Athabasca Fire Fighters and Bikini Car Washes

Athabasca volunteer fire fighters (left to right) Ryan Bodnarchuk, Brant Marshall, Bryan Hall, Justin Zahara, Travis Shalapay and Denis Mathieu pose for a photo at the fire hall in Athabasca, Alta. on May 21, 2011. The fire department helped battle the wild fire that devastated Slave Lake last weekend. They celebrate the 100th anniversary of the department next week. (Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal)

Athabasca residents (left to right) Lauren Perrott, Aleksey Schmidt, Roseanna Schmidt, Katrina Bulas, Kristie Nicholson, Holly Williamson, Jordon Major, Amber Schmidt and Tabitha Topola held a bikini car wash on Sunday and raised more than $1,500 for Slave Lake residents devastated by wildfires. Slave Lake, a town of more than 7,000 was evacuated on May 15th before wildfires destroyed nearly one third of the homes. (Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal).

I love my job! Photo of me by Jana Pruden