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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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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Courtney's Legacy Fund is proud to present the 2nd Annual Fishing To Cure Childhood Cancer event this Thursday (July 7th) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Waterfront.
All day land activities including the following:
•Viewing of the fishing tournament and weigh-in
•12 boats featuring a pro fisherman, celebrity autograph session with NHL stars, NLL stars and many more
•Meet a Peterborough Pete
•Lunch with the PROS (extra cost) at the Gazebo waterfront
•Live Music
•Family activities
•Celebrity dinner and auction later that night at the Holiday Inn Waterfront in Peterborough
For more info on this special event, call 705-874-6960.
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On July 30th, two local tennis players, Mark Arbogast and Shawn Beatty, will embark on a gruelling 24 hour tennis marathon in support of the PRHC Foundation’s Closer campaign.
Arbogast, a teacher in the Law and Justice program at Fleming College, says the duo will play 24, 50‐ minute sets of doubles against volunteer opponents, taking only a 10‐minute break every hour.
They're looking for pairs or individuals to sign up to play doubles against them at intervals throughout the day and night. The marathon will get underway at 10:00 a.m. on July 30th at the Quaker Park Tennis Club and run straight through until 10:00 a.m. the next day.
In order to raise money, Arbogast and Beatty will collect pledges in advance, with donors able to sponsor them either for a specific period of time, or for the completion of their marathon. All proceeds from the event will support the PRHC Foundation’s Closer campaign to expand cancer care services at our hospital.
To register to play or pledge your support, call Mark Arbogast at 705‐741‐2223 or email 24tennismarathon@gmail.com.
[image via Quaker Park Tennis Club website]
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Although it ended early due to the weather, it was a great day at the Dragon Boat Festival. Here's some photos PtboCanada captured.Little Lake and Del Crary Park will be a busy spot this weekend as Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival gets underway, with opening ceremonies taking place Friday evening at 7 p.m. and the races getting underway first thing Saturday morning. With funds raised this year for PRHC's Breast Assessment Centre, the hope is that they will reach the $2,000,000 mark since the festival first began in 2001. Come on out and support our paddlers! (Click here for pictures from last year's event.)
A team practices their stroke in preparation for race day. Photo - Evan Holt
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