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Upcoming Events
Oct15Wed2025all-day Activities – Children & YouthActivities – Children & YouthOct 15 all-dayEarlyON Family Centre Programs: offered at the Old Millbrook School, 1 Dufferin St., Millbrook Mondays: Music and Movement from 10 am to 11 am on the 2ndfloor offering songs, dances and instruments to get youngsters moving. Open Gym at 12:30pm for infants up to 18months. Tuesdays and Thursdays: Stay and... Continue reading →1:00 pm Euchre @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 402 MillbrookEuchre @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 402 MillbrookOct 15 @ 1:00 pmWednesdays at 1pm beginning June 18th.7:00 pm Monthly Sing-along @ St Thomas’ Anglican ChurchMonthly Sing-along @ St Thomas’ Anglican ChurchOct 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pmWednesdays from 7 to 8pm at St Thomas’ Anglican Church, 16 Centre Street, Millbrook. Musical focus: The “best” of the past year! All welcome! Just bring yourself and your voice! The aim is to have fun! Decaff-coffee/herbal tea/cookies and conversation following in the parish hall. For more information please contact... Continue reading →7:30 pm Summer Darts @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 402 MillbrookSummer Darts @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 402 MillbrookOct 15 @ 7:30 pmWednesdays register at 7:30pm, play at 8 pm, $5 per person, everyone welcome!Oct16Thu2025all-day Activities – Children & YouthActivities – Children & YouthOct 16 all-dayEarlyON Family Centre Programs: offered at the Old Millbrook School, 1 Dufferin St., Millbrook Mondays: Music and Movement from 10 am to 11 am on the 2ndfloor offering songs, dances and instruments to get youngsters moving. Open Gym at 12:30pm for infants up to 18months. Tuesdays and Thursdays: Stay and... Continue reading →
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Zucchini Festival Returns!
After a year’s hiatus due to the dam reconstruction, the popular Zucchini Festival returned to Millpond last month, bringing out the creative as well as the competing spirit in participants. Zucchini specimens were transformed into colourful boats with wine corks secured to their sides to provide buoyancy required for the… Continue reading
Volunteers Plant Trees along Millpond Through TD Tree Days Program
On the morning if Saturday, September 14th, while many were attending the Grand Opening celebrations at the new Cavan Monaghan Community Centre, a group of more than fifty volunteers were down the hill participating with Otonabee Conservation Regional Authority (ORCA) staff planting native trees and shrubs as part of the… Continue reading
Children Play Games from 1819 at St. John’s Ida Event
Participating in a sack race on Sunday, September 8th, this was one of the many children who participated in races that were popular 200 years ago. The purpose of the children’s race day was to celebrate the 200 years St. John’s Anglican congregation has worshiped on top of the hill. … Continue reading
Self-Regulation and Young Children Presentation
Millbrook EarlyON Child and Family Centre staff is very excited to welcome Dr. Brenda Smith-Chant to the centre for an informative evening. Dr. Smith-Chant is the Director of Research for the Self-Regulation Institute as well as an Associate Professor of the Psychology Department of Trent University. Prior to becoming a… Continue reading
Kids Clothing Swap Fundraiser for the Old Millbrook School Family Centre
As the season changes, so do the wardrobes. Do you have gently used clothing that will no longer be useful next year? Are you looking to beef up your children’s closet with some new-to-them items? If so, you may be able to help the local family centre while you address… Continue reading
St. John’s Ida Community Appreciation Day
On Monday August 5th, the St John’s Anglican congregation invited the entire community to join them in celebrating their 200th year of devotion on the hill in Ida. Neighbours and church members enjoyed free hamburgers, hotdogs, ice cream and drinks; after they jumped around in the Bouncy Castle. In addition,… Continue reading
One Giant Zucchini for Mankind
Millbrook Zucchini Festival celebrates the 50th anniversary of this historic event on September 8 Cooked up by the Millbrook Zucchini Festival Test Bake Ovens The story of the Apollo 11 moon landing has, over the years, become almost mythical. The thrill of the blast-off. The nail-biting suspense of the lunar… Continue reading
Terry Fox Millbrook Mystery
Terry Fox has to be on the very short list of Greatest Canadians. His achievements during his short lifetime and incredible legacy still inspire today around the world. Terry’s Marathon of Hope began with seemingly impossible goals. Barely twenty years old, with a leg recently amputated from cancer, he would… Continue reading