Saturday, February 14 was the 12th Annual Curl For Heart and the very best yet, raising $1,600-plus.

Thanks to all the 64 curlers who brought in pledges galore ($$$) and to all our Major sponsors: MacMaster Pontiac/Buick, Royal Chevrolet/Cadillac, Burnside & Associates, Bert Gauthier, Marks Work Wearhouse, Dufferin Vet Hospital, Data Cable (Dick Fearon), Brian and Lori Smith, Marge Snider, Erskines Auto Services, Triton Engineering, Fred Johnson, Randy Hacen.

Thanks also to Laura Berry, of Lara Berry Gallery, for the beautiful print enhanced by the craftsmanship of Bill Dawson Custom Framing.

Thanks to Ruth and Keith Archbold, of Archbold's Custom Upholstering, for the cloth carrying bags that 64 curlers went home with.

Our thanks also goes to some 65 different businesses and individuals in this community who donated prizes for curlers who brought in pledges for this event.

A very special thank-you to all our volunteers who helped make this event such a success for Heart & Stroke.

Thanks goes to Boston Pizza who supplied the lunch, along with great home made soup by Helen, to Mochaberry for coffee. To Keith Hunter for entertaining the curling with his Magic and Wayne King and his group of musicians for the wonderful music, and to piper Angus Parks who piped the curlers onto the ice.

Thanks to our curling convenors, Janice Promaine and Pat Jackson, who did an awesome job. Special thanks to Jim Boddington, MC, for the event. Thanks to the Orangeville Curling Club and manager Peter Cook and Bonny.

Last, but certainly not least, thanks to both our newspapers, the Citizen and the Banner, who were so supportive of the event.

Thanks to this wonderful community. See you February 20th, 2010.
Bev Fleming and Dori Ebel
Co-Chairs