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For more than a decade, United Way volunteer teams have shown their local love and helped agencies with gardening, painting, and more at our annual Day of Caring. In 2021, the United Way will be adapting the Dayof Caring to allow for different opportunities, ensuring health and safety protocols are observed.

This year’s Day of Caring is June 9th, 2021. Workplace volunteers and community members can donate items through our collection drive or assemble kits that will be distributed through local agencies. For teams working remotely, you can also make a ‘Day of Caring’ donation to support local initiatives in lieu of collecting items here.

Click here to learn more about the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s newest Non-Profit grant: The Resilient Communities Fund, and register for the zoom call on Monday, August 25, 2020.

The Financial Relief Navigator (FRN), is an online tool that helps vulnerable Canadians and those impacted financially by COVID-19 access critical emergency benefits and financial relief from governments, financial institutions, telecoms and internet providers. While some other tools focus on only emergency benefits, the FRN acts as a one-stop portal where Canadians can access relief […]

Peterborough & District is pleased to share an update on the recipients of this Government of Canada’s Emergency Community Support Fund.

Update (May 13, 2020) Way to Go Peterborough! Together, you donated $10,000 which will be matched by Miskin Law! Thank you!

Click here to view the media release

The United Way’s annual fundraising campaign has received a big shot in the arm. Chair David Goyette and his partner Victoria Pearce have announced they will be donating 50-thousand dollars. More Information

THANKS To HotSpot for this wonderful partnership!

Dave Smith, Member of Parliament for Peterborough-Kawartha, and United Way Peterborough and District are pleased to announce a joint event, the Dave Smith United Way Sledge Hockey Challenge. Sledge hockey is designed for players who have a physical disability. Players are seated on sleds and use customized hockey sticks with metal teeth on the tips […]

Local Love Toques on Sale NOW. Made with Local Love in partnership with PTBO Northern Originals $25 – available from our office – 277 Stewart Street, Peterborough

The living wage for Peterborough in 2019 is $17.63 per hour for a family of two parents and two children with both parents working. “A living wage is the hourly wage required of two parents working fulltime and supporting two children and is different from the provincially mandated minimum wage,” said United Way of Peterborough […]

We are please to share this wonderful partnership with TVM Group. Click here for Media Release or read below.  Amit Sofer, President and Founder of The TVM Group – Developers of the 9-storey East City Condos situated at the corner of Armour Road and Hunter Street East – today announced the grand opening of the […]