Author: daben

It was a very busy time at this year’s Santa’s Sleigh. For the very first time, a gift was purchased for every child’s name designated for Santa’s Sleigh. We were even fulfilling requests for children who were referred to the Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society as early as last week. ...

For the past 15 years Sears Canada has supported the Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Foundation through the Tree of Wishes.  This initiative collects gifts for local youth, from infants to teenagers, who are receiving services from the Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society.  The Tree of Wishes helped approximately 200 children this year

The Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Foundation in association with the Peterborough and Kawarthas Association of Realtors® was very excited to host the 27th annual “Santa’s Sleigh” at Walmart, Chemong Road in Peterborough. This year the Foundation was so grateful to have had the support of Corus Entertainment (The Wolf 101.5, CHEX ...

The Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Foundation was very excited to join Peterborough’s Giving Tuesday Campaign on Tuesday, November 29th.  This year the Foundation chose to have funds raised through its Giving Tuesday campaign support the Carolyn Mills’ Sweet Dreams initiative which provides brand new pyjamas and bedding to children receiving services ...

On November 19th, the Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Foundation held its 22nd annual Dream Ball at the Victoria Park Armoury in Lindsay. This was a banner year for the Dream Ball. The Foundation would like to thank its many generous sponsors who donated over $35,000 and to the nearly 100 donors ...

This year the Foundation was one of 9 local charities invited to take part in an event at Lansdowne Place Mall called “Behind Closed Doors,” a private shopping event for ticket holders.   It was an exciting evening, the Mall was filled with shoppers and our display booth saw a ...

After an exhaustive search, the Board of Directors of the Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Foundation is pleased to introduce Deb Aben as our new Executive Director.  Deb is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario and has had extensive experience working for both not-for profit organizations and registered charities including ...

This is what over 80 backpacks look like (and there are more coming!!!!). Thank you so much to Bell Canada for donating the backpacks, and Kathryn Johnson for her coordination of all the great stuff inside. Employees from Bell, Expertech and their friends and families have filled over 100 ...

Once again Salad Days was a Smashing Success.  Leo and Catherine have gathered quite a following at their Lettuce Stand in Peterborough.  Fresh local lettuce was being sold $3 a head and beautifully arranged bouquets of local flowers by Wild Imagination (aka Louise Warner), were available for only $10 ...

Participants from Peterborough and the Kawartha’s descended on Camp Kawartha on May 28th for the 7th annual “Be a Kid for a Day”. It was a day of team work and laughter and we are happy to announce that the recipients of the coveted “BAKFAD Cup” was team Pete. ...