Save the date: Niagara-on-the-Lake’s holiday Candlelight Stroll is back Dec. 2
Last year marked return of in-person event since pandemic began, raised $13,000 in donations Townspeople lit the streets of downtown Niagara-on-the-Lake in the warm glow of candles last December — for the first time since the pandemic began. This year, they’re back...
‘It’s a lifeline’: Port Cares unveils new outdoor space and food bank addition at Reach Out Centre
The rain didn’t dampen the parade. Despite a brief downpour, Port Cares was still able to celebrate the ribbon cutting at their Reach Out Centre. The various groups like the EarlyON team, the literary team, and housing and homelessness services all had different...
Niagara Falls families straining under weight of soaring prices
If there was any doubt about what the impact of exploding food costs, high gas prices, soaring rent costs and ongoing interest rate hikes are having on Niagara Falls families, Pam Sharp said you need only look at the Project SHARE’s annual back-to-school assistance...
Grimsby’s Lynn Fee Team partners with Beamsville farm to squash hunger in West Niagara
Lynn Fee couldn’t imagine letting a fall go by without running their annual pumpkin giveaway. That’s not necessarily because she has any personal affinity to the winter squash that’s the quintessential sign of fall. But instead, it’s because in a prosperous region...
Pelham Cares dinner-dance fundraiser, Sept. 17
“After two years of cancellation due to Covid, our fifth annual dinner and dance is back!” proclaimed a jubilant Nancy Yungblut, Pelham Cares’ fundraising chair. The event is slated for Saturday, September 17, at the Fonthill Legion, located at 141 Highway 20 East....
Community Care looking for peanut butter donations
Community Care of St. Catharines and Thorold is putting out a call for peanut butter donations. They say that they are experiencing high demand lately and that the inventory at the food bank is at an all time low. You can drop off a donation to Community Care at 12...
Harvest help: Beamsville volunteer regenerates Community Care garden
Every day, twice a day, Elaine Douglas makes the short walk from her home to Beamsville District Secondary School (BDSS) to tend to the crops. She admits that 7 a.m. can come fast; however, there’s a sense of peace when it’s just her, the early morning sun, a few...
More than 1,300 children in need of school supplies, healthy snacks, says Community Care of St. Catharines and Thorold
With classes resuming in a few weeks, Community Care of St. Catharines and Thorold is reminding people to donate to its back-to-school program to help provide backpacks and school supplies for families who might not be able to afford them. Community Care has been...
Port Cares hoping to ‘sell a shipload’ of 50/50 tickets at Canal Days
Have you got your ticket for a chance at summer bounty? Port Cares will be selling their 50/50 tickets during the Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival, running this year from Friday, July 29, to Monday, Aug. 1. The take-home prize is more $16,420, which will make...
The donation that gives twice: Thrifting in Grimsby a double whammy of help
On a recent Saturday, a lineup of shoppers 10 deep were looking for a deal on the brand names: American Eagle, Lululemon, Kate Spade. They weren’t at some big box store or a mall. And they weren’t paying out the ear for these designer goods. What they were doing...
