Register A Team Now For 15th Annual Peterborough Dragon Boat Festival

The 2015 Peterborough Dragon Boat Festival takes place Saturday, June 13th this year—and the deadline to register a team is fast approaching!

The deadline for team registration is April 14th.

This is the 15th annual Dragon Boat Festival in Peterborough—an incredible milestone of ensuring the best possible breast cancer diagnosis and treatment is available right here in our community.

Don’t miss this amazing anniversary year—sign your team up and start fundraising today!

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Peterborough's 2015 Big Bike Event Fast Approaching, Looking For Teams

The Heart and Stroke Foundation's local chapter is looking for teams for this year's Big Bike Event in Peterborough.

The big bike not only promotes a great cause, it is also a billboard that moves around downtown Peterborough and promotes the businesses and organizations that take part.

Teams can be staff, friends, family, survivors or a memorial team riding in memory of a loved one. The Peterborough ride takes place on May 11, 12, 13 and 14th (Monday to Thursday), and starts and ends across from Peterborough Square in the downtown.
 
There is space for full (29 riders) or half (15 riders) teams.  

Click here to register or learn more.

Contact Sara Lunn at 705.749.1044 or email slunn@hsf.on.ca for more information. Register here.

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GoFundMe Page Set Up For Young Boy Fighting For His Life #PrayForParker

Parker Fulford is a very young boy from Peterborough who has overcome many struggles since being born premature, at only 23 weeks, in February 2012. The latest is very severe, as he has been airlifted from PRHC to Toronto Sick Kids with an extreme case of pneumonia. Parker, who has cerebral palsy, is in critical condition in hospital.

A GoFundMe page has been set up by James Todd to help the parents Jennifer and Mike Fulford with the costs they will incur due to travel to Toronto, losing income, food costs, etc., that add to an already stressful situation.

"I set up the GoFundMe page to do my part in helping them relieve some stress, because I know I'd hope for someone to do the same," James Todd, a father himself, tells us.

All funds collected will go to help the family cover costs. Click here to give, and use the hashtag #PrayForParker on Twitter and Facebook. 

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Petes Raise Over 3,000 Pounds of Food Through Project Shutout Hunger

The Peterborough Petes are proud to announce that 2,416.2 pounds of food have been raised through the Project Shutout Hunger program. When combined with cash donations collected throughout the campaign, 3,090.1 pounds of food will be donated to the Kawartha Food Share.
 
Eight teams representing the Peterborough Minor Hockey Council (PMHC) participated in the program, holding tag days and other events to help end hunger in our community. The Novice AAA Petes collected 856.4 pounds of food, the most raised by any participating team. As a reward for their efforts, they will attend the Petes game on January 29 against Connor McDavid and the Erie Otters. Prior to the game, the team will be recognized in an on-ice presentation.
 
Kawartha Food Share General Manager Steve Sullivan says “We’re thrilled to see the support from the Petes and local minor hockey organizations. Project Shutout Hunger helps feed more than 7,600 men, women and children in our community every month.”

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Benefit For Peterborough's Ryan O'Brien & Family January 31st At Dr. J's

On December 26th, Peterborough's Ryan O'Brien was rushed to the Kingston hospital due to an aneurysm which caused a stroke. The stroke resulted in Ryan being paralyzed on his left side. He has undergone two brain surgeries and is still in ICU there on a ventilator—with his family travelling back and forth to Kingston to visit. His road to recovery will be a long one. Ryan, his partner Melissa and their four children need your help.

A benefit has been organized for January 31st starting at 8 pm at Dr. J's, with Missy Knott and Scarlett Grace performing, Brian Ellis serving as the MC & DJ, and the headliner Colt Harvey. There will be a silent auction table with a variety of merchandise and door prizes. All proceeds will go to help this family, which is in need of financial support during this difficult time. For more details on the event, go here.

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