Leigh Follestad of Penticton SmartShopper Value Variety Convenience is supporting the Penticton Soupateria by donating all of his hot drink revenue today, Oct. 23, 2015. Photographer: Steve Arstad

Hot drink sales at downtown Penticton store donated to Soupateria

PENTICTON – As the days get cooler and nights get longer, the need for a food becomes a higher priority for people in need in Penticton.

SmartShopper Value Variety Convenience store owner Leigh Follestad is helping the Penticton Soupateria out today, Oct. 23, by donating 100 per cent of money he makes through the sale of hot drinks in his downtown store.

Follestad says the hot drinks are available today by donation. His goal is to raise $1,000 for the Soupateria.

“I drive by (the Soupateria) everyday. I decided I could choose to be aware of it and do something to help out,” he says.

Smartshopper Value Variety Convenience store is located at 232 Main Street in Penticton.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad at sarstad@infonews.ca or call 250-488-3065. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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Steve Arstad

I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
Our two daughters, Meagan and Hayley, reside in Richmond and Victoria, respectively.

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