NEOFACS and partners collecting toys for needy familiesSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — “There must be a gift under the tree for every child at Christmas,” said McDonald’s Restaurant owners Peter and Sharron Graydon as they unveiled a donation box at their New Liskeard restaurant
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Acts of kindness leaves large impression
Dear Editor:Kindness, although a more commonly used word, seems more appropriate than generous to express our feelings of your support of our Food Bank.Throughout the year we experience these acts by members of our community, who on a regular schedule visit our Food Bank to deliver food
Stocking shoeboxes with Christmas wishes
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – When thoughts turn to Christmas, “shoeboxes” rather than “stockings” may spring to mind.The 1st Temiskaming Congregational Church in New Liskeard is once again the local headquarters for Operation Christmas Child.The initiative encourages individuals, families and organizations to fill a shoebox
HAIR’S FREE
You may not always have money to donate, “but hair’s free,” said Edith Chaumont. The Englehart woman’s locks will be made into hairpieces for those who’ve lost theirs to illness. Cutting her hair was Chantal Beairsto, who was styling hair at Fashion Fix’s outdoor booth in downtown New Liskeard,
FOOD “FUR” THOUGHT
Local food banks won’t be hungry as a bear – not even Smokey – thanks to a recent drive at Walmart and Chartrand’s Your Independent Grocer. Some $850 in cash and an estimated two tons of food, enough to fill three pickups and a boat, were donated during the
ROLLING SUPPORT FOR MS WALK
The Temiskaming Area Roller Derby girls donated $600 to the Mandarin MS Walk on Sunday, May 25 outside the Don Shepherdson Memorial Arena in New Liskeard. They raised the money from the proceeds of their first local bout held a few weeks prior to the MS walk. From the
UNDER PRESSURE
Temiskaming Hospital now has an upgraded tourniquet system, thanks to a successful application from New Liskeard Branch 33 to the Royal Canadian Legion’s charitable foundation. The portable system, designed for use in the emergency department or the operating room, can stem blood flow after a traumatic injury or precisely
E-WASTE SUCCESS
The Environmental Club at New Liskeard Public School (NLPS) has successfully raised money from an e-waste electronics collection program held April 21-25. People in the community dropped off used e-waste that filled two large bins outside the school said NLPS teacher Kelly Anne-Moar. All proceeds go towards green initiatives
HEARTFELT DONATION
English Catholic Central School Grade One student Cody Twinner went door-to-door in New Liskeard and raised $534 for Jump Rope for Heart benefiting the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada. His school raised $6,000 overall during a Hoops for Heart and Jump Rope for Heart events. He was rewarded
SUPPORT FOR LOCAL PARISHES
The third annual 9-hole Tournoi Lafond golf tournament was held Sunday, May 25 at the scenic Haileybury Golf Club under beautiful sunny skies. This tournament is organized as a tribute to Father Firmin Lafond who has been a long-time parish priest at the four churches which will receive the