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Flowers for mom help campaign to end MS
Gerry Putman and Fiona Patton distributed flowers Thursday to the many volunteers in Prince Edward County who are raising funds for the Multiple Sclerosis Society’s annual MS Carnation campaign.
Christmas tree sales help firefighters support community
The Picton Firefighter’s Association is ready to help ring in the season with a small forest of Douglas Fir Christmas trees available for $40. The association consists of 20 members with the desire to serve and give back to the community. The association raises money throughout the year and often helps individuals, groups, charities, and […]
Girls seeking World Without Worms need your votes
Locally, Fiona and Abby Emdin have become known as, the less than flattering, “Worm Girls.” “We don’t mind,” the West Lake residents report. “Although the issue of parasitic worms may possibly be the least glamorous around, we have come to realize that, among teenagers, it is also one of the most poorly supported and understood.” […]
Go On Air for Health Care
The Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation, together with Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation and Belleville General Hospital Foundation will host a second annual ‘On Air For Health Care’ radio-a-thon Wednesday, June 1 – live from the Bay of Quinte Golf Club. Listen in to any radio station in the Quinte region between 6 a.m. and […]
Relay for Life fundraising events
RELAY FOR LIFE FUNDRAISING EVENTS! $5.00 for $5.00 at Home Hardware! Customers give us $5 – we will give them a voucher for $5 to be used on their purchase that day or before June 10, 2011. Last year we raised over $2,000 with this program. Our Goal this year is $5,000. Come out and […]
Help Mummers fix Mt. Tabor
The Marysburgh Mummers will update members and guests on the Mt. Tabor fire code renovations and the new TaborFix fundraising plans at tonight’s general meeting at 7 p.m. in the community theatre at Milford. “Much remains to be done if Mount Tabor is to continue its contribution to the culture and economy of the County,” […]
Elks support APC at hospital
CHEERS! to the Wellington Elks Lodge #566 for presenting the PECMH Foundation with $200 toward the purchase of an Argon Plasma Coagulator for the Operating Room. An Argon Plasma Coagulator or “APC” is an effective technology used in endoscopy procedures. The procedure involves directing a small jet of argon gas or plasma with a special […]
Students MADD about marketing
Prince Edward Collegiate Grade 11 students are right on the money with their marketing studies – raising awareness and more than $1,100 for MADD Quinte. When Rob Garden started the class four years ago, he wanted his students to take part in marketing campaigns that focused on issues socially relevant to them. “In past years, […]
Gifts to Salvation Army last all year
Picton Salvation Army Captain Dean Locke accepts a generous donation for this year’s kettle campaign. Need knows no season, whether it is food and toys at Christmas or help with food, shelter, emergencies, summer camp or other programs thoughout the year supported by the Salvation Army. All proceeds stay in Prince Edward County. Truck load […]
Hospital Auxiliary and Foundation present $80,000
CHEERS! to the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation and Auxiliary! PECMH had an emergent need for two colonoscopes for the operating room at a cost of approximately $80,000. The Foundation approached the PECMH Auxiliary to assist with the purchase of one of the colonoscopes. At the auxiliary’s Oct. 22 general meeting, it was unanimously […]
