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These stories about the people making positive impacts in our community are made possible through the continued support of Simcoe Building Centre as part of our Community Leaders Program.

 

Making mattresses out of milk bags: area volunteers weave mats for a good cause

Making mattresses out of milk bags: area volunteers weave mats for a good cause

Since 2008, a community of volunteers, schools, churches, community groups and businesses across Canada have been involved in the MILKBAGSunlimited project
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Local women find power (to help) in numbers

Local women find power (to help) in numbers

Founded in 2017, the South Georgian Bay chapter of 100 Women Who Care has contributed $265,300 to charities in the community
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Local 'Irish' husky is a canine lifesaver

Local 'Irish' husky is a canine lifesaver

Local dog, Fionn, regularly donates blood to the Canadian Animal Blood Bank, which is used to help other dogs who need transfusions
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Tech Time teacher finds fulfillment helping seniors navigate cyberspace

Tech Time teacher finds fulfillment helping seniors navigate cyberspace

'I think digital literacy is such an important skill, and one that is necessary in the age we live in,” said Gordon Palmer of Tech Time with Gordon
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Husband and wife team offer support and a stage to area's youth musicians

Husband and wife team offer support and a stage to area's youth musicians

Port Music Festival began six years ago and has led to the creation of youth music programs in the community and helped budding musicians find an audience
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Passion for home motivated career and volunteer work for housing activist

Passion for home motivated career and volunteer work for housing activist

'I truly believe that volunteerism is the rent that we pay for the place we occupy on earth,' says Marg Scheben-Edey
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Local entrepreneurs get philanthropic in celebration of female friendship

Local entrepreneurs get philanthropic in celebration of female friendship

Galentine's Day may be a made-up holiday, but these gals celebrate the sentiment everyday
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Choosing the high road: advocate vows to be a voice against bullying in Collingwood

Choosing the high road: advocate vows to be a voice against bullying in Collingwood

'As long as I am still living, Collingwood will always have an anti-bullying club,' says Trevor Henson, a local advocate, volunteer, and the founder of the Collingwood Anti-Bullying Club.
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They call him Mr. Trails: Collingwood man's vision (and handsaw) carved path for trail network

They call him Mr. Trails: Collingwood man's vision (and handsaw) carved path for trail network

Not a week goes by without George Christie doing some work for Collingwood's network of pedestrian and snowmobile trails, a system he helped create
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