Leamington’s Little Helper shovels his way to $700

By Deanna Bertrand

LEAMINGTON — Eric Dominguez couldn’t be happier with the results of his snow shovelling campaign this winter.

The local St. Clair College Sports and Recreation student, who has been deemed “Leamington’s Little Helper”, plans to continue getting donations and making other fundraising efforts in the future, and is looking at other ideas.

“This is just fun to me,” he commented to CEO Christine Colautti at the Erie Shores Hospital Foundation (ESHF) office Tuesday, March 15 after presenting a cheque for $700, from the donations he received while shoveling driveways.

Eric Dominguez, centre, is pictured presenting a cheque for $700 to Melissa Hunter, Development Officer for Erie Shores Health Foundation, left, and Christine Colautti, CEO for ESHF.

SUN photo by Deanna Bertrand

He said the project became bigger than he expected with local media coverage and he even received a call from a family member in Vancouver.

“I had eight driveways a day for two straight days,” he said after one of the snowstorms and had to use a white board to keep track.

He also commented that many times while shovelling, neighbours and other family and friends would come out and help him shovel.