonderful early Christmas present for me,” said Melissa Heng. “Even better was giving the charity prize to the Childhood Cancer Canada Foundation. It was an easy decision for me as for many years now I’ve shaved my head in support of children with cancer.I have long admired children with cancer - their fortitude, their resilience and their determination to keep being children in spite of it all.”

The contest ranbetween June 29 and August 13, 2011 and gave home owners across Canada the opportunity to win the grand prize of a Toyota Matrix as well as one for their charity of choice. Entry ballots were accepted by visiting www.homehardware.ca. The grand prize winners of the Toyota Matrix were selected at random through a draw in eastern (QC, NB, NS, PEI, NFLD), western (MB, SK, AB, BC and Territories), and central (ON) Canada.

“Thank you to Melissa and all the Home Hardware stores across Canada for your generous involvement in the Home Owners Helping Home Towns Community & Charity Contest and the prize awarded to Childhood Cancer Canada Foundation,” said Megan Davidson, President and CEO, Childhood Cancer Canada Foundation. “Your kind support will help impact the lives of children battling cancer in our communities.”

Childhood Cancer Canada is the country’s leading foundation dedicated to funding national research while delivering critical education, community, and connectivity programs to children with cancer and their families.

 “On behalf of the Dealer-Owners of more than 1,080 Home Hardware stores across Canada, we congratulate Melissa and the Childhood Cancer Foundation,”said Nancy Plourde, Dealer-Owner, Metro Home Hardware Building Centre. “We are committed to helping our community, and partnering with Toyota Canada for the Home Owners Helping Home Towns Contest has been a gratifying experience.”

Toyota Canada has been the official vehicle for Home Hardware since 2009.

About Home Hardware Stores Limited

100% Canadian owned and operated, Home Hardware Stores Limited has a presence in every Canadian province and territory and is the country’s largest independent, Dealer-owned hardware, lumber, building materials and furniture cooperative. Founded on January 1, 1964 by 122 independent hardware Dealers, the cooperative now includes more than 1,080 stores, under the Home Hardware, Home Building Centre, Home Hardware Building Centre and Home Furniture banners, with annual collective retail sales of more than $5 billion. Home Hardware’s independent Dealer-Owners, recognized by the North American Retail Hardware Association as Canada’s best-trained Dealer group, have access to 100,000 quality brand name and private label products, a world-class distribution system and draw upon the power of Home Hardware’s network to provide their local communities with top quality products and services at competitive prices.