Breast Cancer Month In Peterborough Kicks Off At City Hall Friday Morning

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Cancer Cancer Society members will be on hand this Friday, September 30th at 9:00 am at City Hall to raise the pink flag to celebrate breast cancer survivors and to remember those who lost their fight with the disease.

Mayor Daryl Bennett will be at the opening to officially proclaim October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 
 
As part of the Canadian Cancer Society’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month Fundraising campaign, they are asking people to unite behind those living with breast cancer by making a donation and proudly wearing a pink ribbon.
 
Volunteers will be selling pink ribbons at the following locations in Peterborough on Friday, September 30th (10 a.m. to 8 p.m.) and Saturday, October 1st (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.): Costco, Walmart, Canadian Tire – Chemong Road, Canadian Tire – Lansdowne Street, Morello’s Independent Grocers, Loblaw Superstore, The Beer Store – Lansdowne Street, Chemong Road and George St., LCBO – Lansdowne St. (at Chapters) and Portage Place, Dieter and Darcy’s No Frills – George Street, Ken’s No Frill on Lansdowne Street and Towerhill Sobey’s.

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Nourish Peterborough Documentary Raises Awareness About Need For Food In Community

Nourish Peterborough has a documentary to raise awareness around the need for food for so many in our community, and the organizations and food programs that are available to help out. The doc brings focus to ten of the organizations and community groups who advocate for food security within Peterborough, and addresses the need for healthy food for those living in poverty. You can rent the film free of charge at Have You Seen. I highly recommend it as it opened my eyes to how many are in need of assistance within our community and how many are here to offer help—including the likes of Our Space, Food Not Bombs, Collective Kitchens, YWCA and The Peterborough Gleaning Program. Watch the trailer below:

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Make A Splash By Helping Out The Nicholl's Oval Splash Pad Fund

Local folks are raising money to help make a splash pad at Nicholl's Oval a reality for all the neighbourhood kiddies to enjoy, as there are currently no working splash pads east of the Otonabee River. The Help Make a Splash campaign is hoping to raise funds through various community activities and fundraising events. To learn more and how you can support the cause, go to their website, or their Facebook and Twitter pages.

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900 Backpacks Stuffed With Supplies Will Be Distributed By United Way To Kids From Low Income Families

19 percent of youth in Peterborough are living in poverty. The United Way of Peterborough is doing their part to help out with programs like this backpack one, but funding has been a challenge. Watch this segment below for more on the program and how you can help:

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PtboPics: Another Habitat For Humanity Build Gets Underway

The official groundbreaking ceremony for Habitat for Humanity's upcoming builds on Jane Street in Peterborough took place Friday afternoon. These two homes will be built in part by Kenner Collegiate's new Senior Youth Build Program, and Habitat will also be offering many Women Build days in the fall due to the huge success of the program from their most recent build on Towerhill Road.  If you are interested in volunteering, click here for info.

 

Sandra and her three daughters Estefany, Michelle and Nicole are ready to begin the build for their home

Eager to be homeowners, Nyssa and Dennis with their children Madalyn and Caleb

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PtboPics: Vinnies Grand Opening At New Location (The Old One To Be Converted Into Food Bank)

Today was Vinnies grand opening and they offered free hot dogs and hamburgers as part of the festivities. Formally known as St. Vincent De Paul, the staff and numerous volunteers moved the store from their Murray Street spot to the new location at 799 Erskine Avenue. The original location will be converted into a food bank while the new thrift store location is over three times larger.

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Peterborough's 3 Loonies Will Live On With One Of The 3 To Be Replaced

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Peterborough Photowalk Comes Together Through Twitter

Segment starts at 2:10 mark.  The photowalk starts at 10:00 a.m. today at Rogers Cove.

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Some Findings And Input From The Parkway Road Meeting On Impact On Community

There were more than 40 people in attendance Monday night as Peterborough's James Burrett introduced us to the continued work by the City of Peterborough on moving traffic through our city. The main issue that keeps creeping up every ten years or so, he pointed out, is the intended Parkway route. Recently, City council endorsed a $52.3M roads plan that included a two lane road as part of the Northern Parkway extension route. James was heavily involved with the Parkway Referendum and believes this:

"There is more to a community than just how much time it takes to get from Point A to Point B."

Derrick Foley has volunteered to help with public awareness and says that there will need to be 5,000 to 10,000 signatures to make City Hall recognize the issue. What was odd, it was pointed out, was that so much money was going towards this extension route and yet not one of the ten highest accident intersections are being improved. As was pointed out:

"What is $52 million dollars going to solve when we don't really need this? We are a very green community. Tell your councillors that this makes no sense."

The City of Peterborough and Morrison Hershfield invite you to the third and last Public Involvement Centre (PICs) being held June 28th from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Evinrude Centre to seek input on the following:

• Phasing of the previously recommended Road Network Improvements.
• Trail/cycling network improvements.
• Key policy initiatives to support transit, active transportation and transportation demand management.

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