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WATERLOQCHRONICLE Eapeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee en en e c e 109 42Â¥ DN acleh c Zehrs® employee Mike Gifford entertains NCR GM Charity Drive shoppers Jessica Wilson, 5, and dad Bill with a stuffed Golden Retriever dog toy Sunday night at the store at Conestoga Mall. More than 1,700 NCR employees and their families took part in the third annual challenge donating more than 30,000 pounds of food for the Food Bank of Waterloo Region. sos vreamac r010 NCR employees show true holiday spirit t wasn‘t a typical night of stockâ€" Iing stuffing Sunday at the Zehrs store at the Conestoga Mall. Instead of typical Christmas treats, _ 1.700 _ NCR â€" Waterloo employees and their families were stocking up on Kraft Dinner and other canned goods as they took part in the third annual GM Charity Challenge in support of the Food Bank of Waterloo Region and the recently _ reopened â€" Beitty Thompson Youth Centre. The event has become the largest singleâ€"source food donaâ€" Looking for a new or preâ€"owned BMW? : By Bos VRBANAC Chronicle Staff 527 King St. N. WATERLOO (519) 885â€"5090 WATERLOO PugBuic LIBRARY Cexeeaeeeeneee en WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2000 _« 7\7NATERLOO. ONTARIO * $1 INCLUDING GST tion for the food bank, with more than 30,000 1b. of food collected this year, topping last year‘s total of 22,000 Ib. of food raised during the annual charity drive. â€"â€"It also raised $3,600 through a special raffie with a prize donated by Zehrs Markets. The inspiration for the annual charity drive came from the generâ€" al manager of NCR‘s Waterloo operation Tim Willoughby, who provides each associate with $50 spending money which can be used to purchase goods from a list provided that will help out the food bank. like peanut butter and canned beans. The exercise in community building has been so successful for the Waterloo company that many employees donate more money than the company has allotted to them, belping pad out the annual donations which have grown from 18.000 Ib. of food raised at the first charity drive. "We give them the first $50, but many more people spend much more than $50, and whatever is beyond that total they pay for â€" themselves," _ said Joanna Musselman, one of the organizers of this year‘s NCR Charity Drive. "In addition, we give them a $50 gift certificate which many of them also donate back to the charity.‘ The local charities aren‘t the only ones benefiting from the oneâ€" night event. NCR said the drive has helped out with team building at the company‘s Northfield Drive location, and brought coâ€"workers together in a way that the traditionâ€" al Christmas party couldn‘t in the past "The response has been fantasâ€" tic â€" we get over 90 per cent of our people out," said Willoughby, the GM of NCR‘s Waterloo operation. "People don‘t get an opportunity to see their coâ€"workers and their famâ€" Continued on page 2 www.hâ€"kmotors.COm rlick here Waterloo teen encourages social and moral change. Aladdin continues to delight local audiences . Viewpoint You Said It Sports Classified Icanadacom| City of Waterloo Recreation Guide, City of Waterloo Calendar *Selected Distribution WHAT‘S INSIDE Page 11 Page 17 26 31