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Attention restaurant owners/managers
There’s still time for local restaurants to sign up for Dining Out for Life.
The annual fundraiser in support of people and families living with HIV/AIDS and other serious illnesses is happening across the Lower Mainland on Thursday, March 10. Two Burnaby businesses have already signed up: Earls Kitchen + Bar at 4361 Kingsway and Trattoria at #102-4501 Kingsway.
Restaurants donate 25 per cent of sales to non-profits Friends for Life and A Loving Spoonful, which offer a number of wellness programs, support services and home-delivered meals free of charge to people living with HIV/AIDS and other serious illnesses.
For more info and to sign up, visit www.diningoutforlife.com/vancouver.
Foreign exchange centre now open
TD Canada Trust celebrated the opening of its third foreign exchange centre last week – at Burnaby’s Station Square on Kingsway.
The new exchange centre is dedicated specifically to the purchase and sale of foreign currency and precious metals.
“We are continually looking to raise the bar in finding innovative ways to serve our customers, and we’re happy to launch the new foreign exchange centre right here in Burnaby,” said Alex Chiang, district vice president, TD Burnaby and Tri-Cities, in a press release.
The new exchange is located at the TD Station Square branch at 4670 Kingsway.
Kudos
Congrats to local mom and entrepreneur Keeley Saunders – she’s been named a finalist in the 2016 Mompreneur Awards.
Saunders is one of five finalists for the Award of Merit for her work for Color by Amber, an American company that sells ecojewelry through consultants or stylists, like Saunders.
Mompreneur award winners will be announced at the annual National Mompreneurs Conference on March 4 and 5 in Toronto. For more info, visit themompreneur.com/award.
