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Upcoming Events
Dec16Tue2025all-day Activities – Children & YouthActivities – Children & YouthDec 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 →11:00 am Monthly Blood Pressure Clinic (D...Monthly Blood Pressure Clinic (D...Dec 16 @ 11:00 am – Dec 17 @ 12:30 pmTuesday December 16th at 11 am at the Cavan Monaghan Community Centre, Wednesday, Dec. 17th at 10 am at the Millbrook Manor and at 12:30 at the Millbrook Legion.Dec17Wed2025all-day Activities – Children & YouthActivities – Children & YouthDec 17 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 MillbrookDec 17 @ 1:00 pmWednesdays at 1pm beginning June 18th.7:00 pm Monthly Sing-along @ St Thomas’ Anglican ChurchMonthly Sing-along @ St Thomas’ Anglican ChurchDec 17 @ 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 →
Tag Archives: Volunteering
What a Summer it has been for the CMLibraries!
We wanted to say a BIG thank you to all the community that came out in a big way to support the library over the summer. We had an amazing group of volunteers leading programs: Amara McFadden and Locklan McFadden (Teens & Tech), and Michael Charette of Mikey Charette Tattoos… 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
Soccer Equipment Collection
Pictured is Dr. Jim Leeson, a chiropractor practicing at the Peterborough Power Zone Center with a small sample of shoes he and massage Therapist Sara Sutherland have collected. The shoes will be distributed to the children in Belize in February by the volunteers at the annual visit to that country…. Continue reading
Telecare Distress Centre of Peterborough Seeking Volunteers
Telecare Peterborough is looking for empathetic individuals ready to join the fight against loneliness and isolation. Training for New Volunteers begins September 25th 2019, at 7:00 pm, Trinity United Church, 360 Reid St., Peterborough. Training is 50 hours and costs $50. (Subsidies are available.) Listening skills and awareness of social,… Continue reading
On your mark: Get ready for the next Cavan Hills Country Run!
Start training now to be ready to show off your stuff at the next Cavan Hills Country Run scheduled for Saturday, September 28th. Open to participants of all ages and proficiencies, including dogs on leashes, the event features three divisions: a 10k Run, a 10k Walk and the 4.7k Run/Walk…. Continue reading
Millbrook and Area Garden Club Goes Wild for Native Plants
Why not come for a tour with the Millbrook & Area Garden Club on Wednesday, August 7th at 6:30 p.m. when they will visit “GROW WILD! NATIVE PLANT NURSERY & ECOLOGICAL CONSULTING SERVICES” at #3784 Hwy 7 in Omemee. Grow Wild! Nursery specializes in growing native trees and shrubs as… Continue reading
Fundraiser Brings Families Together for a Movie Under the Stars
On Thursday August 22, join local families as they spend a summer evening watching a movie outdoors hosted by the Old Millbrook School Family Centre. Plan to come in time to get settled for a 8:10 pm start on the west side of the property just past the playground at… Continue reading
Congratulations to Millbrook Lions’ Club 2019
Congratulations to the Millbrook and District Lions’ Club as they celebrate a 70-year tradition of community service. The club was established in 1948 by 42 local residents from all walks of life bearing familiar names including Fallis, Lowery, Medd, Challice, and Brackenridge, who joined ranks to assist their community and… Continue reading