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AND MANYMORE’ erw E Unique paintjob - will feed hungry Onoctns f'rnus A! first she thought of painting i! yellow. Then realized rust would show through. Ms Bruno. 53. then decided to paint it a number of coiours and better yet. have friends and family do all the work. And while they're at it. why not raise money for a local charity â€" the Whitchurchâ€"Sluufiville Food Bank? It was while looking at all the black and grey cars around her that Denise Bruno decided it was time to give her almost lfryear-old blue Toyota Corolla a facelift. The food bank curmmly helps feed about 17, m 20 families a week. according to Mari- nn Wells. ro-ordinalor of the facility. 1 “There’s always a need. We're in a form- nalc position what we don‘t have (0 rely on the food bank." Ms Bruno said. noting she and her family have been donating to the organization for a number of yam I “rat is about onedh'trd the number of families they typically see the rest of the year. Ms Wells attributed the lower numbers to seasonal workers being employed and expects the need to increase once school begins in a few weeks. Ms Bruno tossed out the idea of painting her car technicoluur to her family a few days after she gm the idea. lkspite thinking she was ‘rrazy‘. lhry all purrhasod ponian nf the car to pgim. 1th daily (‘ummufe m and from work can be a real grind or source of inspiration. “We are grateful people am fending fm themselves and they're not using (the food bank) when they don't need to and abusing it." she said. About a week later. just by word-0f- momh, the entire car had been sold to vari- uus people and organizations. which raised $2.525 for the food bank. The bumpers were $100 each. while the hubcaps WM? 525 a pop. A door or fender. as well as the roof, hood and trunk sold for 200 each “It's donv by people who mean 3 Im to me. it's not advertising a company. it's for a good cause." Ms Bnmo said. Money raised by this endeavour will be used to punchase meat. eggs. cheese. car- mts, onions. polalm. apples and powdered milk. ‘lt's done people who mam a lot to me, it's no! advertising a company, it's for a good cause.’ BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolané’yrmg mm hasnotheardofameumque mammary. "It's very expensive." Ms Wells noted of the powdemd milk. Food bank volunteers used to separate bqu sized items such as flour. sugar and powdered milk into smaller portions (OI clients. Now. mainly due to health regula~ dons. they no longer do that. Clients imtead receive a 2kg bag of flour or sugar once or twice a year. . However. unless it is their signature. they are not allowed to paint words. anything derogatory or things will get her in troubk: with the police. "I can't interfere with somebody's ideas. I think it's a lime far out,” she said. The automotive artists are. able (0 paint pretty much whatever they wanton their As far as the legalities of driving it on the road. there are none. All Ms Bruno is Required to do is register its colour change with the Ministry of Transponation. Because the pmject has been so success. ful. Ms Bruno is now looking to paint the interior of the car. as repainting the fam- ily's other vehicle technicolour is out of the question. This is the most unique fundraiser for the food bank Ms Wells has ever heand of. "It‘s up to the imagination now of the people who have purrhased the pands.‘ Ms And the car will be on the road every day. for a couple of years. as Ms Bruno needs it to get to her job with York Region in 7 "lfl'm going to go all out why not go all out and in.” she said. The car will be painted on weekends throughout September. mmmmm