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New Memberships:
LMB Home Improvement - home of the "Seamless Eavestrough" also featuring siding, shutters, soffit, fascia and other aspects of your home improvement. Contact Lance Hackett Jr. at 705-738-5750.
Ambleside Cottage Resort - Welcome to Ambleside Cottage Resort, located at 322 Front St. West. on beautiful Sturgeon Lake, we are within walking distance of the village of Bobcaygeon. The beautiful setting and magnificent views from every cottage have entranced our guests. Our cottages have fully equipped kitchens and there are several restaurants within walking distance. Contact the resort at 705-738-2955 or info@ablesidecottageresort.com
Bobcaygeon & Area Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday November 15, 2011 at Bobcaygeon Municipal Service Centre at 7 pm. Some new members have joined the board of directors; David Poole - Buckeye Surf & Snow, Joe Pollard - Associate Member, Glenn Clark - Monk Funeral Services, Lori Ann Moffatt - Graphics Plus Design & Printing, Peter Grace - Ambleside Cottage Resort. Remaining on the board is Jim DeClute - Associate Member, Herb Gray - Associate Member, Max Miller - The Promoter, Robert Hughes - Associate Member, Patricia Daniels-Burry - Mayburry's on Main B&B, Tom Hunt - Remax Sales Representative, Tony van Yzendoorn - Associate Member,Dannie Farrell - pawz 'n' clawz , Monique Craig - The Villiage Florist Gift Shoppe & Custom Framing, Susan Paradoski - Associate Member, Cheryl Thurston - Bank of Montreal, Bev Matthews - Last Resort, Pamela Chapman - Ella Kaleidoscope. Retiring from the board is Miriam Newton - Associate Member, Debra Kemp - Bobwalking, Linda Peckitt - Red Rock Antiques. Thank- You to all of the board members past and present for your support of the Chamber.
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Thanksgiving Is Over – Can Christmas Be Far Behind? by Peter Cowie - President Bobcaygeon Helps
The days get shorter, the weather turns cooler, the leaves change colour and start to fall. The folks at Bobcaygeon Helps, our Food Bank are planning the Christmas “Hamper” Program for our needy clients – your friends and neighbours. From its humble beginnings over 20 years ago when the Anglican Rector, David Burrows, kept a few groceries in his office. The Food Bank has grown to currently serving 451 clients, 31% of whom are children 15years of age or younger. Today, as well as giving away all donated food items, we spend approximately $38,000 annually on our food programs. Although it is still referred to as our Christmas Hamper Program, a few years ago we started to give out gift cards to our local supermarkets rather than actual hampers of food. Our clients are delighted with this change as they are empowered to choose exactly what they wish. As well, on “Hamper Day”, this year Saturday December 17th, clients with children under sixteen are invited to visit our Santa Shop to pick toys and gifts for their boys and girls. All these gifts / toys are donated by the generous people of Bobcaygeon and area. To see the joy on the faces of our clients as they choose gifts for their children is a seasonal highlight for our dedicated volunteers. Soon containers will be available throughout the Village where toys can be donated for Bobcaygeon Helps (Food Bank) families. As well, cash or cheque donations for our food program can be made to Bobcaygeon Helps, Box 133, Bobcaygeon. Charitable Tax Receipts will be issued for donations of $10 or greater. Over the same period, other charitable organizations may also be collecting toys for families throughout the City of Kawartha Lakes. These families are not clients of Bobcaygeon Helps and we wish these other organizations every possible success. |
On behalf of our Board, Officers, Volunteers and most importantly our clients, THANK YOU to the Bobcaygeon community for their ongoing, generous support of Bobcaygeon Helps. Together we will make a difference.
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Bobcaygeon Helps Food Bank Toy and Cash Box Locations 2011 (until Dec. 15)
Chamber Office : toy box
Library : toy box
Strang’s Valu-Mart : toy box
Valu-Mart Garden Centre : toy box
Village Gate Pharmacy : toy box
Foodland : toy box
My Favourite Things : Teddy Bear Stairway
Just for the Halibut : toy box
Savoury’s : cash box
Bank of Montreal : toys
Dixie Lee Chicken : cash box
CIBC : toys
The Village Florist – cash box - (rear entrance) tree for toys
Group Insurance:
You have the opportunity to participate in group health and life insurance packages that are available for small businesses at rates normally reserved for large firms - providing a direct cost-saving measure for your business through the National Chamber of Commerce program. Please contact 1-877-277-0677 or visit www.chambers.ca or you may also contact The Benefit Coach for more details
The Staff and Directors
of the Chamber
Wish you all
a Safe & Happy
Holiday Season |
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