Events – November 2021
Lions’ Christmas Yard Sale at the Lions’ Den on Saturday, November 13th from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Proceeds to the Legion’s Christmas Gift Card Campaign. Christmas Market: November 21st from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM in the parking lot at the Old Millbrook School.
Common Ground – September 2021
“Our life is frittered away by detail… Simplify, simplify.” Thoreau I recently came across an idea that I intend to try next year that appears to make growing tomatoes simpler. A gardener in Maine got the brilliant idea (probably not original to her) to grow tomatoes around a vertical ring filled with compost. The…
There’s a Certain Slant of Photons
A quiet, green astronomer lives in my garden. She’s about 7 feet tall, thin as a pencil, and says almost nothing that I can understand. One message, however, is clear enough: she (or he, for all I know) points one leafy finger precisely south all summer long. This remarkable scholar is my compass plant…
Schier Family’s Ongoing Support for Community Care
It is a family affair… 2016 Chris Schier held the first annual Advantage Charity Golf Tournament. The profits from the tournament were donated to a local organization. Community Care Millbrook was that lucky charity. Consistently each year Chris has put on the tournament providing a sizable donation to the community. Chris is able to…
“Journeys Outreach” Supports Young People
“Journeys” is the outreach and social advocacy group of St Thomas’ Anglican Church, Millbrook. After a pause in activities during Covid-19 lockdowns, the outreach group began meeting again via Zoom in April. Journeys has now completed two fundraisers, one of which was for Zippaport — a non-profit organization that creates “port shirts” for children…
Blank Canvas Joins Sandwich Sisters in Supporting One-Roof Community Centre
Since January, Jane Berlin and a group of volunteers out of Bethany have been preparing sandwiches and snacks once a week for visitors to One Roof Community Centre in Peterborough. This shelter is open 365 days a year and provides free meals, professional training, life skills, access to primary health care as well…