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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 →8:30 am Coffee Club @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 402 MillbrookCoffee Club @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 402 MillbrookDec 16 @ 8:30 am – 10:30 amTuesdays from 8:30 to 10:30. Come and enjoy a morning of comradeship. Coffee, tea and muffins, $2. Everyone welcome10:00 am Line Dancing @ St Thomas’ Anglican ChurchLine Dancing @ St Thomas’ Anglican ChurchDec 16 @ 10:00 amTuesdays at 10 am, pre-registration required – call 705-932-2011.11:00 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 →
Tag Archives: Volunteering
What’s Ahead for the Old Arena Facility?
It’s the topic of many local conversations. Suggestions abound, ranging from keeping it open as a rink to take advantage of an ice shortage next season, to razing it and converting the area to a green space, or renting out the building to other user groups. While the ice is… Continue reading
CMCC Project Fundraising Total Tops $830,000
Thanks to the a generous personal donation of $500,000 by local area developer Mario Cortellucci last month, the current fundraising commitment of the Cavan Monaghan Community Centre (CMCC) is approaching its $1 million goal. Scheduled to open in the fall of this year, the Township’s new 43,000+ square foot… Continue reading
Bring your Rakes and Shovels to Help with the Millbrook Valley Trails Cleanup
The Millbrook Valley Trails Committee is inviting anyone who wants to volunteer to assist with the annual cleaning and grooming of our trail network taking place this Saturday May 4th from 9am to 12 noon. If we have poor weather, the alternate rain date will be Saturday May 11th. Everyone… Continue reading
Community Benefit Dance Raises Almost $4000 for Local Family
Last month, Compass Early Learning hosted a benefit dance for one of their clients, Rebecca de Waard, who early this year suffered a severe car accident. Seventy-five people attended the event, which featured a silent auction and more than 20 raffle basket prizes all donated by family members and local… Continue reading
Corfe’s Donation to Community Care
The Community Garden is looking for plot holders to garden a small garden plot for $5/season, as well as volunteers to help in the community area to grow food for Millbrook Food share. Volunteers needed also for big garden clean up Monday May 13 4-8pm. Call Joanne 932 3214 or… Continue reading
Last Lions’ Club Breakfast of the Season
St. John’s Ida 200th Anniversary Celebrations Coming Next Month
St. John’s Church in Ida, first established by Rev. Joseph Thompson in 1819, is celebrating its 200th year of worship and ministry in Cavan-Monaghan Township. As a community church in the Anglican tradition, we have from the very beginning, welcomed people from very diverse backgrounds. Our first two pioneering ministers,… Continue reading