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On Saturday, October 16th One Change volunteers will hit the streets, along with David McGuinty, MP Ottawa South to delivery free digital tire gauges in support of their fuel efficiency campaign. The One Change province-wide campaign is sponsored by Canadian Tire and aims to raise awareness about tire pressure and its link to fuel efficiency.

Come out and join us for this fun community event to get your free tire pressure gauge, a money-saving coupon from Canadian Tire and to learn about one simple action you can take to save money and help protect the environment.

What: One Change’s Fuel Efficiency Ottawa-South Volunteer Blitz

Who: David McGuinty, Member of Parliament, Ottawa-South
Allison FitzGerald, One Change, Regional Manager

When: October 16, 2010, 1-2 pm

Where: One Change Fuel Efficiency Office, 2675 Alta Vista Dr, Ottawa

About One Change
One Change is a non-profit organization that empowers people to believe that simple actions matter and to make smart choices that protect the environment. One Change delivers innovative community-based social marketing campaigns aimed at encouraging people to adopt environmentally-friendly behaviours, including its flagship energy efficiency campaign, Project Porchlight. From a small non-profit based in Ottawa, One Change has grown across North America and trained more than 12,000 volunteers in over 900 communities. To learn more about the fuel efficiency campaign or to volunteer, visit www.onechange.org.

About Canadian Tire
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (TSX: CTC.a, CTC), is one of Canada’s most shopped general retailers with 480 Canadian Tire stores across the country. Our core retail and automotive operation is strengthened by PartSource, an automotive parts speciality chain; Canadian Tire Petroleum, one of the country’s largest independent retailers of gasoline; Mark’s “Clothes That Work,” a leading retailer of men’s, women’s and work apparel; and Canadian Tire Financial Services, which has issued over four million Canadian Tire MasterCard credit cards. More than 58,000 Canadians work across Canadian Tire’s organization from coast-to-coast in the enterprise’s retail, financial services and petroleum businesses.

For more information:
Corrie Rabbe, communications coordinator, One Change
613-232-5892 x218
corrie.rabbe(at)onechange.org