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by Trina Berlo Clearview Township Fire Chief Roree Payment says the department’s ATV was invaluable in the rescue of a woman injured in a snowmobile accident on Feb. 4. Just before 1:30 p.m., emergency services responded to the scene in the area of 15/16 Sideroad Nottawasaga in Clearview Township to find the driver of the snowmobile had left the trail and struck a tree. The injured driver was rescued via Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs trail B111, east of Concession 10, on trail B111, an Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) trail. The 56-year-old woman was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries she sustained in the crash. Payment tweeted, “Super fast deployment by crews of ATV and tremendous help as always from snowmobilers in the area.” During Monday’s council meeting, Deputy Mayor Barry Burton expressed
The Coldest Night of the Year walk is fast approaching. The team from All Peaceful St. Luke’s (combining All Saints, Collingwood, Prince of Peace, Wasaga Beach, and St. Luke’s, Creemore) will be walking to support Home Horizon, Collingwood. Home Horizon supports at risk youth in Southern Georgian Bay. The team will be leaving St. Luke’s at 2 p.m. on Feb. 26. The community is invited to cheer on the walkers as they travel Mill Street or join them for a 2-km, 5-km or 10-km walk. To make a donation, or for more information, call Lorna May at 705352-2759. Twitter photo @CFES Fire Chief
Rescue crews on the scene of a snowmobile accident on Feb. 4. thanks to the rescue team. “Once again, if any of you ever questioned the money we spent to buy that ATV,” he said. “They were able to go in with the ATV with the sled and pull the person out because the
ambulance wasn’t able to get in there.” Burton said the husband of the injured woman had expressed his gratitude for the department’s professionalism. “Once again, Clearview Fire and Rescue, you do us proud,” said Burton.
Arena staff threaten closures if abuse over QR codes continues by Trina Berlo Clearview Township arena staff have been taking some abuse from people who don’t have the proper requirements to enter the arenas, said manager Terry Vachon, and if it doesn’t stop, he will be forced to close the arenas as a temporary measure. Arena users and spectators have to have a valid proof of vaccination with QR code to enter. Vachon said staff, and volunteers, have been very willing to help people access their QR codes but with some people trying to get around the rules set out by the province, and even presenting fake QR codes, there have been interactions that can be described
as disrespectful and abusive. Vachon said new rules require that people have the QR code downloaded to their phone or printed out on paper so it can be scanned upon entrance to the arenas. He said staff have had encounters with people who are angry because they have been gaining admittance with a forged document but they now require the QR code, put in place to cut down on forgeries. Vachon said the abuse is coming mainly from out-of-town visitors, but not exclusively. “There are a few locals mind you giving us some heartburn but mainly folks from out of town that drove to our community from out of
town and being blindsided with this new requirement,” said Vachon. “In discussion with all of our neighbours, and user groups everybody is aware of this.” “Our staff has been amazing, going so far as to help them get their QR codes right here on site,” said Vachon. He said using the free wifi at the arena staff have been able to help people who are struggling with the technology, by walking them through the process. “That is for the ones who are actually double vaccinated,” said Vachon. “We have been receiving some abuse. A lot of disrespectful (See “Staff” on page 3)
Legion dinner, next up Creemore Legion is hosting a corned beef and cabbage take-out dinner on Thursday, March 24. The meal includes corned beef, cabbage, carrots potatoes, coleslaw, bun with butter, and pie for $20 per person. Call 705-466-2330 before March 17 to order and schedule pick up time between 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Masks, social distancing, and exact change are required.
Cannabis control bylaw appeal filed Council has received notification of an appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal regarding the township’s cannabis cultivation and production facilities Bylaw 21-78. Councillors emerged from an incamera session Monday to report council is takin the position to defend the appeal. “Had a good discussion in camera with regards to this,” said Mayor Doug Measures. Tribunal staff confirmed the appeal has been filed, however, as of presstime it has not been fully processed and details are not yet available.
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WHO IS PRESERVING THE ESCARPMENT A UNESCO WORLD BIOSPHERE RESERVE? Not the Niagara Escarpment Commissioners. They went against staff recommendations and their mandate and approved a Lavender Attraction that could bring thousands of cars a week, disrupt our community and harm the sensitive environment of the escarpment.
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New Lowell pit 'rehabilitated', but not cleared by Trina Berlo With the surrender of an aggregate licence, Clearview council has lost the leverage it once hoped would result in the clean-up and removal of structures at the Lafarge New Lowell Pit on County Road 9. Council has voted to lift the “hold” on 6372 County Road 9 and 2800 3/4 Sideroad, completing a process to change the zoning to rural and Environmental Protection. The Ministry of Northern Development, Mining, Natural Resources and Forestry have deemed the rehabilitation of the site acceptable as a condition of approving the surrender. The issue has been discussed at council since 2017 when the previous council asked for commitments that the
site would be cleaned up. In 2019, council passed Official Plan and zoning amendments to permit the extraction of aggregate on 200 acres along the 3-4 Sideroad Nottawasaga, an extension to the current Avening Pit, but made it conditional on the clean-up of the New Lowell site. Councillors Thom Paterson and John Lamers refused to support the lifting of the “hold” at Monday’s meeting, saying that condition has not been satisfied. “I’m disappointed and I’m not sure with who. They said they would clean up the site in response to council’s request,” said Paterson. “I think they were being disingenuous. I think they were waiting for this and I for one am disappointed that they didn’t at least make an attempt to clean up the site.”
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Council has lifted a 'hold' on Lafarge's New Lowell Pit despite structures remaining on the property.
Staff happy to help those who have valid QR code (Continued from page 1) people at the door who want to argue the fact that this is a requirement, thinking maybe it is the arenas that have chosen to do this when the truth is the province and the health unit have mandated by law that we do this.” He said there isn’t one particular user group that is problematic. It’s coming from players, parents, and
spectators. “If the abuse doesn’t stop, the only option is to close down the arenas and take away the privilege that folks have of using our facilities,” said Vachon, adding that’s the worst case scenario but he hopes to raise awareness about requirements for admissions and avoid further confrontations. “We can’t help folks who don’t want to be vaccinated but if you did
get vaccinated and you want help with the QR code we will help you. We’re not in the business of wanting to turn people away,” said Vachon. He asks for patience and respect toward those who are just doing their jobs, and following the rules, and he encourages people to ask for help. The QR code can be downloaded at covid-19.ontario.ca/proof-covid19-vaccination, with a green Ontario
health card, otherwise call the Provincial Vaccine Contact Centre at 1‑833‑943‑3900. People without a computer or mobile phone can get a certificate by mail. Residents of Clearview can get a printed copy of their enhanced certificate with QR code free from any of the Clearview Public Library branches. People must show valid ID with their code.
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OPINION THE WAY WE WERE
Creemore Hockey Team 1931: Norris Nicol, Bill Emmett, Lorne Lawson, Fryer, Pat Orr, George Bell, Doc Graham, Mac Donald, Hap Jackson. Dianne Young came across this photo in her mother-in-law’s (Mary Young, nee Weir) album.
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Money lady: Tips for a happy retirement THE MONEY LADY
Dear readers, I want to share a study done a couple of years ago, (pre-COVID) on why some retirees are happier than others. See if you can do these things too. When we think about Christine IBBOTSON it – why aren’t all retired people happy? They don’t work or commute any more. They have no deadlines, commitments, angry bosses, or back-stabbing coworkers to deal with, and they can sleep-in every day. To the rest of us still working, we can’t imagine why they wouldn’t be happy all the time? But it turns out, there are some retired Canadians that are indeed happier than others. So, let’s find out why and discuss how you too can be guaranteed retirement bliss. When we looked at the financial aspects of the happiest retirees, it was not that they had more money, but more that they viewed their money as a tool for their happiness. The happier retirees had no mortgage or consumer debt. They also stayed in the homes that they purchased and paid off while they were working. This is where it got very interesting to me.
Turns out, many retirees that moved during the early years of retirement to “right-size” their life, took on home renovations, or made big purchase decisions and wound up with more debt than they bargained for; forcing them to eat into their retirement savings or carry a new mortgage that wasn’t anticipated. When it came to vacations, (again please remember this study was done pre-COVID), the happiest retirees had taken two or three vacation every year, while the less happy retirees had one or none. This next discovery was something I didn’t expect. Turns out the happiest retirees in the survey were not lavish spenders and seemed to be right in the middle-class with their spending especially on cars, clothing, and vacations. The unhappy retirees on the other hand were the opposite. This group had a lot more status symbol purchases and high-priced vehicles, with BMW being the most popular. Another thing that I found most interesting was that the happiest retirees had done a lot of planning over the years. They obviously were not leaving anything up to chance. Most had financial advisors, and all had multiple sources of income in retirement, (three to five sources of funding retirement). The unhappy
participants, as you would expect, did little to no planning for their future during their working years, with most starting just five years before retirement. This group invested without financial assistance, usually day-traded on their own, and all planned to rely on one or two sources of income, such as their pensions only. When we look at the other facets of the happiest retirees, the study showed that this group had many personal hobbies. The happiest people had four to seven hobbies versus the most unhappy retirees who had fewer than three. So, what is a hobby? A hobby is a leisure pursuit, something that fulfills and defines you. This would be something that you think about, something you do often, and is absolutely one of the key traits that will ensure your happiness. You see, those retirees that had many core pursuits were statistically happier than those that retired with only one or two things they liked to do outside work. According to the research, many Canadians with no hobbies, ended up with depression in retirement; claiming that they had never been depressed before retirement, but now without work, they felt they had lost the only identity and sense of purpose they had ever known. The number one hobby among happy retirees was volunteering of which we all know there are endless options. Happier retirees tended to be very active and social with daily exercise being a key factor as well. Please remember that this study was done preCOVID; however, the findings are still interesting. The happiest retirees were much more involved socially (and still are using virtual technology). They joined clubs, played sports, attend fitness classes, volunteered, had part-time jobs, and were generally busy every day with activities. The unhappy retirees in the study tended to prefer more solitary interests, such as, walking alone, hunting, and watching television. So my ATML readers: the take-away from this study is to Plan Your Life. I know we are all getting tired and discouraged with COVID, but remember, life is what you make it. Only you can make yourself happy, healthy, fit, slim, busy, wealthy, content, independent, prosperous... you get the idea! So, no matter where you are, no matter what is going on right now in your life; change it and mix it up this year. Find your own happiness equation and just do it! Christine Ibbotson is a national radio host and author of three finance books plus the Canadian Best-Selling Book How to Retire Debt Free & Wealthy. Visit www.askthemoneylady.ca or send a question to info@askthemoneylady.ca.
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All visitors to an area will have an impact: climber Editor: I’m writing in response to the letter by Andrew Monahan Time for boundaries that align with protecting Devil’s Glen and Trina Berlo’s article Rock climbing traffic exposes impact on rare cliffs. I share Bianca Perren’s feeling that the article paints climbers in an unnecessarily negative light. The picture that accompanies Trina Berlo’s article (on Creemore.com) shows two vehicles encroaching on the roadway. Upon closer inspection, it is clear that they are occupied and have their headlights on. They are either climbers moving cars that had been parked on the east shoulder or they are motorists having turned on to concession 10 that have pulled over to yield to the farmer. Cars parked legally and off of the roadway are described as creating a hazard. They may present an inconvenience, or even make a section impassible for a vehicle that is wider than the paved surface. But a hazard; a danger or risk? That is simply not true. If anyone is endangered by the current parking situation, long overdue to be addressed, it is the climbers and hikers who walk nearly a kilometer along the shoulder of County Road 124. Climbers park on Concession 10 north of County Road 124. On many days this is limited to the first 30m but is surely closer to 200m on weekends in peak season. Despite climbing extensively at Devil’s Glen for the last decade I have never encountered farm equipment (I spend my time at the cliff, not the parking) and was unaware that parked cars created an issue for farmers. I was certainly aware when, in 2011, residents voiced concerns that cars parked along 124 opposite the trailhead were reducing the sightlines for two properties and like most climbers was
amenable to relocating to Concession 10. Refraining from parking on the east side of Concession 10 seems like a sensible solution for farm equipment and can be implemented proactively by climbers without waiting for legislation and official signage. Monahan describes having had “the harrowing experience of driving along 10th Concession when there have been so many cars parked that it creates a hazard at an already sight-limited intersection.” This is a hyperbolic statement that I believe is intended to fool anyone who is unfamiliar with the intersection in question. If Monahan is driving southbound he is approaching a T intersection at which he will stop. If he is driving northbound he has just turned off of 124. If his experience is harrowing in the first or last 200m of roadway it is because he is driving recklessly at a high rate of speed. The stop sign on Concession 10 is set back 10m from 124 and parked cars do not encroach on the intersection nor do they exacerbate the poor sightlines that are the result of Concession 10 intersecting Highway 124 on the apex of a curve. Monahan refutes the OAC’s position that “we climb on vertical trails. It is not different than the use of trails on the Bruce” by saying “I don’t know anywhere along the Bruce Trail where the trail splits into 130 different routes and includes permanent hardware inserted into the landscape.” Climbing routes as vertical trails is an imperfect analogy meant to convey that our use is relegated to the vertical realm. By suggesting that the trail splits into 130 different routes Monahan is again attempting to mislead by evoking images of braided social trails and an
area suffering chronic overuse. If we assume an average height of 15m we’d see that 130 climbing routes is just under 2km of climber-specific trails. If Monahan is unfamiliar with permanent hardware on the Bruce Trail I have to question where he has ever been on it. It is of course, just another conscious falsehood meant to disparage climbers. There is an absolute abundance of hardware on the Bruce Trail in the form of signage, bridges, stairs, ladders, benches, handrails, cables, memorial plaques, and countless blazes hammered into trees. Berlo’s article points out that climbers establish “routes” by bolting into the rock-face, despite having a leave-no-trace policy. Additional context is useful to understand this purported inconsistency. Leave-notrace is an ethical framework that outdoor enthusiasts use to consciously minimize their impacts, not the mere sum of the words suggesting an unattainable ideal of no impact at all. When used as a metric, leave-notrace can be useful for differentiating between hikers that widen a trail by avoiding a wet or muddy section, and those that get their boots wet and walk single file. If we attempt to use it by pointing out the very existence of a trail, or infrastructure associated with any user group, we will always conclude that those professing that they practice leave-no-trace fall short. Such infrastructure is often implemented
Editor's note: We checked with Andrew Monahan and he said he works with the Collingwood Off Road Cycling Club (CORC) to create and maintain mountain bike trails on private property, with permission.
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to deal with user traffic. While the primary role of a climbing bolt is safety, the bolts that are placed atop most climbs are there specifically to prevent climbers from anchoring to trees. Conservation Halton has installed hundreds of bolts at Rattlesnake Point to this end. All visitors to an area will have an impact. Pearce and Monahan choose the language of destruction to describe climber impacts. Do they use this same language when describing the adjacent ski hill, the quarries, the 900 km long Bruce Trail, all of the properties – including the Pearces’ – that encroach upon the gorge, or Monahan’s own development of mountain bike trails? I do agree with Monahan on the following point: “legislation is needed, but it also needs to align with the mandate given to the land managers by the taxpayers of Ontario along with all park users and neighbours, not just the most vocal, or those who lobby most.” The Pearces have been quite vocal, and while they may not appreciate the influx of visitors to Devil’s Glen, it is neither their backyard nor their park to manage. Ben Iseman, Port Elgin.
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Renowned pastry chef Rahier looks for change of pace (Continued from previous page) some special Valentine’s treats, including a smash chocolate hearts, which have a hard chocolate shell and are filled with smaller chocolates. Everything is made in house, down to the tiniest decoration. The workspace is filled with highly specialized equipment sourced from Belgium, including a precision cutter and machines used to keep the chocolate – dark, milk and white – at the perfect temperature and constancy. Rahier said the delay in opening was caused by the need for three-phase power and the installation was further delayed by the pandemic. YF sources the finest Belgian chocolate, some single source, from ethical and sustainable sources. It can be purchased in its pure form or transformed into all kinds of creations, and bonbons with traditional flavours to the more creative, like honey balsamic and earl grey. Chang said she is inspired by culinary flavour combinations and does some experimenting, which she finds very rewarding because the results are revealed right away. She said the traditional ones are important because they are more accessible but the innovation is also rewarding and pleasing to customers. Together, Rahier and Chang collaborate on chocolates and cookies – again, some traditional and some
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8 • THE CREEMORE ECHO • Friday, February 11, 2022 Creemore Curling Club standings Ladies Team win-loss Millsap 1-1 Verstegen 1-1 Crawford 1-0 McKay 1-0 Walker 0-2 From the Hack: First wins for Teams Verstegen and McKay on Monday night with the goal of winning the Foodland Trophy. Tight play by all teams made for an evenly matched first half on both sheets. The fifth end saw both Verstegen and McKay take commanding leads, with Teams Millsap and Walker looking to redeem themselves next game. Many thanks to founding members Marion and Milton McArthur for their continued support of curling in Creemore.
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Museum offers sweet programming for kids of all ages
Coyotes Corner Feb. 5 Milverton, 7 vs Creemore, 3 All three of Creemore goals scored by Oro’s Jake Beard. Shoot the puck winner: Braden Mason from Shelburne - $25 Home Hardware gift card. Attendance: 140 Feb. 6 Creemore, 8 vs Milverton, 3 Shots: Milverton, 51. Creemore, 41. Outstanding performance in net by Midhurst’s Adam Redgate (Gator). Goal scorers: Heilemann, 3, Dobinson, 2, Kijowski, Boyd and King, and three assists for newcomer Kyle Montpetit.
Simcoe County Museum will be offering sweet programming for kids of all ages in the lead-up to Valentine’s Day. This virtual program will explore how local chocolate and candy makers create their candy and will allow participants to sample candy popular through the ages. Tasty Tours: Sweet Tooth is a Virtual program for kids of all ages from 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 13. Meet local chocolate and candy makers. Discover how local candy is made. Sample a variety of candy popular throughout the ages. Some candy may be sweet, others may be sour or even hot! Cost is $20 per person. Register online, and pick up your supplies box the week before the event starts. Registration is required and is available online at museum.simcoe.ca. Space is limited.
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• THE CREEMORE ECHO • Friday, February 11, 2022
FEATURE
Straight from the heart: A Valentine’s story “Good morning, Mrs!” Trevor said to his bride Kathy, the morning after they wed, as he would for the next few days. That was how long Trevor had left to live at Hospice Georgian Triangle’s Campbell House. It wasn’t that he didn’t know death was imminent. It was that with his waning strength he determinedly wanted to do one thing he wished he had done much earlier: marry the love of his life, Kathy. Their wedding was a testimony, not only to their love for one another, but also that love that can survive through any illness. It was a tribute to the amazing staff at the hospice, who throughout Trevor’s illness supported not only him through pain and illness, but Kathy through grief and bereavement counselling. As Debbie, a patient and family support worker put it, it not only lightened the mood for the happy couple, but also for the staff. “For those hours there was a shift I think – thinking about what was to come was suspended – and everyone was ‘in the moment’ sharing the obvious happiness and contentment,” the wedding couple were experiencing in “knowing that a decades’ long desire had been accomplished.” Instead of gifts of china or cutlery being given to the bride and groom, the happy couple gave the staff and their family gifts by their example of prioritizing love and life over death. As Emmerton put it, their marriage “was a gift that they were able to give each other and their family. “It was an example of commitment, dedication, tenacity, co-operation and resilience. It was a crie de coeur “to never give up on a wish.” It showed that, “laughing and loving and being happy is a part of coming together – and of letting go.” And it demonstrated that “there is a peace that comes with the realization of a goal.” So how did it happen? Everyone at Hospice Georgian Triangle chipped in. “It wasn’t an ‘are you crazy?’
for an emotional moment of love and commitment in a completely unique setting.” Meanwhile, other family watched from as far away as Trinidad over Zoom. Helen Rusell, volunteer and food services lead, made party sandwiches. The Living Wish Foundation provided funds to pay for the wedding cake, flowers, and a photographer. Sharon, the spiritual leader of Hospice Georgian Triangle performed the ceremony. “It was such a sweet, magical, tender, joyful day,” she says. In the end, is there a better way to celebrate love on Valentine’s Day than to remember the example set by Trevor and Kathy? Mahatma Gandhi couldn’t have described it better when he wrote: “Where there is love there is life.”
About Hospice Georgian Triangle
Photo: Corynn Fowler Photography
Kathy kisses her groom Trevor at their wedding in the gardens at Hospice Georgian Triangle Campbell House in Collingwood. response to the idea that a couple could marry in a hospice during a provincial lockdown in a global pandemic with only days to pull off the event,” says Emmerton. “It was proof that love can and does endure, that memories become what we have, that happiness can co-exist with sadness.” And, so, the preparations got
underway. Melissa, a staff member, came in on her day off and did Kathy’s hair. Myke, a PSW, shaved Trevor and helped him dress in his finest shirt and tie. Local florist Abigail from Petals ‘n Thyme provided beautiful flowers. Staff rolled his bed outside, “where,” Dyer says, a small gathering of family members joined them in the garden
Hospice Georgian Triangle provides compassionate care in the home and at Campbell House for individuals and families dealing with life-limiting illness living in the communities of Collingwood, Clearview Township, The Town of Blue Mountains, and Wasaga Beach. Hospice palliative care and community programs come at no cost to the user and focuses on the physical and emotional needs of both the patient and family, enhancing quality of life. H o s p i c e G e o r g i a n Tr i a n g l e Foundation needs donations from the southern Georgian Bay community to fund more than 50 per cent of hospice palliative care and to provide the level of programming, especially grief and bereavement counselling, child support groups and pain and symptom management programs. For more information visit www. hgtfoundation.com or call 705-4442555. Feature provided by Hospice Georgian Triangle Campbell House.
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To all our dear friends in Creemore, Words cannot express my gratitude for the cards I received this week. All the best wishes and messages lifted my day. You don't realize the uniqueness of Creemore until you leave. I miss walking down Mill Street interacting with friends and neighbours. The proximity of downtown Creemore with all the essential services and restaurants is very much appreciated. My memories of Creemore are locked in my heart. The friendships we made are the greatest thing and I feel truly blessed. Creemore really is the "Village with the Big Heart" ♥️ Sincerely yours, Norma Panzine
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Streams Community Hub awarded $18,000 by first Greenwood grant Streams Community Hub, the dynamic arts organization serving youth in North Dufferin, has just received an injection of $18,000 from the Greenwood Family Fund. This is the first grant from the fund, which was established in 2020 by the Greenwood family as part of Dufferin Community Foundation’s donor-advised fund program. Annual income from the permanently invested charitable fund will be used to support local programs for children and youth every year in perpetuity. “One of the things that we care about as a family is helping young people learn and experience new things that will shape their futures,” said Greenwood family member Amie Zukowski. “Streams Community Hub is a place where kids from every walk of life can pick up an instrument or a camera or paint brush and get really creative.” The Greenwood family worked with Dufferin Community Foundation to review program offerings from local youth-serving organizations. Streams Community Hub stood out for them. Serving children and youth aged 4-17, Streams offers experiential arts programs that span music, theatre performance, cooking, graphic and visual arts, circus arts, film and photography, textiles and literary arts.
Thanks to grants like this one, Streams Hub co-founders Juli-Anne and Andrew James are able to offer subsidies and full scholarships to their programs so that families at all income levels can participate. “The Greenwood family approached us to set up a charitable fund because they wanted to contribute in a lasting way to the education of young people,” said Gord Gallaugher, president, Dufferin Community Foundation. “Through this fund, the generosity of the Greenwood family will enrich the lives of local youth every year, forever.” Streams Community Hub is opening a new space in Shelburne t h i s y e a r t o o ff e r y e a r- r o u n d programming. The 3,600 square foot facility is currently under construction, but soon will become an accessible hub for creative arts. Dufferin Community Foundation will be allocating more than $35,000 in grants to charities this year. The organization announced in November that it had reached a milestone of more than $1.25 million in donations, which are permanently invested into endowed funds. The Foundation seeks to raise $10 million in its first 10 years of operation. Achieving this will result in annual income of $400,000, which will be given to local non-profit organizations every year.
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Gord Gallaugher and Michele Fisher from Dufferin Community Foundation presented a cheque for $18,000 to Streams Community Hub founders, Andrew and Juli-Anne James, with kids from the programs.
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