Celebrate Your Community Hero
Let's honour all our community heroes that have emerged during the pandemic. A community hero can be a front line worker, a teacher, a neighbour, a business owner, a volunteer or anyone that you feel went above and beyond to support their community or made a difference to you and your family.
Throughout December and January, post a story of who you think is a community hero in 400 words or less and submit a photo to let the community celebrate along with you. Stories will be received until January 31, 2021. Each hero will be featured here and celebrated on social media throughout the months of January and February. Each Community Hero will receive a special recognition letter from Mayor Drew - click the Hero Recognition Package for the recognition letter form.
Thank you Scugog for being you and to all our heroes that taught us that in a time of lockdowns, cancelled family plans and closures; a sense of community is never cancelled especially when facing a time of need.
Tell us about your community heroes!
A community hero can be a front line worker, a teacher, a neighbour, a business owner, a volunteer or anyone that you feel went above and beyond to support their community. Throughout December, post a story of who you think is a community hero in 400 words or less. Feel free to submit/insert a photo. Thank you to all our community herores.
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And the music goes on . . . .
When the lockdown started back in March the Dukes of Durham Ukulele Club and the Port Perry Seniors Club were shut down as part of the lockdown. Gord Emerson had be running a guitar lessons group in the party room of his apartment building that was held every Friday afternoon for a few years. With the lockdown there was no indoor place to play.Gord decided that the music must go on so he arranged with his guitar group that we could play Palmer Park on Tuesday afternoon and entertain the people that were in the park. Arrangements were made to... Continue reading
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Once a Mother .. Always a Mother
My neighbours Doug and Wendy BACHE, accommodated Wendy's mother Emy, a few years ago by sharing their home with her.
As years progressed, Emy's daughter and son in law had major health issues. Over the fall and winter, neighbours helped out with yard and snow shoveling.
We learned we had to start early! Emy Sakanashi, Wendy's mother, would beat us! She racked and bagged leaves, cleared snow from the stairs and deck. She walks the street twice a day....and until Canterbury Golf Course closed ..she played weekly golf.
On November 15th , Emy celebrated her 101st birthday! Yes..101!!
Emy is... Continue reading
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Executive Assistant to the Mayor and CAO
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A Message from Mayor Drew
"Throughout the pandemic, there has been a common thread of people making a difference across our community. We hope to highlight and celebrate these everyday community heroes.
Please share your stories of kindness, stories of people going above and beyond that has made a difference to you or someone you care about. Everyday actions that make us proud of our community and demonstrate community isn’t cancelled." Mayor Bobbie Drew
