Registration is now open for the 55th annual Quinte Rotary Music Festival.

We are so blessed with the talent we have in our community. The purpose of the Music Festival is to help young people develop their musical talent, and offer the opportunity to perform publicly. Awards are offered to encourage participants to continue in musical studies and performances.

In addition to providing each participant with individual feedback on their performance, the adjudicators may provide a mini - "workshop" with many of the participants throughout the different categories.  We hope you all return! It's a pleasure to see many of the same students competing year after year and to watch their progress as they become more confident and take on more complex pieces.

Deadline for entry is February 15, 2025.

The dates for our 55th Music Festival are March 31-April 4,2025, and the evening of April 4, will feature our Trophy competitions. On May 16th, awards will be presented at the Concert of Stars.

Forest Legions Trivia Night Saturday Nov. 23rd. 7:00PM Teams are $50, cash prizes.

Come in early at 4PM for the Raffles and 50/50. $15.

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

For decades Literacy Lambton's Give-a-Book tradition has matched babies to teens with the joy of a new book for the holidays thanks to a generous community. 

This year's campaign runs November 1st through December 15th. Donations of new, unwrapped books may be dropped off at:

The Book Keeper in Northgate plaza (20% purchases donated to Give-a-Book)

Coles bookstore in Lambton Mall

Literacy Lambton's headquarters, Room 103 in the Lochiel Kiwanis Community Centre at College Ave. N and George St. downtown Sarnia

OR

Consider making a donation online literacylambton.org/donate to help purchase books and fill needed age gaps (tax receipt issued for donations of $20+)

In 2023, 3,786 new books were gifted through 34 frontline agency partners that ranged from county-wide holiday hampers and client parties to new Habitat homeowner children and used by Sarnia-Lambton Victim Services volunteers.

Each and every donation helps make the holidays brighter for our community's most vulnerable families. 

Whether you are an individual, a book club, a business, a group of employees, or a family that wants to get involved. When you give a book, you not only spread the love of literacy but you help a child build empathy, inspire curiosity, unlock imagination, and expand their world view.