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Community unearths garden classroom project
Families and friends unearthed phase one of the Garden and Outdoor Classroom Project at the Hub Child and Family Centre on the weekend. This project, designed to learn and share from seed to table, to support children and families in the County, including those experiencing food security issues. “The garden is meant to be an […]
Hospital Auxiliary digital donation helps young girls compute
Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary President Liz Jones presents a $2,500 to Reverend Lynne Donovan for the Reaching for Rainbows program at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. The money will pay for three tablet computers so that the girls in the program can develop their computer skills.
Hospice welcomes interim administrator
The Hospice Prince Edward board of directors and the South East community Care Access Centre (CCAC) welcomed interim administrator Angela Jodoin to the residential site in Picton with a tour of the new Serenity Garden. The appointment follows the resignation last month of Nancy Parks, who was executive director of the organization for the past […]
Easy ways to exercise when you have no time
By Kathy McAlpine Terpstra One of the biggest “excuses” I hear about not exercising is that “I have no time”. In this busy world, we get bogged down in all of the “have-to’s” of adult life. What if I told you that you could build exercise into your day and not have to find the […]
Most of us can’t – or won’t – talk about death and dying
By Sharon Baxter “It’s not that I’m afraid to die. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” – Woody Allen An elderly woman with incurable end-stage heart disease is rushed to hospital and quickly goes into cardiac arrest. Despite her poor condition and minimal chance of survival, her panicked husband requests that […]
$3,000 donation a boost for hospital auxiliary efforts
Loch Sloy’s Jacqui Burley and Steven Everall presented $3,000 to the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. Loch Sloy Holdings is home to the Picton Airport and flying club, the Central Region Gliding School and many business tenants. Led and staffed entirely by volunteers, the Auxiliary functions both within the hospital and in the larger […]
Need the perfect Valentine’s gift? All You Need Is Love concert benefits all
County residents and music enthusiasts should save the date for the not to be missed Valentine’s benefit concert featuring All You Need Is Love for a magical evening of music to raise funds to support medical equipment needs at Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital. All You Need Is Love, hailing from Belleville, ON will take […]
$1,500 to Meals on Wheels
The Picton Legion Poppy Fund presented Community Care for Seniors an early Christmas present in the form of a $1,500 donation to support Meals on Wheels. Since 1980, when Meals on Wheels were first delivered in The County, Branch 78 of the Royal Canadian Legion in Picton has been supportive of the needs of seniors […]
HUB kids have piles of fun during open house
Children joined in the playgroup and dressed in their Halloween costumes for a parade, carved pumpkins to take home, had their faces painted, and enjoyed Halloween snacks.
There are dozens of reasons to help the Alzheimer’s Society
Laura Hare, executive director at Alzheimer Society, enjoys a Krispy Kreme donut during Thursday’s Coffee Break event. The Coffee Break is an annual national fundraiser presented by the Alzheimer Society to raise funds for local programs and services that help people living with dementia, and their families. In the County this year, Krispy Kreme donuts […]
