Some 50,000 children have journeyed through the Kiwanis Children’s Safety Village since its roll out in 2009. The interactive village travels to area schools where students learn to live and play safely through hands-on displays covering potential dangers ranging from electricity and fire to traffic. But times are changing, and with that change comes the…
Here we have a very happy Tanner D. of Regent Park School in Orillia, with his new bicycle generously donated by Dr. Tan of Georgian Dental in Orillia. Pictured with Tanner, is PC Martin HILL OPP, Donna-Lee Weller Salt, and Meghan of Georgian Dental. Tanner missed recess, but says missing recess was worth getting a new bike.…
On the 16th of May, 2017 East Side Mario’s in Orillia hosted a fundraiser for the Kiwanis Children’s Safety Village. At this fundraiser, Andrew Bucking, Plant Manager of Lafarge Canada Orillia District donated $1500 to the safety village
John Epstein (second from right), owner of East Side Mario’s in Orillia, along with office manager Rose Hurtubise (far left), presented representatives of the Kiwanis Children’s Safety Village with a cheque for more than $1,500 in proceeds from a recent fundraising event. The interactive village travels to area schools, where children learn how to live…
The Kiwanis Club of Orillia kicked off March with a special presentation by Glenn McCurdy, chair of the Kiwanis Children’s Safety Village (KCSV), and founding committee member Sandy Cobbe. The KCSV is a favourite project of the local Kiwanis club — it has been shown to save lives through teaching children how to live and…
Adam Robitaille, manager of Orillia’s Walmart store, donates a cheque for $1,000 to the Kiwanis Children’s Safety Village. On the receiving end are retired OPP constable Gerry Dwyer and Kiwanis Club of Orillia president Stephanie Worthington. The funds will go to support the interactive village, which travels to area schools where children learn how to live and…
An unsuspecting Paul Campbell was caught off guard at Orillia Public Library when former colleagues and students honoured him with an award at a surprise gathering. “I thought I was coming to help move around furniture,” joked Campbell, who retired as principal of the Monsignor Lee School in summer this year, in his thank you…
Past Kiwanis president James Maxwell, retired OPP officer Gerry Dwyer, and Sandy Cobbe KCSV school coordinator accept a $2,500 cheque donation from the Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group’s C.A.R.E. program (Create A Ripple Effect).
On the surface, it looks like any other pen…but it’s a whole lot more than that. Yank down on the slender metallic tag protruding from its underside and the simple writing tool reveals a colourful paper scroll imprinted with contact information for agencies serving youth in crisis. “It’s easy access,” said Gerry Dwyer, a retired…
