We are very excited to offer an in-person death café! Meet us at O'Brien Park and join the Renfrew Public Library and Julie Keon, Grief & Bereavement Counsellor - Hospice Renfrew for an evening to engage in a conversation about death and making the most of our finite lives .

Register for thought provoking and insightful conversation about our inevitable ending by emailing mmanghani@renfrewlibrary.ca and leave feeling motivated to LIVE fully!

Are you ready to rock? You're invited to an outdoor concert at the Lions Community Centre on Friday, August 20, 2021, at 7 pm in support of the Northumberland United Way COVID-19 Community Relief Fund. Cale Crowe, The Spirits, Jeremy Macklin, and Jesse Slack will take to the stage and reunite the community with their exciting performances. They’ll be joined by hosts Graham Beer and York Bell-Smith, who will celebrate the spirit of Northumberland County with stories from the pandemic and feature frontline, essential workers.

You can attend the show in person or watch the live stream online at home. In-person tickets are $25 per person and live stream tickets are $10 per household (plus tax and processing fees). Tickets are available to purchase through Eventbrite by visiting www.northumberlandrocks.ca.

BGH Auxiliary Yard Sale  2512 Frankford Road, Frankford

Friday August 20th, 2021 8am to 5pm rain or shine

Saturday, August 21, 2021  7am to 2 pm  rain or shine

convenor Nancy Dafoe 613 968-9806 for more information

Help Us Help Others   Covid 19 safety protocols will be enforced.

The Cobourg Highland Games is hosting a Pop Up Patio with Live Entertainment, Licensed Patio and food supplied by Duffer's Chip Truck.  Aug 12th 2-4pm LIndsay Rose School of Highland Dance, 6pm Cobourg Legion Pipes and Drums, 7-10pm The Busker Brothers, Aug 13th 2-4pm Lindsay Rose School of Highland Dance, 6pm Cobourg Legion Pipes and Drums, 7-10pm Bill Craig (Former Irish Rover), Aug 14th 2-4pm Breck School of Highland Dance, 6pm Cobourg Legion Pipes & Drums, 7-10pm Tom Leighton, Conrad Kipping & Rick Bauer, Aug 15 2-4pm Breck School of Highland Dance, 4-6pm Madman's Window & Cobourg Legion Pipes and Drums. 

A $5 cover charge will apply after 6pm Thurs, Fri, Sat & all day Sunday.  Limited number of tickets, buy your tickets now at  https://www.cobourghighlandgames.ca/pop-up-patio-ceilidh

WALK A MILE IN HER SHOES is an international march where men, women, and their families walk 1 mile to raise awareness on domestic and sexual violence against women. All funds raised will go directly to The Women’s Interval Home of Sarnia-Lambton.

When: Saturday, November 20, 2021 11:00am Registration, 12 NOON Walk

Where: Lambton Mall 1380 London Rd, Sarnia, ON

Fundraising Goal: $10,000 +

Register to Walk: Register as a single walker, or as a team (minimum 6 people) by emailing Walk a Mile in Her Shoes® Registration Form  event to coordinator Kyla via (kyla@womensintervalhome.com). 

Each participant is challenged to set a suggested fundraising goal of $100 or more through pledges. Prizes will be awarded to the top 2 walkers who raise the most through pledges. 

 WHY IS THIS WALK IMPORTANT?

• 6000+ women and children sleep in shelters every night in Canada because they are escaping domestic violence at home.
• On average, every 2.5 days a woman in Canada is killed by her intimate partner.
• Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, domestic violence rates throughout Canada have increased up to 30%.
• From January- March 2021 alone, there have been 10 confirmed femicides in Ontario.
• Each year, over 40,000 arrests result from domestic violence.
• The cost of violence against women in Canada in health care, criminal justice, social services and lost wages is $4.2 billion per year.

How to get involved

Are you a local organization or business and want to get involved with our event? There are a number of ways that you or your organization can participate to the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes® event:

• Create a team of participants to walk for your organization 
• Donate a prize that will be used for our silent auction
• Sponsor the event and have your company logo on the event banner which will be showcased in a window display in Lambton Mall, and included on all of our virtual landing pages. (Bronze sponsor= $250+ small sized logo displayed, Silver Sponsor = $500+ medium sized logo displayed, Gold Sponsor= $1000+ large sized logo displayed, and logo displayed our official event t-shirts given to each walker)
• Provide a monetary donation to contribute to the overall success of the event (tax receipts will be issued for donations of $20.00 or more)

Windsor, ON: Windsor-Essex literary organization presents an exclusive online reading and Q & A with the dynamic Toronto poet and motivational speaker, Randell Adjei.
Wednesday, August 11, 2021 7pm via Zoom. Free to register; donations welcome. Tax receipts provided.
Register at: https://www.literaryartswindsor.com

Transformational Speaker – Spoken Word Practitioner – Arts Educator
Randell Adjei is an entrepreneur, speaker and spoken word practitioner. He was recently appointed Ontario’s first Poet Laureate.

Music in the park, bring a lawn chair and blanket and enjoy these free concerts! Covid-19 restrictions will be in place.  

Located at the Ted Snider Band Shall in Fraser Park every Friday, starting August 6, 2021, to September 24, 2021 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Note that concerts are subject to change without notice. For more information follow us on Facebook.

The Friday concert series is brought to you by the Trenton Downtown Business Improvement Association.

The Circle of 7 invites you to end your summer with their Drive and Dine Event set to take place at the Unemployed Help Centre of Windsor on Saturday August 28th, at the Unemployed Help Centre of Windsor.

With all proceeds from this event directly benefitting local charities and our community, Drive and Dine is the Circle’s inaugural event in collaboration with Chef Joe with the Unemployed Help Centre graciously providing the Drive-Thru experience for a spectacular meal for you to heat and enjoy at home. Each $150 ticket includes a choice of two dinners and a bottle or red or white wine sponsored by Cooper’s Hawk Vineyards. You can buy as many additional dinners as you like, with a bottle of wine to accompany every two meals purchased.

Dinner for Two (or as many as you fancy) will be available for pick up on August 28th, between 4:30 and 6:00 p.m. by drive-thru in the parking lot of the Unemployed Help Center at 6955 Cantelon Drive, Windsor. Full details, menu selections, and payment options can be found on the Circle’s website (http://circleof7.com/drive-dine).

Please join us and enjoy some spectacular food whipped up by Chef Joe (with a little help from his friends) who will be whipping up some extraordinary food to satisfy even the biggest appetite!

Wanna win $10,000 CASH or MORE? Get your tickets now for the Port Cares online 50/50 draw! All proceeds support their Reach Out Centre and food bank. Last draw's winner took home almost $43,000! Buy now at www.portcares5050.ca or in-person at 92 Charlotte Street in Port Colborne, Mon-Fri 8:30-4:30. Don't miss the early bird draw on Aug. 13 to win a huge TV!