Metro Store Raises $16,781 for Back The Build

Website Editor • September 10, 2021

Picton, September 10,2021

The Metro store in Picton has shown what partnership in action looks like by raising $16,781 for the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation’s (PECMHF) Back the Build campaign for a new hospital in the County. The money was raised by a combination of customer donations between July 29 to August 11, 2021 and a corporate match of $5,000.

 

In year two of a four-year commitment to raise funds for the PECMHF, Metro has raised $33,431 for the hospital to date.

 

Pictured at Picton Metro from left: Paul Jones, assistant manager of Picton Metro; Murray Lupenette, store manager of Picton Metro, Andre Gagne, vice president of Fresh Merchandising; Dennis Darby, Back the Build Campaign Cabinet co-chairperson and Shannon Coull, executive director of the PECMH Foundation.

 

 

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