The future looks bright locally and globally with kids like this in Peterborough already making a difference, and—with their parent's help—using social media to get the word out about their causes...
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Dr. Matthew Stewart, a Peterborough man who has a website 50 Ways To Be Happier, put together this "Mapey Leafy Spider" song to inspire kids and their parents who are Leafs fans. The lyrics are:
Mapey Leafey Spider skatin' icy rink,
blast a puck in goal 'cause you call him dirty fink,
so if you don't talk nice, you get ready then,
'cause Mapey Leafey Spider gonna win the game again!
Now watch for yourself, it's getting a lot of views...
Dr. Matt has songs for other NHL teams on his YouTube channel, including Boston, Chicago, Calgary and more.
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Roll up your sleeves, Peterborough! The community is about to get its green on. The Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough have announced an exciting new community initiative, 7 Days of Green (hashtag #7daysofgreen on Twitter). Why? To increase Peterborough’s creative dialogue about local green activities while building awareness around green living and giving.
7 Days of Green kicks off April 16th with Random Acts of Green, a day when community members throughout the City and County are challenged to incorporate green activities into their lives—and each day forward—and share them on social media. Wondering what you could do? A few simple ideas to greenify your life a little more include:
Starting April 16th, spread the word about Random Acts of Green. Why? Because every green act matters.
Tweet your Random Acts of Green and pictures to @cfgp_ and use the hashtag #randomactsofgreen, or email your info and pictures to info@cfgp.ca and you’ll become a part of history.
Yep, history.
The Community Foundation is creating a community art installation from the images that you tweet and email that will be displayed over the next year throughout the community—starting at Lansdowne Place!
For more information and a full schedule of 7 Days of Green activities, visit www.cfgp.ca/green (we're a proud sponsor of this). All events are open to the public.
To learn more about the Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough, go to their Facebook page or website. And if you're on Twitter, use the #7daysofgreen and #randomactsofgreen hashtags.
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Here's a neat local social media story: It involves how a TV producer—@rdolishny—got his print edition of the Sunday New York Times by meeting an executive airline pilot—@jetdrivr—through Twitter. The video debuted at the #PeterTweeter awards last week, a celebration of the power of Twitter in Peterborough.
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[UPDATE: And here's a bunch of great pics from the Photo Booth at the event.]
Peterborough, we saw your tweets last night. Thanks for voting our @Ptbo_Canada handle as "Best Local Media Source" and "Best Local Promoter". Here's a full list below of the winners...
Local News: @kawarthaNow
Photographer: @hazlewoodimages
Visual Creative: @BriGosselin
Writer: @carollawless
Local Promoter: @ptbo_canada
Live Performers: @thespades
Not for Profit: @red_pashmina
Sports/Fitness: @petedalliday
Peter Builder: @MaryamMonsef
Retail Business: @SLfurnitureco
Peter Feeder: @Sams_Place_Deli
Local Media Source: @ptbo_canada
Local Media Person: @chan_rahan
Peter Breeder: @sofawned
Twit Disturber: @jayboy_williams
Funniest Tweeter: @Jimtruswell
Peter Pair: @hazlewoodimages & @SLfurnitureco
Twitter Trendsetter: @Ash_street
PeterTweeter: @vanderherberg
[video from #Petertweeter Awards of co-hosts Dani Stover and Catherine Hanrahan via Vince Bierworth on YouTube]
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Catherine Hanrahan & Dani Stover hosting last yearThe 2nd Annual #Petertweeter Awards, celebrating the best of Twitter and social networking in Peterborough and area, will take place March 21st at the downtown nightclub ARIA.
The first #Petertweeter awards last year at Splice were a huge success—view pictures here—and this year will certainly carry on that momentum.
The awards show will again be hosted by Catherine Hanrahan and Dani Stover—the Tina Fey and Amy Poehler of Peterborough—and will spotlight individuals, businesses, non-profits and more.
For more information, contact donald@smallprint.ca or call 705.977.0604.
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There was so much awesome about this city this year. In no particular order really, here's 61 of them (we had to cut if off somewhere)...
1. Peterborough Lakers winning the Mann Cup. Best in Canada baby!
2. Red Pashminas, which empower women locally and globally.
3. Trent's LipDub video, a great showcase for the university.
4. Doug Tilley's comedy, whether it's his "singing" or tweeting or... what's next Tilley?
5. Bandwagon episodes. Now in its 2nd season, which launched with Sloan.
6. Wild Rock celebrating 20 years in the downtown. And making the decision to stay in the downtown when they could have moved.
7. PMZ, Peterborough's TMZ celebrating local "celebrities".
8. I'd Rather Be In Peterborough tees. Community spirit.
9. Spanky's annual ping pong tourney for Movember. Spanky's offering a place to play ping pong in town.
"Call Me Maybe" 10. The city rallying behind a teenager's right to play basketball on his own driveway.
11. Philanthropy month in Peterborough showcasing all the people doing good in the community. #bethechangeptbo
12. The new downtown nightclub ARIA, which rivals Toronto's finest.
13. St. Peter's high school students dressing as superheroes during Head of the Trent regatta.
14. Peterborough Cycling Summit. Bike this city. Let's make it as bike friendly as possible.
15. Elton John concert, the one where he actually played Peterborough—not his cancelled one.
GPA EDC's Dan Taylor at Creative Cocktail16. The Peterborough Calendar Girls naked truth campaign raising awareness about the affordable housing shortage here.
17. Breakfast Television broadcasting live from Peterborough. Great coup for our city.
18. Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher at Gerti's. (We don't believe they had the polo sandwich, but it's excellent.)
19. Carly Rae Jepsen at Musicfest. Peterborough singing "Call Me Maybe".
20. Final photo of PCVS students and staff together. This city will never forget the impact this school had, and its legacy.
21. A canoe portage in downtown Peterborough.
22. The Taste of Downtown. So much great food down there. And great folk.
23. The Dragon Boat festival.
24. The Hootenanny on Hunter. It's a hoot.
Mike Watt
25. The Gilmour Street Garage Sale. Epic as always.
26. Hunter Street, one of the best streets anywhere for food, drink, shops, live music, theatre, festivals, hot dogs, great vibe.
Rick Mercer at PCVS27. Maryam's Monsef's story about how a city and school saved her life.
28. Peterborough dog pictures.
29. Rick Mercer's Rant on PCVS.
30. Rick Mercer's visit to PCVS, in video and pictures.
31. Noah Leslie—aka @pennyboynoah, who raises money for the Salvation Army Toy Drive each year.
32. Pete Dalliday's unbelievable shot. Believe it.
33. Someone canoeing on a Peterborough street. Canoe Peterborough.
34. Koski.
35. The PeterTweeter awards. Twitter's where it's at. Amazing Twitter community in town. (Follow us here.)
36. Mike Watt's how-to plaid video. Hilarious.
37. Creative Cocktails—here's the one from Market Hall.
St. Peter's superheroes38. Jonny Trash DJing at Spanky's. Best DJ around.
39. The Peterborough web series Grimwell.
40. Petes Insider, giving us the inside goods on the Petes organization.
41. The excellent Canadian Canoe Museum. We're lucky to have it. And let's move it downtown by the waterfront.
42. Electric City Live, which covers the local music scene in Peterborough. Great name, great site.
43. The Art School of Peterborough. Creativity. Imagination.
44. Mike Judson, who went homeless on the streets of Peterborough for 48 hours to raise awareness about the problem here.
Silver Bean45. Peterborough Police for serving and protecting this community, and embracing social media by joining Twitter this year.
46. Rachel Seaman and Ashley Brzozowicz, who competed in the Olympics this summer (Ashley won a silver in her sport, rowing). 
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47. Downtown Peterborough. Embrace it. Vital. Make it sustainable. Build a city from its core.
48. Silver Bean Café, beauty spot on the river.
49. Our friends at The Wolf and Kruz FM, huge supporters of Peterborough and us. And the always smiling Carol Edwards there, who lets us in through the out door.
50. Three Loonies, for Kawartha Food Share.
51. The return of the Wire Awards. Special night at Market Hall putting spotlight on amazing music scene in Peterborough—one of the best anywhere in Canada.
52. Gallery in the truck. A moving gallery. Great concept. Love it.
54. Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre.
55. The DBIA's new website by BrandHealth. Excellent. 
56. Lois Tuffin, the news diva of Peterborough and the Kawarthas. Never shy about expressing her opinion.
57. Fleming's Student Volunteering Club, students with a sense of community pride.
58. Funny hashtags. E.g. 6,000 people went without power for a couple hours, and #ptboblackout began trending on Twitter in Peterborough. Sample tweet: "I wonder how many babies will be conceived during this blackout #ptboblackout"
59. John Leacy's mural art around town. Gabby's wall, Spanky's wall and more.
60. Natas Cafe, the epicentre for Peterborough's amazing people.
61. All our readers and followers on Twitter and Facebook. You rock.
Here's to a great 2013!
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A Peterborough woman named Kimberley MacDougall has created a Facebook page suggesting that trick-or-treating be delayed until this Friday due to Hurricane Sandy's possible effects here. The page does have its supporters but others totally disagree. Tell us your thoughts below.
[Postpone Peterborough Trick-or-Treating Facebook page]
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Photo by: Evan Holt
We hit 5,000 followers this week—nice milestone! Thanks to all of our amazing followers! If you haven't joined Twitter, consider doing so. Sign up here. There is an amazing, vibrant Twitter community in Peterborough exchanging great ideas—and great fun.
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Naked Truth Teaser ShotA new campaign, "The Naked Truth About The Affordable Housing Shortage in Peterborough", has begun.
Some of the stats from a teaser press release that went out:
Naked Truth #1: At 1,500 families, Peterborough has one of the longest waiting lists for affordable housing.
Naked Truth #2: 25% of Peterborough tenants are paying more than half of their income on rent. In some cases, people are paying up to 80 percent of their income on rent.
Naked truth #3: More than half of Peterborough renter households can't afford a one-bedroom apartment.
According to the release, "there is hope and one group of Peterborough women are taking matters into their own hands."
Follow @PtboCalndrGirls on Twitter and "Like" Peterborough Calendar Girls on Facebook for updates in the coming weeks and to help spread the word about the Naked Truth campaign, which officially kicks off early October.
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