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Safeway held its annual volunteer awards at the RBC Convention Centre on Tuesday. The evening recognizes the contributions individual stores, staff and customers make to local charities. More than $15 million was raised in Western Canada for charities. Pictured, from left, are Scott Chollak (Safeway vice-president, retail operations), Kim Morphy (Special Olympics Manitoba), Sally Dunton (Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation), Jerry Maslowsky (Variety, the Children’s Charity), David Northcott (Winnipeg Harvest), Rocco Rossi (Prostate Cancer Canada), Ron Brown (Boys and Girls Clubs of Winnipeg), Heather Black (Boys and Girls Clubs of Winnipeg), Debbie Brown (Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba), Louis St-Cyr (CancerCare Manitoba Foundation), Kai Madsen (Christmas Cheer Board), Duncan Stokes (Volunteer Manitoba) and John Graham (Safeway director of public affairs and government relations). (JOHN JOHNSTON / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS)