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Dr. Michael Beattie, Family Chiropractor Waterloo Chiropractic Health Centre 2â€"295 Weber St. North, Waterloo 725â€"3547 New patients Welcome : Total Wellness Approach : Nutrifional Analysis and Metagenic Supplements : Custom Orthotics Evenings and Saturdays by appointment "The community really came through for us â€" they have been really supportive for all the food drives," he said. "When you add up the Spring Food Drive with the Thanksgiving Food Drive, we actually raised more food than we did overall last year. Some people prefer to give total of 404,909 lb. of A;ood was collected rom 330 organized food drives for The Food Bank of Waterloo Region during the annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. From that total, Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo raised 224,026 lb. compared to 224,108 lb. last year Marginally missing the goal for this year‘s food drive, Fred Lehmann, comâ€" munity relations manager for The Food Bank of Waterloo Region, said he was not disappointed. Organizers pleased with success of Thanksgiving Food Drive www.chiro.cc/DrBeattie CToumbu St. W Cover all the bases with an ad in Ine Waterloo Chromicie. call 886â€"2630 Unversity Ave W }, C1 Q_â€" e 2 s 245 \ 1| Otce Puce §¥ Vou l in the spring and some peoâ€" ple prefer to give in the autumn." Among those who made prominent donations were Grand River collegiate and Conestogaâ€"Rovers. Grand River collegiate collected a hefty 4,000 lb., and Conestogaâ€"Rovers colâ€" lected 5,000 lb. and made a handsome _ donation _ of $7,500. Oktoberfest did not let the side down either. During the Oktoberfest Parade the food drive collected a stagâ€" gering 20,000 Ib. â€" not bad for a morning‘s work. These were just a few of the companies, schools and churches that helped out the food drive in coming close to its goal. The public made most of their donations through the food banks in grocery stores, collections in schools and in places of worship. u OIL SP) RAYING [ Jamie Aszmies used all of his might to pull a hummer along King Street in Kitchener Saturday to officially launch the Pulling for a Cure fundraising campaign for the Canadian Diabetes Association. Using only a rope and his muscles, the local strongman managed to reach his goal in about 40 seconds. Heeve! ANDREA BAILEY PHOTO