Send a Kid to Camp AXE-travaganza, presented by The Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Foundation in partnership with Herod Financial Services, happens Friday, May 1 at the Peterborough Axe Club, and ticket are now available.

This fundraising event, supported by AON Inc., Kawartha Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (KOMFS), Terra Firm Construction, Camp Kawartha and Kawartha Gymnastics, raises funds to help provide a summer camp experience for up to 150 children involved with the Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society. 

“This event is our largest fundraiser of the year and plays a vital role in helping us send children to summer camp,” said Carrie Truman, executive director of the Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Foundation. “Camp provides children involved with the Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society the opportunity to build self-esteem and confidence, form meaningful connections, and spend time just being a kid.”

Tickets cost $50 per person or $500 per lane. Two axe-throwing time slots are offered, 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. and 8 until 10 p.m. To purchase your ticket online visit khcas.on.ca.

Since the foundation was established in 1983, it has sent over 5,740 kids to summer camp. This year’s goal is to help 150 children attend camp this summer.

The Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Foundation is dedicated to working in collaboration with donors and the community to raise funds for essential items and life enriching experiences that foster feelings of inclusion and belonging, for children, youth, and families involved with the Kawartha Haliburton Children’s Aid Society. This includes dance and music lessons, sports activities, baby safety items, school backpacks, summer camp, the holiday gift-giving program, and bursary support for post-secondary education. For further information on the Foundation visit khcas.on.ca.

Event sponsorship opportunities are also available. For further information email carrie@khchildrensfoundation.com. Monetary donations in support of the Summer Camp Program can also be made online at khcas.on.ca/foundation.

Help local at-risk children have the opportunity to experience the joy of camp this summer.

Butterfly Run race shirts

The deadline to receive a commemorative 2026 Peterborough Butterfly Run race shirt when registering for the fundraising 5K Run/Walk, is April 6. The Butterfly Run, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and presented by Greater Peterborough Health Services Foundation (GPHSF) in partnership with the race committee and the Partners In Pregnancy Clinic (PIPC), happens April 23 at Millennium Park.

Funds raised by the race have been used to provide ongoing specialized education in Perinatal Bereavement Care to area health care providers, to establish more than ten lending libraries for individuals and their families, and the development of over 900 bereavement kits for families and individuals who experience early and later pregnancy loss and infant loss. Funds have also supported Bereavement retreats, in partnership with Hospice Peterborough, and race expenses. 

Register online by visiting PeterboroughButterflyRun.itsyourrace.com or in-person at Runner’s Life, 174 Charlotte St. All registrations after the April 6 deadline and up to April 23 at noon receive a race kit, but not a shirt. 

Also, volunteers are needed to help at the race with setting up and taking down event materials. If you are able to help email PTBOButterflyRun@gmail.com.

Sponsorship opportunities are also available. For further information, email Vince@GPHSF.ca or PTBOButterflyRun@gmail.com. 

For complete race details visit ptbobutterflyrun.ca.

If you are spring cleaning and have large items in good condition that you would like to get rid of, consider donating them to a Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region ReStore. If you do, someone will even come to your home or workplace and pick up your donated furniture and appliances for free. 

All donations support Habitat for Humanity Peterborough in their mission to build more decent, affordable homes in the Peterborough and Kawartha region.

To schedule your free pickup, call 705-652-0552 from Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. until 4 p.m., email donate@habitatpkr.ca.

Donations can also be dropped off at a ReStore during operating hours, Monday through Saturday 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. ReStores are located a 300 Milroy Dr. in Peterborough and 55 Angeline St. N. in Lindsay.

For complete details about the pickup program and a list of accepted items, visit habitatpeterborough.ca/restores.

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