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Canadian Colours Kingston Foundation donates blankets to those in need

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 Kingstonist 0 Comments Blanket drive, Canadian Colours Kingston Foundation, charity, Community Friends in Motion, COVID-19, Daud Hassan, donations, homeless community, homeless people, homelessness, Jimmy Hassan, Kingston, pandemic

The current pandemic has highlighted a lot of need within our community, prompting Canadian Colours Kingston Foundation to act. An

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Letter: ‘Local Love’ in action

November 27, 2020November 27, 2020 Kingstonist 0 Comments Bhavana Varma, charity, COVID-19, Kingston, letter, letter of thanks, not-for-profit agencies, pandemic, United Way 2020 campaign, United Way of Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington (KFLA), volunteers

The following is a submitted letter to the editor. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of

Pandemic won’t stop Tommy’s Annual Community Christmas Dinner

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments Autohouse Kingston, Bhavana Varma, charity, City Council, City of Kingston, Community Christmas Dinner, donations, food hampers, fundraiser, Tommy's restaurant, Tommy's Tommy Hunter, United Way of Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington (KFLA)

Tommy Hunter is looking for support to make his annual Community Christmas Dinner and Hamper Drive happen again this year.

Cereal drive in memory of Brady Faroldi enters fifth year

November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Andy Mills, Brady Faroldi, Brianna Faroldi, cereal drive, charity, Consecutive Education (Con-Ed), Costco, education, food bank, Frontenac, Kingston, Lennox and Addington, No Frills, Queen's University, school breakfast programs, school meal programs, teacher's college, The Food Sharing Project

When Brady Faroldi was in his first placement as part of the Queen’s Consecutive Education program (teacher’s college), he noticed

Local teen filling backpacks with school supplies for needy students

August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments back to school, back to school shopping, Barking Up The Green Tree, charity, COVID-19 pandemic, donation, facebook, Facebook fundraiser, Frontenac Secondary School, Kingston, masks, student

A Frontenac Secondary School student is filling backpacks for needy families for a second year in a row. 17 year-old

Window-cleaning superheroes return to KGH on a mission for smiles

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments charity, Elite Window Cleaning, Kingston, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), pediatric ward, spiderman, Stacey Wolfrom, The Hulk, University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF), window cleaning superheroes

The world can always use more superheroes and the staff at Elite Window Cleaning never fail to deliver as they

Over 1,600 meals provided through Tommy’s Sharing the Caring program

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments charity, community partners, COVID-19, Home Base Housing, homeless population, Kingston, Kingston Area Real Estate Association (KAREA), lockdown, meal programs, pandemic, Sharing the Caring, Stay-at-home orders, Street Outreach, Tommy Hunter, Tommy's restaurant, vulnerable residents

A Kingston restaurant owner and his community partners have provided over 1,600 meals to Kingston’s most vulnerable since the start

Martha’s Table replaces annual Empty Bowls fundraiser with car raffle

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments charity, charity fundraiser, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, food security, Kingston, low-income families, Martha's Table, raffle

Martha’s Table is raffling off a Kia Forte EX 2020 and three vintage bicycles for their 2020 fundraiser. Executive Director

Community Events News Sports & Recreation

YMCA of Eastern Ontario launches 100 km fundraiser

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments access to health and recreation programming, charity, childcare, COVID-19, fundraiser, Kingston, pools, rectreation, Rob Adams, Walk Run and Roll Challenge, YMCA of Eastern Ontario

The YMCA of Eastern Ontario plans to launch a 100 km Walk, Run & Roll Challenge fundraiser running Saturday, Jul.

Blood Donor Centre – 850 Gardiners Road

Donate and save lives! Open at 850 Gardiners Road weekly: Tuesdays 3pm-7pm, Wednesdays 1pm-7pm, Thursdays 9am-1pm, plus Saturday 1x/month. Book

Dress for Success Kingston ‘overwhelmed’ by community generosity

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Tori Stafford 1 Comment break and enter, charity, community donations, community support, downtown, Dress for Success Kingston, Kingston, stolen inventory, stolen items, thieves, women

Just over two weeks ago, local charity Dress for Success Kingston was broken into, leaving much of the stock stolen.

Local charity Dress for Success targeted by thieves

February 25, 2020February 25, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments accessories, break and enter, charity, clothing, costume jewelry, donated items, downtown, Dress for Success Kingston, Kingston, Lindsey MacDonald, makeup, not-for-profit, Princess Street, silent auction donations, stolen, theft

When those working with Dress for Success Kingston opened their doors yesterday morning, what they found was disappointing, to say

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