Peterborough Petes Battling Cancer In 13th Annual Pink in the Rink Game

The 13th annual Peterborough Petes Pink in the Rink event to benefit the Canadian Cancer Society has a date to help benefit cancer patients and survivors announced on Tuesday.

Meaghan Roy (left) and Doug Gibson (right) with the 2014 Petes Pink in the Rink jersey. Since working at CHEX in 2007, Roy became the first female sports anchor at CHEX in 2014. Gibson played three seasons with the Petes from 1971-73, breaking Mickey Redmond’s goal-scoring mark and competing in the 1972 Memorial Cup final. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

The game is held on Feb. 5 against the Niagara IceDogs with a fundraising goal of over $50,000. All proceeds support the Canadian Cancer Society with a focus on cancer commonly found primarily in women.

"For the first time, the Canadian Cancer Society has shifted their focus to more of their national events so the Petes get to work directly with the Pink in the Rink committee of volunteers to run this event,” said Burton Lee, Petes executive director of business operations.

Petes Alumnus Doug Gibson and sports anchor Meaghan Roy were named as honourary co-chairs for the upcoming event.

"They are two local sports legends if not just straight-up legends,” explained Lee. “We're pretty happy to have them leading the way from a publicity standpoint as we build towards the campaign.”

The digital design of the 2022 Petes Pink in the Rink jersey. In 12 years of the campaign, the Petes have raised $812,099 for Canadian Cancer Society. Photo Courtesy of the Peterborough Petes.

New to this year’s event, fans can purchase names for $20 each to be placed on the jersey to honour and commemorate someone who has been affected by cancer. Contact the Petes Store at (705) 743-3681 or online to purchase a name.

This year’s jersey will feature the Canadian Cancer Society patch on the left shoulder and alumnus Gary “Diller” Dalliday patch will be on the right shoulder.

Fans can also purchase discounted tickets specifically for anyone diagnosed with cancer, cancer survivors, impacted families or volunteers for them to enjoy a Petes game.

"We know that there are so many people here who work tirelessly to help fight cancer but maybe don't get to have a bit of a break sometimes,” said Lee. “For the Pink in the Rink game night, we've offered discounts for anyone who wants to donate to those people who want to come and enjoy the game and maybe take it all in with the community members who also want to end cancer.”

Fans can support this campaign by participating in Euchre Night at Southside Pizzeria and Darling Insurance Chilifest. Other events such as Petes Celebrity Servers at Kelsey's and Montanas will support the cause with dates pending.

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Peterborough's Philanthropy Shines for Giving Tuesday to Benefit Charities

Peterborough’s philanthropy will be highlighted for “Giving Tuesday” to express gratitude, heighten donor engagement and raise funds for specific programs occurring this Tuesday.

The Peterborough and Area Fundraisers Network was founded in 1997 and with over 40 local non-profit organizations and individuals in collaboration. Photo Courtesy of Peterborough and Area Fundraisers Network.

“It’s one of the tools we’re using to highlight the need to raise funds for our Building Abilities for Life Campaign,” says Lyn Giles, Five Counties Children’s Centre’s director of development.

Money raised will help to support Five Counties’ highest priority needs that include speech and language therapy for children. The goal is $250,000.

“We’re excited to share that we have a matching gift program to help us reach our campaign goal,” said Giles. “It also offers us a chance to say a heartfelt thank you to the donors and community leaders who have supported us while we navigated the many challenges associated with COVID. We really see Giving Tuesday as a win-win.”

Developed in 2012, Giving Tuesday encourage people to do good, give, collaborate and celebrate generosity, Public Energy Performing Arts is using this Giving Tuesday as an opportunity to raise funds for a specific project, Erring at King George.

“Erring is an eight-day multi-arts festival taking place on the premises of King George Public School, a decommissioned elementary school in the Peterborough neighbourhood of Ashburnham (East City),” explains Bill Kimball, Public Energy executive director. “We’re going to do a special push this Giving Tuesday to raise funds for this project because it is particularly ambitious.”

The festival will feature site-specific visual art; sound and multimedia installations; dance, theatre, and interdisciplinary performance; workshops and community engagement activities.

Kimball has participated in Giving Tuesday for the past five years. The end of November is typically the time when the majority of donations start coming in according to Kimball.

“People have been very generous to Public Energy,” he said. “We’ve been able to continue to build momentum, keep our staff and while we had to do smaller shows more frequently to comply with COVID restrictions, we’ve kept going.”

In addition to both being local charities, Five Counties Children’s Centre and Public Energy Performing Arts are members of the Peterborough Area Fundraisers Network.

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PRHC 50/50 Campaign Helps Keep Patients Close to Home

The PRHC Foundation November 50/50 campaign will end Nov. 29 at midnight.

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PRHC Foundation launched their first 50/50 lottery in September and has seen tremendous support thus far! They awarded Judy Johnston from Peterborough with the Grand Prize of over $66,000 + a Bonus Prize!

On Nov. 18 Ruth Passant of Peterborough won the November program’s first Early Bird prize of $1,000 and on Nov. 25 Rebecca Schillemat of Peterborough won the second Early Bird prize of $1,000.

The Grand Prize deadline is Nov. 29 at midnight and the winner will be drawn on Nov. 30 at 9:30 a.m. The winner will take away 50 per cent of all November sales, plus their choice of a $2,500 Resorts of Ontario gift certificate or $2,000 cash.

The proceeds from the 50/50 Lottery will help fund the equipment and technology that form the foundation of patient care. They’ll help bring new lifesaving services to our region, and enable PRHC to attract the best doctors, nurses and staff to our hospital.

“There are significant investments needed to fund the technological advancements and essential medical equipment required to support great patient care,” said Lesley Heighway. PRHC Foundation President & CEO, “That’s why the support of the community is so important. When people buy their 50/50 Lottery tickets, they’ll have the added comfort of knowing that thanks to their support, our loved ones, friends and neighbours can always find the world-class care they need and deserve right here at home.”

Tickets are 10 for $10, 40 for $20, 160 for $40 and 400 for $75 and can only be purchased online at https://www.prhcfoundation5050.com/

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Canoe Museum is Seeking Donations to Help Move Their Collection

As the Canadian Canoe Museum prepares to move locations they are seeking the publics help in moving more than 600 canoes and kayaks, along with hundreds of paddles and artifacts.

On Monday, the museum launched their public fundraising campaign.

Before the move begins, every vessel and artifact requires detailed cleaning, documentation, stabilizing, packaging, transportation, a quarantine and inspection process and installation in the new museum.

The museum is asking the community to donate to help cover the cost of the rigorous process of moving.

They have highlighted four different levels of contribution.

The Great Portage contribution ($5,000) supports the transfer of the largest vessels cared for in the Museum’s collection (ranging from 25’ to 53’ long). This group of watercraft range from great cedar dugouts representing First Nations of the Pacific Northwest region to 15-person flatwater sprint “war canoes” used by racing clubs, to enormous Fur Trade era canoes.

The Big Lift contribution ($2,500) supports the transfer of the Museum’s large-sized canoes and kayaks from across Canada and around the world (measuring from 18 to 25 feet in length).

The Solo Carry contribution ($1,000) supports the transfer of the largest cohort of canoes and kayaks represented in the Museum’s collection (measuring up to 18” in length).

The Paddle & Pack contribution ($100-$500) supports the transfer of more than 500 paddles and other related equipment like canoe and kayak-making tools, food harvesting equipment, expedition gear used over centuries and canoe sailing gear.

To donate to the campaign click here.

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Making a List and Checking it Twice: Lynn's Flowers and Gifts in Norwood is Getting Ready to Launch Annual Naughty and Nice List

Lynn’s Flowers and Gifts in Norwood is gearing up for another year of fundraising with their annual Naughty and Nice list.

Santa’s helpers Kevin, Megs and Trixie check up on the Naughty and Nice list weekly. Photo courtesy of Lynns Flowers and Gifts.

For the last four years the flower shop has hosted a Naughty and Nice list.

Customers donate a minimum of $5 to get their own name or the name of a friend on their choice of the naughty or nice list - which is posted in the shop. They can either give a reason as to why they have been put on either list or ‘resident elves’ Trixie and Megs will find a reason.

If someone finds a name on a list and they think it’s in the wrong spot, they can match the donation to move it to another list.

“We try to encourage people to come in to either try to get their name off the naughty list, or put someone else there,” said Megan Wilson, daughter of shop owner Lynn Wilson. “It’s kind of like a big game, a big rivalry thing while raising money.”

From Nov. 24 until Dec. 8 Trixie and Megs will post updated videos to Facebook highlighting new additions to the list. Santa’s brother Earl has also been known to make an appearance.

This year all donations will go to the Norwood Food Bank and Hospice Norwood.

“We chose Hospice this year because we’ve been noticing they’ve been unable to do a lot of fundraising because of the pandemic, so we wanted to get them on our list and raise some money for them this year,” said Lynn.

Since it’s beginning in 2018 the Naughty and Nice List has raised over $4,700 for local initiatives. Last year the list raised $1,400 that was split between the Norwood Food Bank and Community Care.

“This community is such a huge thing for us and I honestly do think it would be a little bit different if we weren’t in such a close knit community,” said Megan. “They support our business 24/7 and especially when it comes to Christmas and doing things like this they are hugely the reason why it’s so successful.”

Ballots for the Naughty and Nice list are available at Lynn’s Flowers and Gifts (2353 County Rd 45) and at The Christmas Corner (2351 County Rd 45), both located in Norwood and owned by Wilson. Ballots can be purchased with cash only.

Every $5 donation gets one ballot for the grand prize draw, which will be announced when the fundraiser is over.

One winner will receive two tickets to Come From Away, a production that has been awarded best musical in North America.

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#WellTogetherPTBO Fundraising Campaign Launched For Mental Health and Addictions Services

PTBOCanada has launched their #WellTogetherPTBO campaign to support mental health and addiction services by selling t-shirts and toques beginning Monday.

Caitlin Mcintosh, CMHAKPR communications and community relations specialist displaying the back of the campaign t-shirt. The mobile health unit is expected to be operating by roughly Jan. 1. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

The shirts contain art by artist Jason Wilkins that was inspired by his painted mural at the PTBOCanada studio.

All proceeds from the clothing sales will go towards the Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (CMHAKPR).

"It's a great initiative especially with the holidays coming up,” said Caitlin Mcintosh, CMHAKPR communications and community relations specialist. “It’s great that the money is going to fund our new mobile mental health and addictions clinic."

Leon’s Peterborough kickstarted the campaign by donating $1,000 during its announcement at the PTBOCanada studio.

"It's awesome to be able to contribute back to our community," said Tom Reburn, Leon’s Peterborough general manager. "This is a really important cause, everything with that's been COVID going on, people's mental health has definitely been at the forefront of everything and being able to contribute something positive to the community is priceless for me.”

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The charity apparel can be purchased online at the PTBOCanada shop. Every shirt and toque purchased will have $10 and $5 go to CHMAKPR respectively. All PTBOCanada caps proceeds will also go towards the campaign which runs until Christmas.

"Everyone has started to feel some pandemic fatigue, everyone wants their lives obviously to be back to normal so this is a great way to bring the Peterborough community together and demonstrate wellness, mental wellness and togetherness," said MacIntosh.

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The Rotary Club of Peterborough Annual Christmas Auction Will Support Humane Society's New Animal Care Centre

The Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha and the Peterborough Humane Society (PHS) announced on Monday the 2021 Kawartha Rotary annual Christmas Auction will support ‘Our Pet Project’, the fundraising campaign for the new Peterborough Animal Care Centre.

Rotary Club President Carl Brown visits the Humane Society. Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Humane Society.

“For over 23 years, proceeds from our Christmas auction have benefited many worthwhile community initiatives such as the Nichols Oval Waterpark and capital builds at both Hospice Peterborough and the PRHC,” said Carl Brown, Rotary Club President. “With construction well underway and fundraising ongoing for the new Peterborough Animal Care Centre, we felt it was an important time to support our furry friends through the 2021 auction.”

Last year’s auction raised over $18,000 in support of the YES Youth Transitional Housing Project. The 2021 auction will support the new Peterborough Animal Care Centre with a goal of giving $15,000.

“We are always thrilled when a community partner thinks of our organization and supporting the future of animal wellness. Kawartha Rotary’s Christmas Auction is a double win in that it encourages shopping at local Peterborough businesses while also helping us get even closer to our fundraising goal for the new centre.” said Shawn Morey, Executive Director, PHS.

Construction is underway at 1999 Technology Drive, the site of the new centre and fundraising is currently over $8.5M of its $10M goal.

The online auction goes live on Monday and ends on Sunday, Nov. 28.

For more information on the Christmas auction contact Susan Zambonin, Auction Co-Chair, susan@habitatpkr.ca

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Local Man Completes Hiking the Bruce Trail End to End and is Now Raising Funds for Two Local Charities

After hiking the Bruce Trail in its entirety, local man Jackson Parlevliet is raising money for HeadsupCAN and the Youth Emergency Shelter.

Jackson Parlevliet after completing the Bruce Trail. Photo courtesy of Jackson Parlevliet.

Parlevliet began hiking Canada's oldest and longest marked footpath that stretches 900 km from Niagara to Tobermory on Aug. 11 when he realized his mental and physical health were declining.

“I started doing the hike because I was feeling very depressed,” he said.

After hitting his head at work a few years ago and enduring a severe concussion and brain damage, he was struggling with his mental health.

“I wanted to do something healthy to get me on track. At the beginning it was really really hard, I couldn’t go very far and I was just feeling so out of shape. I stuck with it and kept going until it started to get easy, then it got hard again towards the end because I was just really tired.”

Over the course of the 58 day hike Jackson lost 30 lbs and found a love for hiking. Photo by Jackson Parlevliet.

“I just thought so much. There were certain days I just would be in the woods by myself and start crying,” he said. “But I genuinely feel like a different person now.”

Initially this hike was only meant to better Parlevliet’s health, though as he walked alone he began to think there was potential for something more.

After he completed the trail end-to-end on Nov. 8, 58 days after starting, Parlevliet created a GoFundMe.

50 per cent of all the money raised will be going to HeadsupCAN, a local charity that aims to help those suffering from post-concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) symptoms.

“I picked HeadsUP because it’s personal to me. I’ve been struggling with concussion related brain trauma since I was in high school, and also because I trust where the money is going. The founder Ryan Sutton is from Ennismore.”

The other 50 per cent will be going to the Youth Emergency Shelter.

“I wanted to do something nice at Christmas - I love Christmas. Gifts aren’t what Christmas is about to me, but I still think that kids should be able to have some gifts and have some food and feel like they’re loved at Christmas.”

According to the Bruce Trail website, the trail can be hiked one way in 30 days. Jackson completed his hike (end-to-end and back again) in 58 days. Photo by Jackson Parlevliet.

Parlevliet says it was a tough trek,hiking around 40 km a day, and there were many times he wanted to quit. Now that it’s done he hopes to hike more in the future.

“I’ve wanted to do this Bruce Trail thing for a while. I started thinking about the idea in 2015 or 2015. I didn’t really know anything about it. If you have anything you want to do, just do it. Just make it happen.”

He says he hopes anyone interested in hiking the Bruce Trail will reach out to him on Instagram with any questions.

“I didn’t have fancy gear, I didn’t have poles, I didn’t have good shit - I just did it. It was really uncomfortable at times it rained for like 15 days straight, my feet were soaking, it was really miserable but I made it through and then got to good weather. If there’s anything you want to do, don’t wait for other people - just make it happen. I’m so glad I did it. There were times I thought ‘I can’t do this anymore I want to quit’ but I just kept going and it felt so good to be done.”

To donate to the Bruce Trail End to End Charity Hike click here.

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Norwood Pharmacist is Growing his 'Stache for Mens Health and the Community has Got His Back

Local pharmacist Paul Hellier from Norwood Guardian-Centennial Pharmacy is participating in Movember for the first time this year to raise money for prostate cancer research.

Photo courtesy of Norwood Centennial Pharmacy.

Hellier has been a pharmacist in Norwood since 2019. After working in the community for two years and growing to love the area he and his family moved there in 2021.

“I feel I’m part of the community now, I’ve just joined the Lions, I’m trying to be active in the community,” said Hellier. “I see a lot of people suffering with men’s cancers- of which prostate is only one.”

Hellier says that while awareness around prostate cancer and the symptoms that come with it are growing, lots of people still miss important early signs.

“I give support on a daily basis to patients with prostate cancer, and answer questions all the time for people that are concerned about it,” he said. “I definitely think that because I’m a pharmacist - but more so because I’m part of the community - I feel it’s my job to help wherever I can.”

When Hellier announced the fundraiser on the pharmacy’s Facebook page on Nov. 3 his goal was to raise $500. Having already passed that goal he now hopes to raise $1000.

“I was afraid there would be very little response,” he said. “The community talks to each other really well here in Norwood, I love it here, it’s a wonderful place.”

Currently donors are asked to bring their donation to the pharmacy, located at 2375 County Rd 45, Norwood.

Donations above $20 are eligible for a tax receipt by request.

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The Verandah Society and Irish Millie Team Up for Barnyard Benefit Concert

The Kawartha Haliburton Children’s Foundation and Century 21 United Realty Inc. are joining together to present the Barnyard Benefit Concert, in support of the Salvation Army Toy Drive and Kawartha Haliburton Children’s Foundation’s Santa’s Sleigh, on Sunday, Nov. 7.

The Barnyard Benefit Concert will be held at Hollowbrook Highlands in Bethany Hills, formerly South Pond Farms. The Verandah Society with Kate Suhr and Megan Murphy will perform with special musical guest Irish Millie.

“For so many years we’ve participated in the Salvation Army Toy Drive as a company,” said Vanessa Oakehogan, owner of Century 21. “ We do our best to raise money as a team so we can go buy gifts to donate.”

Attendees can enjoy music all afternoon, as well as trail walks, a silent auction, chili by campfire and a cash bar.

The Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Foundation’s Santa’s Sleigh, takes place at Walmart on Chemong Road in Peterborough from Nov. 25 to Dec. 6.

Participants choose a child’s name from a Christmas tree, shop, then drop gifts off in Santa’s Sleigh. The donated toys are delivered by Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society social workers for children to open on Christmas Day.

The Barnyard Benefit Concert is sponsored by Holiday Ford Lincoln.

Tickets are $75 and can be purchased at the door or by emailing vanessaoakehogan@gmail.com.

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