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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