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Staples & Swain Professional Corporation Loves Your Trail
Heather Richardson, Staples & Swain Professional Corporation
Love Your Trail Sponsor
Founded in 1959 by Joseph Lexis Crawford Staples Q.C., the firm of Staples & Swain Professional Corporation offers legal services in a variety of areas to individuals, private businesses and public institutions within the City of Kawartha Lakes and surrounding communities.
Staples & Swain is a law firm committed to providing timely and practical advice. Lawyers Heather Richardson and Angus McNeil carry on the tradition, which commenced with Joe Staples, of demystifying the mysteries of the law for their clients, who are also their neighbours.
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IPC Securities Corporation Loves Your Trail
Greg Dowdall, IPC Securities Corporation
Love Your Trail Sponsor
Greg Dowdall is an Investment Advisor, with more than 15 years experience and significant qualifications. He is a Certified Financial Professional, a Chartered Investment Manager (CIM®), and a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute (FCSI®). The latter designation is widely viewed as the gold standard for investment advisors.
He launched the Lindsay branch office for Investment Planning Counsel in 2006.
His approach is to help clients understand their financial position relative to their financial objectives. He establishes a disciplined process to help people reach goals. His efforts are focussed on helping clients preserve assets, increase income, and reduce income taxes. He explains investment options in a manner that is easy to understand. Further, he adapts an investment plan to suit each client's personal comfort level. He is often described as being friendly, outgoing, and having a great sense of humour. Greg is accessible and is willing to make house calls when that is necessary.
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The Optimist Club of Lindsay Loves Your Trail
Optimist Club of Lindsay
Love Your Trail Sponsor
The Optimist Club of Lindsay, currently with a membership of over 50, has served the area for over 45 years. Founded in 1971 on principles created by Optimist International, the club promotes its credo, “A Friend of Youth”, by devoting all efforts, energies, and funds to and for the betterment of youth in the City of Kawartha Lakes. Members meet the first and third Thursdays from September to June.
The Club offers activities that support the youth of the City. During the fall and winter months, a recreational dodgeball evening for youth in grades 4 to 6 is offered on Tuesday nights for eight weeks. In May and June, a recreational soccer program is offered for eight weeks for youth of all ages under 19 years, a program that has grown from 50 participants in 1981 to over 600 participants in 2016.
In addition, the Club provides funding to support several programs offered for youth by other organizations in the City of Kawartha Lakes such as Boys & Girls Clubs of Kawartha Lakes, Kids Interactive Arts Program and secondary and post-secondary youth leadership scholarships. On request, the Club also assists youth who are pursuing opportunities at provincial and national levels in areas of arts, culture, and athletics.
The Club has made major donations over the years towards construction projects of the Recreation Complex, Ross Memorial Hospital, Lindsay Library, Boys & Girls Clubs of Kawartha Lakes and Wilson Fields. Most recently, the Trans Canada Trail maintenance program and the new walking oval at Kinsmen Park for the Queen Victoria Public School community.
The Club is particularly proud of the new Optimist Soccer Park (3 regulation sized fields) on the 13-acre site identified as Wilson Fields East located east of the tennis courts on St. Joseph Road and south of Colborne Street West . The park includes parking and pathways that community members have used extensively since the park opened in the summer of 2013. This exciting multigenerational park project is proving to be a wonderful resource for all citizens of Lindsay.
To support its contributions to the community, the Club sells Christmas trees throughout December, runs the youth dodgeball program,the youth soccer program and, most recently, held its first annual fundraising dodgeball tournament for adults.
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Mackey Funeral Home Loves Your Trail
Mackey Funeral Home of Lindsay was the first business to commit financial support for maintenance and awareness of the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail. Linden Mackey said, "We believe the trail speaks to the quality of life we all enjoy in our community and it's worthy of our community's support."
The Kawartha Trans Canada Trail Association launched their Love Your Trail Campaign on Tuesday, October 27, at the new Days Inn and Suites in Lindsay. The event attracted about 100 people to hear from the Association's Chair, Al McPherson and their Campaign Chair, John Hagarty. The two Chairs addressed the status of the Trans Canada Trail and the accomplishments of their association. They also introduced components of their campaign, volunteer Trail Champions, and their first business sponsors.
"I use the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail because I enjoy running and I know that many other people walk or ride their bike on the trail," said Mackey. He continued, "the trail is important to our community because it provides great outdoor, education, and heritage connections."
The sponsor component of the campaign is intended to attract what are referred to as 'Five. Five. Five.' Sponsors. Those sponsors each agree to provide $1,000 to the association each year for five consecutive years commencing in 2016. Campaign Chair John Hagarty said, "our thinking is that we need to establish some assurance of continuity in support of the trail for the next five years." It is believed these key sponsorships will come from five businesses, five service clubs, and five individuals. Additional, smaller donations are expected to help bolster the support offered from the major sponsors of which Mackey Funeral Home is one.
Other businesses have since come forward to support the trail association. Their campaign goal is $125,000, while their objective is to obtain $75,000 from business sponsors.
For more information about the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail or to contribute yourself, visit their site at ktct.ca
About Mackey Funeral Home
The Mackey Funeral Home is proud of its longstanding relationship with families in Lindsay, Ontario and surrounding communities. It is independently owned and operated by a third generation of caring Mackey family. The 'Mackey' quality of care is renowned throughout this region.
33 Peel Street, Lindsay, ON K9V 3L9
Phone: 705-328-2721
Trail Unites Reaboro Community
By Marnie Callaghan
Two of the best things in life are working outside on a crisp fall day and sharing good food and wine with friends. That’s just what the residents of Reaboro did on a beautiful September day. About a dozen neighbors gathered with chainsaws and muscle power to remove Manitoba maple and dead elm along our five kilometre section of trail. We gathered in the evening for a hearty potluck meal.
The village no longer has a church or school, but we all share a love of this treasure in our back yards.
It’s the Trail that brings us together.