The Beaches Arts & Crafts Show takes over Kew Gardens June 10 and 11 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Now in its 33rd year, the event attracts over 150 Canadian artists, artisans and designers, transforming the park into a marketplace where attendees can chat with the artists about their craft. The show is in […]
A father-daughter dance in support of the Heart and Stroke Foundation takes place this weekend at the Beach United Church. Organized by Beach local Jennifer Bryan, the event aims to bring families together for an evening of music, makeovers, portraits, games and treats for a good cause. “As a Beaches resident and mother of two […]
Celebrated East End folk and roots music series Acoustic Harvest celebrates its 20th anniversary this year – and that calls for a big, eclectic party. The 20th anniversary celebration gala and fundraiser happens Saturday, June 3 at Robinson Hall, St. Nicholas Anglican Church and features a sampling of the many performers who have graced the […]
He may be four-and-a-half years old, but Gabriel Harlow, a junior kindergarten student at Earl Haig Junior Public School is already stretching his philanthropic muscles. Natalia Harlow, Gabriel’s mom said it was late November when he thought of the idea to start a toothpaste drive. “We were just talking at dinner one day and Gabriel […]
You aren’t a mental illness, you have a mental illness,” says the leader of a new club at Malvern Collegiate Institute working to open up the conversation about mental health. Inaccurate portrayals and assumptions about people living with mental illness have perpetuated stereotypes for generations and it isn’t helpful to put everyone with mental health […]
To those familiar with how things work around here, it should come as no surprise that the Beaches Spring Sprint began with Gene Domagala and a megaphone. A fixture at the now annual race, which turns 30 this year, the unofficial Mayor of the Beach helped launch the fundraiser in June 1987, by trying to […]
When Elina Anker found out she had cancer, she didn’t react with sadness or fear. Instead, she named her tumour “Juan.” As in, Juan be gone. This remarkable humour and optimism in the face of a scary diagnosis are just two of the traits that make the Grade 8 “class clown” arguably one of the […]
Hair Dynamix will be hosting a fundraising event on October 24 to raise money for the family of 14-year old Jordan Gavadza. Jordan, a Lacrosse player, is currently fighting T Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma and has already gone through 29 days of intense therapy. While the disease does have a survival rate of 80 to 85 per […]
Two Beach families are choosing to make something positive out of what many might consider a bad situation. Mary and Aaron Mittler’s second daughter Lucy was born in March 2013. “Two weeks later we got a phone call that no parent would ever want to get,” said Aaron. Lucy had been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis […]
If it feels better to give than to get, Veronica Gonzalez is about to have a very happy birthday. For her 30th, which is on August 26, Gonzalez started a 30-day fundraiser to give 30 new backpacks to students in the Kick Start after-school program at Crescent Town. Two weeks in, Gonzalez was just one […]
