April 22 is RONA Eco-Responsible Day Across Canada

RONA inc. (TSX:RON) will hold its first EcoResponsible Day on Tuesday, April 22. To commemorate the day, the RONA HowTo Team  made up of RONA employees  and Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes, will get to work and help clean up nine selected Canadian cities. Many dignitaries and local organizations will join the RONA HowTo Team as part of this initiative. Members of the media are invited to join the HowTo Team in the city of their choice EVA Products.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA 1st cleanup location: YMCA Nanook Child Care Centre, 1255 10th Avenue East, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver When: Beginning at 10 a.m. 2nd cleanup location: Streets surrounding the YWCA Emma Child Care Centre, Sir Charles Tupper Secondary, 3839 Carolina Street, Vancouver When: Beginning at 1 p.m. Who: Maelle Ricker (Snowboard athlete) Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games Mascots: Miga, Quatchi and Sumi RONA HowTo Team CALGARY, ALBERTA: RONA EcoResponsible Day cleanup activities in Calgary are to be rescheduled because of weather conditions. Where: TwelveMile Coulee NW, Calgary When: To be rescheduled Who: Lascelles Brown (Bobsleigh athlete) Allyson Forsyth (Ski athlete) Kristina Groves (Speed skating athlete) Christine Nesbitt (Speed skating athlete) Carla Macleod (Hockey athlete) Chris Moffat (Bobsleigh athlete) Mike Moffat (Bobsleigh athlete) Warren Shouldice (Freestyle ski athlete) Helen Upperton (Bobsleigh athlete) RONA HowTo Team  MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO Where: Port Credit Marina, Mississauga When: 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Who: Members of the Port Credit Business Improvement Association Shannon Condie (Taekwondo athlete) RONA HowTo Team  SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO Where: Scarborough Town Centre, Hwy 401 and McCowan When: 9:45 a.m. to 11 a.m. Who: Scarborough Town Centre Employees Jeff Buttle (Figure skating athlete) MarieFrance Dubreuil (Figure skating athlete) Patrice Lauzon (Figure skating athlete) RONA HowTo Team  TORONTO, ONTARIO Where: Toronto Island Ferry Docks, Bay St. and Queen's Quay, Toronto When: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Who: Jeff Buttle (Figure skating athlete) MarieFrance Dubreuil (Figure skating athlete EVA Products) Patrice Lauzon (Figure skating athlete) RONA HowTo Team  CARLETON PLACE, ONTARIO Where: Carleton Place Business Improvement Area, along Main St., Carleton Place When: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Who: Paul Dulmage, Mayor of Carleton Place Carleton Place City Councillors Chantal Benoit (Paralympic basketball athlete) RONA HowTo Team  MONTREAL, QUEBEC Where: Square Dorchester, Metcalfe St. and ReneLevesque Boul. West, downtown Montreal When: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Who: City of Montreal representatives Joannie Rochette (Figure skating athlete) FrancoisLouis Tremblay (Speed skating athlete) Tara Campbell (Water polo athlete) Rhian Wilkinson (Soccer athlete) MariePierre Gagne (Synchronized swimming athlete) Christine Robinson (Water polo athlete) Isabelle Rampling (Synchronized swimming athlete) RONA HowTo Team  THETFORD MINES, QUEBEC Where: Cultural centre sector, between StAlphonse St. and Dumais St., Thetford Mines When: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Who: Francois Boivin (Snowboarding athlete) RONA HowTo Team  HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA 1st cleanup location: Halifax waterfront, outside of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic When: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 2nd cleanup location: Halifax Mainland Common Park When: 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Who: Brad Gushue (Curling athlete) RONA HowTo Team

About RONA

RONA is the largest Canadian distributor and retailer of hardware, home renovation and gardening products. RONA operates a network of more than 680 corporate, franchise and affiliate stores of various sizes and formats. With over 27,000 employees working under its family of banners in every region of Canada and more than 15 million square feet of retail space, the RONA store network generates over $6.2 billion in annual retail sales.