93-year-old Arnprior, Ont. reverend selling Coca-Cola collection for a cause
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Rev. Leo Hughes of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Arnprior, Ont. is selling his massive collection of Coca-Cola memorabilia to raise enough money to buy the local hospital a CT scanner.
Leo Hughes has been a reverend at Arnprior's St. Andrew Presbyterian for 31 years, and anyone who knows him knows he loves Coca-Cola.
"You wash your car with Pepsi and you drink Coca-Cola," joked Hughes when speaking with CTV News.
But the 93-year-old hasn't had a sip of the iconic beverage for roughly 30 years since being diagnosed as diabetic.
That's when he decided to do the next best thing with his favourite drink.
"If you can't drink it, why don't you save it? And so I've been saving for 40 years."
Over the past four decades, Hughes has collected thousands of pieces of Coca-Cola memorabilia from all over the world, including bottles, signs, hats, balls, and barbecues—some worth hundreds of dollars.
Now, he's selling it all.
