Community Care for South Hastings invites you to their weekly Community Cafe in Belleville!  This is an opportunity for older adults to join in a communal meal with friends or come alone and meet new friends.  Enjoy a Red Seal Chef prepared meal of soup/salad, juice, homemade bread, entree, dessert, coffee/tea for $10.  Good food plus good companions equals good times!  Call 613-969-0130 to register.

On Saturday, May 24th, BurlingtonGreen will be teaming up with the Burlington Centre, Tech Genius Burlington, the Burlington Repair Cafe and Minty Gold & Silver Exchange to help you eliminate clutter from your homes, offices, schools and community centres for recycling, repurposing and repairing!

• Electronic waste and other waste items can be dropped off in the Burlington Centre parking lot near the intersection of Guelph Line and Fairview Street. See below for accepted items.
• Burlington Repair Cafe volunteers will also be on hand (10am to 2pm), to help fix small broken or damaged household appliances and other items to help extend their useful life. Advance registration is required for the Burlington Repair Cafe service via email to burlingtonrepaircafe@cogeco.ca.
• Minty Gold & Silver will be on hand inside the mall to assess and purchase your unwanted gold and silver for recycling, with the opportunity for you to donate a portion of your proceeds to support BurlingtonGreen’s community programming.
• You can also drop off clean, freshly laundered clothing or accessories (hats, shoes, scarves, etc.) which will be used for BurlingtonGreen and Reconnect Burlington’s Clothing Swap on May 31st (any left-over items from the swap will be donated to the Compassion Society)

Gather your broken, unwanted electronics and other items to be recycled and come on by.

Community groups and businesses are encouraged to do their own mini collections and bring items to the event. If you are organizing a mini collection please contact Sue so we can prepare for your contribution.

Accepted Electronics/Appliances:

• Consumer Electronics (gaming consoles, iPods etc.)
• Computers (PC & Mac, monitors. parts, motherboards)
• Handheld devices (smartphones, cell phones, tablets etc.)
• Phone systems, racks & miscellaneous (server racks, lab equipment, disc arrays etc.)
• Printers (Inkjet & Laserjet, plotters, copiers, scanners, fax machines etc.)
• Peripherals (keyboards, mice, CD/DVD roms, cards, speakers, accessories, etc.)
• Servers (rackmount, stand-alone, all brands etc.)
• Software (operating system, editing, design etc.)
• Specialty Items (Cisco networking, switches, routers etc.)
• Personal appliances ex: electric toothbrushes or razors
• TVs (not heavyweight)
• Microwaves
• Coffee makers or other small home appliances

Other accepted waste:

• Candy wrappers and snack bags
• Brita-style water filters and small size air purifier filters
• Disposable PPE (face masks)
• Expired gift cards and other unwanted plastic cards
• Batteries of all kinds
• Ink/Toner cartridges

Our June play, by the Jones Hope Wooten team, is a hilarious comedy. Tickets are available at https://smithsfallstheatre.com/online-tickets-plays/ or at Special Greetings, 8 Russell Street East, Smiths Falls. Adult tickets are $24, Student tickets are $10.

Synopsis: In this delightful, laugh-a-minute comedy, four unique Southern women, all needing to escape the sameness of their day-to-day routines, are drawn together by Fate – and an impromptu happy hour – and decide it’s high time to reclaim the enthusiasm for life they’ve lost throughthe years.

Join us for the IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s in Belleville on Saturday, May 24th, 2025 at Jane Forrester Park (Meyer’s Pier) walking the Bayshore Trail. Registration begins at 9:30 am and the Walk is from 10 am – 12 pm. ALL funds raised stay local! No cost to attend or participate. Everyone welcome to attend this free public community event. Find more information, print pledge forms or fundraise online at www.walkforalzheimers.ca. Questions? Call 613-962-0892.