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Finance Committee members play an essential advisory role, offering oversight and guidance on a range of financial matters. This is not a fundraising role—it’s about governance, accountability, and strategic insight.

Thank you to our generous sponsor Cogeco for their donation of $2500 for Coats For Community. This year, we are grateful for PATH’s support towards collecting and distributing coats. Read the full article in the Peterborough Examiner: United Way and PATH team-up collecting Coats for Community

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 […]

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