Local nursing student Abby McGee recently received a boost.
Thanks to Municipal Retirees Organization Ontario (MROO), McGee is getting a $3,000 scholarship to help with her post-secondary expenses.
McGee, of Dresden, is at school at Lambton College.
She is one of 40 students across the province to benefit from the MROO program.
MROO is a not-for-profit corporation who speaks on behalf of all Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) pensioners and provides services and benefits to more than 36,000 members.
QUeen Milling advances
Local firm QUeen Million is still in the Ontario Made Awards.
The business is up for the Consumer Awareness Award.
The winner will be announce by the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) group in early December.
From Aug, 25 until Oct. 5, online voting took place for each category for the awards.
For the past two decades QUeen Milling has produced various types of gluten-free flour.
Coats for Kids underway
Knights of Columbus Coats for Kids is underway, as more than 400 new winter coats were distributed in our area recently.
In total, Knights of Columbus members expect to distribute more than 40,000 coats throughout the country by the end of the winter season, thanks to its network of more than 180,000 members and 2,000 councils in Canada.
“Each year, we see firsthand how something that appears so simple can make a big difference in the life of a young child,” said David Gelinas, state deputy for the Knights of Columbus in Ontario, in a release. “Thanks to the generosity of our brother Knights across Canada, we’re proud to continue ensuring that no child has to face the coldest months of the year without a warm coat.”
To purchase the new coats, Knights of Columbus councils have raised funds through community fundraisers held throughout the year. Based on its 2025 campaign objectives, the organization is on track to exceed more than 1.8 million winter coats distributed to children in Canada and the United States since the program was founded in 2009.
RONA gives to Habitat C-K
The RONA Foundation’s Home Sweet Home effort has led to multiple donations from RONA stores to Habitat for Humanity Chatham-Kent.
The campaign raised more than $530,000 across the country, including $17,000 here in southwestern Ontario.
Of those funds, Habitat C-K will receive more than $1,000 from RONA Chatham and in excess of $900 from RONA Wallaceburg.
“We would like to sincerely thank our employees and customers for their generosity and commitment. Thanks to their mobilization and spirit of solidarity, we are able to support hundreds of vulnerable families and individuals by helping to revitalize their living environments or facilitate access to housing,” said Josée Lafitte, director of the RONA Foundation, in a media release.
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