Peterborough is bringing it with the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
The Breaking Bad style one was epic, but this one is pretty darn amazing too.
Greg Bryant and Chad Buckner used the Lift Lock—the highest hydraulic lock in the world—as the prop for their challenge.
OK, are you ready? This is 100% awesome. Here we go...
By now, if you don't know what the ALS ice bucket challenge is, you've been living under a rock. And if you've never heard of Breaking Bad and Walter White's shenanigans, you're in a very small minority. Peterborough's Miles Gibney, a part time radio news anchor in town, took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and combined it with a Breaking Bad theme to create one of the coolest videos we've seen during this fundraising craze. Watch for yourself... —Aaron Elliott
Joe's four children
Photo of accident via CHEX TV
Joe Deshane is a small town volunteer firefighter in Havelock, a kind, funny, well known man around town often spotted with a cup of Tim Hortons in his hand. He is also the breadwinner for a young family consisting of a wife and four small children. On Friday (August 15th), Joe was involved in a serious accident while driving a tractor trailer. He has suffered severe injuries, and will require a lengthy rehabilitation—putting an enormous financial strain on his family. The town of Havelock near Peterborough is rallying around him, setting up a donation page (their aim is $10,000) to help offset some of the costs for medical, housing, daily needs and transportation for the Deshane family. Please share this post, and consider giving here. Every amount counts in large amounts.
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Writer and journalist Jeanne Pengelly has done a great thing that has inspired others. Blue Rodeo is playing at the Peterborough Memorial Centre tonight (August 8th) for Trent University's 50th anniversary celebrations, but there is no parking available at PMC since the Peterborough Exhibition is on at the same time at Morrow Park. So Pengelly is auctioning her driveway on Morrow St. near PMC to someone who wants to park close. And all the money is going to charity...
And Pengelly doing this has inspired others to pick a charity and do the same. Like a person on McGill St. who did this...
Thanks to @Under_1_Sun for sending us these great pics of the ninja turtles team playing in the Smashed Beach Volleyball Tournament at Boston Pizza North on Chemong Road in support of Easter Seals Ontario on the weekend. There were many great teams participating, including Under One Sun.
Seventy-nine community teams, four breast cancer survivor teams, and more than 1,600 paddlers are getting ready to hit the water for Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival this Saturday (June 14th) at Little Lake, Del Crary Park. Races get underway at 8:30 a.m, and Opening Ceremonies start around 11:50 a.m. During the flower ceremony, announcers Angela Rose and Vince Bierworth will read the names of former members from the survivor teams, Survivors Abreast (Peterborough), Survivors Thrivers (Cobourg) and Barrie’s Ribbons of Hope, who have lost their battle against breast cancer—a powerful reminder of what the festival is all about. Here's some pictures from last year's event...
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The Peterborough & Kawartha Region Habitat for Humanity ReStore location (currently at 780 Erskine Avenue) will be moving to 550 Braidwood Avenue next to GPL Storage.
ReStore accepts and sells donations of the following: new, gently used, overstocked, seconds, scratch and dent, discontinued, salvaged or renovation materials, and unique home decor items. One hundred percent of all administration costs of Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region are paid for by the funds raised at the ReStore store. Your support allows every dollar donated to the organization to go directly into building more, safe, decent homes.
[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]
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So many kids around Peterborough have been having their heads shaved and pony tails cut for a great cause: Pedal For Hope. This takes place each April and May, when members of the Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service, Ontario Provincial Police, and Royal Canadian Mounted Police shed their uniforms during their holidays, hop on a bike and pedal more than 1,000 kilometres as "Cops for Cancer" to visit schools around Central Ontario to raise money for pediatric cancer research and awareness about kids living with cancer. Since the first tour in 2005, the Pedal for Hope team has raised more than $2.4 million for pediatric cancer research.
This year's 10th anniversary tour wraps up Saturday (May 17th) with an event at Adam Scott, but on Friday (May 16th) Pedal For Hope bikers arrived at James Strath Public School in Peterborough, and more children had their heads shaved—including Eileen and Joel Kimmett's three kids, Quinn, 10; Riker Kimmett, 8; and Kedron, 6. "I still can't say enough how amazing the Pedal For Hope Team is," Eileen tells us. Her kids are amazing, too. All the hair cut goes to make wigs for kids struggling with cancer. See pics below of Quinn, Riker and Kedron from today...
Kedron, Quinn and Riker
Kedron, Quinn and Riker
Kedron
Kedron
Kedron
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On Sunday, May 4th, more than 50 people came to Nicholls Oval to participate in the 2014 Walk So Kids Can Talk in support of Kids Help Phone. This was the fourth year Peterborough hosted a walk site, and walkers raised about $15,000. The event saw representation from several organizations and individuals in the community, such as BMO, the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation and Team 55 Tackles Suicide Awareness. Counsellors at Kids Help Phone are there for youth 24/7/365, when they feel like there is no one else they can turn to. Check out pictures below from this special walk. —photos & coverage by Beth McClelland
David Pogue of Team 55 and his grandson cut the blue ribbon to mark the official start of the walk and honour his son Mitchell
Adults, kids and pets alike take off for their first kilometer of the walk
Amazing walk for a great cause
Team 55 gathers by the finish line at the end of the walk
Sharon from Checkers Entertainment Services facepaints two high school walk volunteers
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Duke & Sofie
The Summer Fundraiser campaign for Peterborough Humane Society's "Duke's Trail Tour" kicked off today (April 22nd) at Montana's Cookhouse. Duke, an 8-year-old Belgian Shepherd, and his owner Sofie Andreou (pictured at left) were there and will serve as ambassadors for the 1st Annual event, which takes place June 22nd.
Duke, a Peterborough Humane Society rescue, has overcome the abuse he suffered as a puppy with the love of his Forever Home family, and the freedom he found exploring trails around the world.
"Duke is a very special dog," says Sofie. "We adopted him from Peterborough Humane Society in 2005, and he's been by my side ever since, travelling trails from Mexico to Nova Scotia. We want to share our love of exploration and help give other dogs a chance at a Forever Home."
Duke's Trail Tour press conference picture
With a vast array of trail-systems available to Peterborough and the Kawarthas, Duke (and Sofie) thought it was high time to spread the love and get others trekking for a great cause—as PHS looks after 1,300 needy animals on an annual basis and is in desperate need of funds.
Duke's Trail Tour takes place Sunday, June 22nd from 1:30 pm to 4 pm. Walkers can register as teams or individuals at DukesTrailTour.com. It is a fun 5k/10k walk through the Rotary Trail system.
Interested in adopting a pet from the humane society? Learn more here.
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