Fall 2011 (pdf) - Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board

A Learning Experience
I’ve learned a great deal about our communities, since starting my job with The Learning
Foundation. I had thought, that I had a very real perspective on what made Hastings and
Prince Edward Counties great, and unique, and on the issues with which we struggle. I
belong to, or have belonged to, a number of community organizations and it’s through those
associations, and my social network that my opinions and impressions have been formed.
I’ve not lived in social housing; I haven’t had to worry about having sufficient food for my
children, and as a ‘farm family’, I have a very supportive network that lives beside, and
directly across the road from me.
As both Kellie and Marg note in their comments, the creation of the Student Emergency
Fund, and the Food for Learning programs, have brought to my attention the situations in
which a significant number of our families find themselves living. ‘Rural poverty’, and the
‘working poor’ are two terms of which I’ve become very aware. Your financial support of
these two funds is allowing us to positively impact, and make a difference, in the lives of
our students.
Our fundraising efforts have also made possible the Quinte Regional Science and Technology
Fair, and the Project Enhancement Fund. Our local Science Fair has attracted students that
have gone on to win the top awards at the Canada Wide event. Our students are the ‘cream
of the crop’ (farm humour), at the Canada Wide Science Fair. We’re one of the smallest
fairs, yet we continue to provide the strongest and best competitors at the national level!
Through the Project Enhancement Fund we’ve made possible the offering of unique student
programs, that otherwise wouldn’t be possible. As I sit down to review this year’s requests,
the innovative program suggestions being proposed by Hastings and Prince Edward District
School Board staff is inspiring. Completing a Project Enhancement Fund grant application
takes time, and energy, so it’s evident that we have caring and respectful staff members, that
believe in success for all students.
In closing, I just want to reiterate that my work with The Learning Foundation has provided
me with a very real educational opportunity. Through our fundraising efforts, we’re providing
an entire spectrum of programs and initiatives that address many different student needs.
And, while I wish that we could do more, I’m confident that we’re making a difference.
Maribeth deSnoo
Executive Director
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Volume 4, Issue 3
Fall 2011
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
• A Learning Experience
• The Learning Foundation from
a newcomer’s point of view...
• Student Emergency Fund Requests
• The Importance of these Programs
• Food for Learning Stats
• 10th Annual Learning Foundation
Golf Tournament Results
• 2011 Christmas Appeal
• 2012 Quinte Regional Science &
Technology Fair
• 2011 Feed the Meter Campaign
• Working Together
• Project Enhancement Grants 2011
• Donor List
• THS Track Quest:
Major Funding Announcement
Partnering Opportunities
for Our Students
Education Centre
156 Ann Street
Belleville, ON
K8N 1N9
phone (613) 966-1170 ext 2205
1-800-267-4350
fax (613) 968-1038

The Learning Foundation from
a newcomer 's point of view...
I have been working in The Learning Foundation for just over a
year, and it truly has been a learning experience. I have worked
in school settings for most of my twenty-seven year career and
was not aware of the existence of The Learning Foundation.
I became aware of the funding available to students in need just
before I began working in the Learning Foundation office. I knew
that the schools received funding for school nutrition programs,
assuming it came from the Board of Education. I did not know
that The Learning Foundation was a separate entity housed at
the Education Centre.
At the school where I worked, we had a student in need of
medical treatment, which the parent could not afford. I found
out that the school could apply to the Student Emergency Fund
to help with these costs. This is when I became aware of the
Learning Foundation and its vision of providing opportunities
for all students to be successful. I was impressed how quickly
our request was processed and that we actually had a venue to
help students in need.
After coming to work in the Learning Foundation, I was able
to pass along my new found knowledge to my peers in school
offices who I knew were looking for ways to help students in
need. Many of my peers welcomed this information, since they
also were not aware of The Learning Foundation and the role it
plays in helping the students of the Hastings and Prince Edward
District School Board. I was, with the support of Maribeth, able
to put together a package for all school principals to share with
their staff to educate them in the vision and mission of The
Learning Foundation.
I believe that we play an important role, as we believe that all
children deserve to have the same opportunities. I know that
most schools will endeavour to support their students as best
they can, but funds are not always available. Having the support
of The Learning Foundation, whether for nutrition programs,
sports equipment, or monetary assistance for students in need
means that we are fulfilling an important role and the responses
received for our support speaks for itself.
What the Learning Foundation does is extremely important,
especially in these economic times. Knowing that I can contribute
to the Foundation along with many generous people in our local
communities to help students in need, makes me feel good about
where I work.
Marg Walker
Fundraising Assistant
STUDENT EMERGENCY FUND REQUESTS 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
# of requests as of June 25 77 155 208
# of requests for food (at home) 27% 21% 15%
# of requests for clothes/shoes 27% 21% 28%
# of requests for team/trip fees 38% 38% 28%
# of requests for eyeglasses 8% 8% 4%
# of requests for essential items (includes soap, shampoo, deodorant,
feminine hygiene, toothpaste, toothbrushes, etc.)
Student
Emergency
Fund
10% 18% 14%
# of requests for medical needs - - 11%
TOTAL FUNDS DISTRIBUTED $14,339.00 $32,549.00 $33,220.00
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The Importance of these Programs!
Working with The Hastings and Prince Edward Learning
Foundation has provided me with an unexpected education.
When my family moved to the area nine years ago, I didn’t know
what to expect. Getting to know the community has opened my
eyes to the various situations children and their families are living
with, and the resilience they have to continue moving forward.
It is astonishing how much food is purchased, and served to
children and youth, through our Food for Learning programs
each year. Acknowledging that children do not have access
to enough healthy food was the first step, because we don’t
always ‘see’ hunger. We now provide food, at school, to over
11,000 students every year. We know that children cannot learn
effectively if they are hungry, and that their hunger may also
impact their behaviour, social interactions and even attendance
at a school. Food for Learning programs are there to provide
nourishment to any student, so that they can all reach their full
potential.
The Student Emergency Fund is also a program of the Learning
Foundation and is in place to help level the playing field for local
students and ensure that they can participate fully in everything
their school has to offer. Through the Student Emergency Fund,
immediate basic needs are met, food at home, clothing, glasses,
medication and much more. Also through the Student Emergency
Fund, the Learning Foundation continuously collects personal
hygiene products for high school students – everything from
soap, shampoo, and deodorant to laundry detergent and feminine
hygiene products. I have learned that once people in our area are
aware of the needs, they are eager to help. For example, I shared
this need with the members of my sorority chapter of Beta Sigma
Phi in Trenton. Realizing that local students were going without
some of these everyday items really touched their hearts. These
ladies are very generous and cannot bear to think that young
people in our community do not have access to some of these
items that most of us take for granted. For the past three years
we have collected an impressive amount of various personal
hygiene products and donated them to Trenton High School.
Last year, a second chapter heard about what we were doing
and they too wanted to help so they collected items for Bayside
Secondary School. On a regular basis Beta Sigma Phi members
will approach me and ask – What do the schools need this year?,
my answer is usually ‘Everything’. This year, both chapters will
continue to support this worthy cause.
I have learned many things from The Learning Foundation:
• Many local children are living without and this impacts their
self esteem.
• There is a distinct difference between rural and urban poverty.
• In our rural area there is a great deal of pride associated with
caring for our families and asking for help is difficult.
• There is a gap between what is really happening in our
community and the general awareness of that reality.
• Members of our community are generous and eager to help
• The Learning Foundation’s programs are making a difference.
It is a pleasure to work with The Learning Foundation – every
day we help students and every day I count my blessings.
Kellie Brace
Student Nutrition Program Coordinator
Food for Learning programs continue to thrive in Hastings and Prince Edward counties. Through our breakfast, snack and lunch
programs, students can access healthy food throughout the school day. Every day, the staff in our local schools experience the
benefits of having their students receive the nutrition they need to learn – they see behaviour improve, positive social interactions,
increased self esteem…. and lots of smiles!
Last school year, 2010-2011, Food for Learning:
• Helped to support 151 breakfast, snack and lunch programs
• Provided 691,588 meals and snacks
• Involved 79 Schools and alternative education sites
• Had 11,624 students participate
• Is grateful to the 979 volunteers who gave 23,365 hours of their time to make it all possible
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2011 Golf Results
Directors Cup Winners: L-R
Pete Thompson
Maribeth deSnoo
Al Stitt
Troy Maracle
Top Winning Team: L-R
Paul Whitley
Bill Hannah
Glenn Crowley
Kerry McConkey
Top Ladies Team: L-R
Trish Fitzgibbon
Liane Woodly
Mandy Savery-Whiteway
Cathy Portt
Quinte Students Structures
Quinte Secondary School students are eager to work on
construction of a new home. It will be the seventh home
constructed in a unique arrangement where students work
alongside skill trades workers. The senior students are in the
Quinte Student Structures program, a Specialist High Skills
Major offered by the school.
Quinte Student Structures is a Ministry of Education-accredited
program that provides students with an opportunity to focus their
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Our 2011 golf tournament was greatly enjoyed by all golfers, as
well as being a financial success: Raising almost $30,000 for our
Student Emergency Fund.
Congratulations to our first ‘Student Team’, from Bayside
Secondary School, as they won the Top Mixed Team title.
Finally, a heartfelt thank you to all those that participated
and sponsored our tournament including: Starboard
Communications, who continued as our Gold level sponsor,
and our Corporate Sponsors:
Bardon Supplies
Bay Subaru & the Bay of Quinte Country Club
Ducon Contractors
H.A.I. Precision Waterjets
Hicks, Morley, Hamilton, Stewart Storie LLP
Johnson Inc. Insurance
Market High Advertising Ltd.
Procter & Gamble
Wilkinson & Co.
Wilson Controls
Your support is greatly appreciated by our students.
Student Team:
Kelsey Lawrence
Jamie Nicholas
Jamie Hough
Devon Jakes
learning in a skilled trade area while meeting the requirements of
the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD). The specialized
program is to help prepare students to make a successful transition
from secondary school to apprenticeship training, college,
university or directly into the workforce. The program enables
students to gain sector-specific skills and knowledge through
the complete experience of building a house, and helps them to
achieve graduation while pursuing their post-secondary goals.
Students also learn team-building and leadership skills which
they will utilize well beyond their secondary school experience.
Partners in the Quinte Student Structures program include the
following:
Duvanco Homes
Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board
Quinte Home Builders Association
Quinte Secondary School
The Hastings and Prince Edward Learning Foundation
Quinte Secondary School has a strong history of excellence,
innovative programming for all students, and a continued
commitment to improving. Quinte has a proud and committed
staff and student body. The school motto is "To learn is to grow
in all ways."

2011 Holiday Appeal
Dear Friend,
On behalf of the Hastings and Prince Edward Learning Foundation, it is our hope that you will once again consider
making a financial contribution that will positively impact students in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties. The Hastings
and Prince Edward Learning Foundation exists to provide enhanced educational opportunities that will encourage and
enthuse students in their studies. Our students are tomorrow’s leaders, teachers, doctors and skilled labourers. If you have
not yet had the opportunity to sponsor our projects this year, your continued support will allow us to offer the following
assistance and enhancements towards students’ learning opportunities.:
Project
Enhancement
Fund
Our Project Enhancement Fund was created to encourage school staff members
to submit applications for funding of projects that provide innovative, unique and
exciting enhancements to curriculum requirements. Projects must:
• enhance educational opportunities for students,
• support an initiative in Healthy Active Living, the Arts or Innovative Practices.
In 2010-11 Food for Learning programs served 691,588 meals and snacks to 11,624 students in
schools from the Catholic, Public, Mohawk and French School boards in Hastings and Prince
Edward Counties. Food for Learning assists schools with the organization and funding of nutrition
programs that feed hungry students. Children who are well nourished are more likely to:
• attend school • be able to concentrate
• have high energy levels • have higher self esteem and
• be interested, active and participate • have better developed social skills.
RSTF
QUINTE REGIONAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FAIR
This year we celebrate the 53rd year of the Quinte Regional Science and Technology
Fair. The fair remains as the Quinte area’s premier event to celebrate and encourage
student achievement in science and technology. During the fair over 300 students from
grades 4 to 12 gather to display their academic achievements to the general public and
be judged against their peers for the opportunity to represent the Quinte Region at the
Canada-wide Science Fair.
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Len & Olive Black
Memorial Fund
The Len & Olive Black Memorial Fund’ supports students facing financial hardship, and
who:
• Require assistance with purchasing materials and items to allow them to fully participate
in courses, leveling the playing field for all students (i.e. specialized welding glasses for
technical courses, character shoes for music theatre courses, suitable shorts and shoes for
gym classes, art kits for art classes, etc)
• Would like to pursue post secondary education and need assistance with the application fee.
The purpose of the Student Emergency Fund is to quietly provide immediate assistance to
students in crisis. This funding could be used to purchase items such as eyeglasses, Epi-Pens,
medical supplies, food and clothing, transportation, field trip subsidies and for other financial
needs that result from family emergencies (e.g., fire, flood, layoffs, illness, etc). During the
2010-2011 school year, 208 requests for emergency funds were received and granted.
If you have already made a donation to support a program this year, please accept our thanks.
Should a donation at this time not be possible, be assured that your past generosity is greatly appreciated and valued.
We wish you a safe and happy holiday season. If you have questions about The Hastings and Prince Edward Learning
Foundation or the programs that we support, please feel free to give us a call.
Yes!
Student
Emergency
Fund
Elaner Pound
Learning Foundation Chair
156 Ann Street, Belleville, ON K8N 1N9 613-966-1170 ext. 2205 www.learningfoundation.hpedsb.on.ca
I’d like to support students of Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board.
Please accept my donation to:
Len & Olive Black Memorial Fund Student Emergency Fund Project Enhancement Fund
Science and Technology Enhancement Fund Food for Learning Undesignated Donation
$500 $250 $100 $50 $25 other
I prefer to make my donation by: Cheque* VISA MasterCard Gift in Kind Payroll Deduction
*Please make cheques payable to The Hastings and Prince Edward Learning Foundation (contact the Learning Foundation for more details)
Please contact me regarding Gift in Kind
Name (Mr. Mrs. Miss Ms.) Phone
Address Postal Code
Card # Expiry
Maribeth deSnoo
Executive Director
Signature of card holder
* All donations of $10 or more will receive a charitable receipt, and all donors will be recognized and thanked for their contributions.
May we recognize your donation publicly? q YES q NO
Charitable # 86105 8113 RR0001
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Working
Together
Through funding provided from The Hastings and Prince Edward
Learning Foundation’s Food for Learning program, the Hastings
County Housing Programs Branch has been be able to deliver the widely
growing “Food to Go” Program.
Throughout the summer months, the Food to Go Program provides a
healthy snack to children and youth living in social housing.
The Hastings County Housing Programs Branch administers Backyard
Bonanza, a summer day camp program available, free of charge,
to children living in social housing family neighbourhoods. This
increasingly popular summer program was started 6 years ago as a
pilot program in Belleville. In 2011, the Branch offered the program in
10 different social housing neighbourhoods in Belleville and Trenton.
The largest portion of the Food to Go snacks are delivered through the
Backyard Bonanza program, but the food program also provides an
opportunity for a healthy snack to all children and youth living in social
housing.
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You are Invited to
Feed the Meter
Please support our 2011 Feed the Meter Campaign
to raise funds to feed local school children
The campaign will start in the Stirling, Frankford, Bancroft,
Quinte West, Belleville & Picton Communities in Early December
Please call 613-966-1170 ext. 2232
Or email: kbrace@hpedsb.on.ca
for more information
Following Canada’s Food Guide, five days per week, the Food to Go
program delivers a healthy snack, by providing a 100% juice box, a dairy
product and a grain product in each snack bag. This daily nutritional
snack is an integral part in the healthy development of children.
The continued support of The Hastings and Prince Edward Learning
Foundation has provided Housing Programs Branch with the opportunity
to expand the food program into Deseronto and Bancroft. Since the start
of this partnership the Branch has seen the need increasingly grow by
the year, and in the summer of 2011 an incredible 18, 694 snacks were
delivered to children and youth across the County!
This amazing program is delivered by the Food to Go Coordinators of
Hastings County Housing Program
Branch with the tremendous help of
many volunteers and the generous
support of the Hastings and Prince
Edward Learning Foundation.
Stephen Price,
Community Relations Supervisor,
Hastings County Housing Programs

Congratulations to our 2011 Project
Enhancement Grant Winners
The Directors of The Hastings and Prince Edward Learning Foundation are pleased to announce the 2011/12 winning Project
Enhancement Fund grant applicants.
New this year was an additional $5,000 Project Enhancement Fund grant to award, for a total of two at this level, as well as four,
$2,500 awards, and these were in addition to the ten, $1,000 awards.
The purpose of the Project Enhancement Fund is to encourage school staff to submit applications that offer innovative, unique and
exciting enhancements to curriculum requirements. In order to have a project considered it must:
1) Enhance educational opportunities for students, and
2) Support an initiative in Healthy Active Living, the Arts or Innovative Practices.
The two $5,000 grants are being awarded to:
1) Prince Edward Collegiate staff for their application, ‘Aboriginal Awareness Day’
2) and to the staff at Quinte Secondary School for their, ‘Anti-bullying/Self Esteem Leadership Symposium’.
Prince Edward Collegiate Institute Principal, Shelley MacKenzie-Coates, and Aboriginal Studies Teacher, Erin McFaul, described
their project as, “The PECI Aboriginal Awareness Day would be a day to promote awareness of local Aboriginal Communities as
well as celebrate the diversity and contributions of Canada’s First Nation, Inuit and Metis cultures. A variety of elders and guest
speakers from Aboriginal communities and organizations would be invited to deliver workshops for our students. This would be
a full day event during which students would participate in a minimum of four workshops. Students enrolled in the Aboriginal
Studies classes would also deliver presentations and display their work to share what they have learned in their courses throughout
the semester.”
Lisa Vincent, Principal at Quinte Secondary School, and teacher Maren Edgett, wrote about their event, “The QSS Anti-bullying/Self
Esteem Leadership Symposium would be a one day event run in conjunction with the organization, “Me to We” for 300 participants.
Thirty five student delegates representing diverse pathways and all grades, from each of the HPEDSB secondary schools would
attend this day. The event would start with a key-note speaker before students would participate in the four break-out sessions. At the
end of the day students would make a plan as to how the information will be used back at their home school and feeder schools. Our
collective vision is for this significant event to send strong messages, to provide capacity for school teams, and to have a lasting and
measurable effect in the lives of our students. “
The following $2,500 applications were also approved for a grant:
1) ‘All I’s on Learning’-Prince of Wales, Sir John A. MacDonald, Stirling Senior P.S.
2) ‘HPEDSB Science Olympics-Quinte Secondary School, Moira Secondary School, Centennial Secondary School, Bayside
Secondary School, Trenton High School, Centre Hastings Secondary School, North Hastings High School, and Prince Edward
Collegiate Institute
3) ‘StEEDS’-North Hastings High’
4) ‘Girls Retreat’-Centre Hastings Secondary School
Finally, the following $1,000 grants were approved:
1) ‘Spring Strings’-Bayside Public School
2) ‘Let’s Make History and Science Exciting’-Prince Charles (Belleville)
3) ‘Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements’-Bayside Secondary School
4) ‘The Amazing Book Race’-College St. Public School
5) ‘Sharing the Art of Printmaking’-Moira Secondary School
6) ‘So Beautiful-Girls’ Retreat’-Prince Edward Collegiate Institute
7) ‘Embedding Education for Sustainable Development in the Math Curriculum’-Moira Secondary School
8) ‘Wilderness Living Skills’-Centre Hastings Secondary School
9) ‘Digital Art Brings Galactic Power’-Trenton High School
10) ‘The Ultimate Block Party’-Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board, and potentially other schools in Hastings and
Prince Edward Counties
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Thanks to All of Our Donors
Friend ($1,000+)
8 Wing Knights of Columbus
946644 Ontario Inc.
A & P Canada Inc.
A. Alyea
Adams Plumbing and Heating
Adecco Shared Services
Albert College
Allan Stitt
Alpha Delta Kappa Lambda
Association canadienne-francaise de l’Ontario
Balu’s Pharmacy
Bancroft Home Hardware
Barbara Pitman
Bardon Supplies Limited
BASE Intelligent Building Systems Ltd.
Bayshore Credit Union Ltd.
Bayside Public School Fundraising
Bayside Secondary School
Beclawat Manufacturing Inc.
Bell Canada
Belleville
Belleville
Belleville Police Association
Benton Fry Ford Sales Ltd.
Bernard Wright
Blake Whitaker
BMO Nesbitt Burns
Branch Electric Motor Service Ltd.
Brennan & Newell Insurance & Retirement
Bridge Street United Church Women
Brown’s Fine Food Services
Brown’s Fire Protection
Bruce Simpson
Calian
Canadian Tire - Belleville
Carl Pitman
Carmen Donato
CAT Battlefield Equipment Rentals
Centennial Secondary School
Centre Hastings Secondary School
Christmas Sharing Program
City of Quinte West
Cliff Cotton
Coca Cola Bottling Company
Colbourne and Kembel Architects
Community Futures Development
Compudraft Design Services
Connon Nurseries
Co-Operators Insurance
Cornerstone Builders Ltd.
Dafoe Roofing
Dave Skeaff
Dave Rutherford
David Demaiter
Debra S. Wiggins Reid
Decoma Autosystems
Deseronto Lions LCub
Dewe’s Independent Grocer
Diamond Electric
Donna Brands
Doug Whitley Insurance Brokers Limited
Ducon Contractors Ltd.
Duvanco Homes
Dwight Sears
E.R.D.I. Education Research & Development Corp.
East Central Ontario Training Board
Eastern Overhead Doors Ltd.
Edward Kafka
Ekaner Pound
EMS-Tech Inc.
Essroc Canada Inc.
Faith Weatherhead
Farm Credit Canada Financial
Flusher’s Open Golf Tournament
Foxboro Public School
Frank Gielen
Frankford Public School
Fred Reid
Frederick J. Hennessey Foundation
Freymond Lumber Ltd.
Fye Smith
Gail McCullough
Geertsma Homes Ltd.
George Jacklin
George Vanier School
Georgina Kirton
GIFT
Gold Wing Road Riders Association,
Region K. Chapter One – Quinte
Gord McRae
Greer Galloway Group
Greg Garrett
GWRRA Rendezvous 2009
H.J. Madill Drugs Ltd.
Hanley Corporation
Harmony Public School
Harvest Hastings
Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board
Hastings Cattlemen’s Association
Hastings County Children’s Services
Hastings Federation of Agriculture
Hastings Highlands Fire Department Association
Hastings-Prince Edward Elementary Teachers’ Local
Heather Aide
Herb’s Siding & Aluminum Products
Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
Holgate Tire & Battery Limited
Hydro One Inc.
Ian MacPherson
Interface Flooring Systems (Canada) Inc.
International Truckload Services Inc.
J. R. Lucas
Jane Wise
Jean Basztyk-Benishek
Jenna Reid
Jim Alexander
Joan Mandzy
John Coady
John Hayman
John Houghton
John P. Murphy
John Porter
John Tushingham
Joint Effort Rehabilitation
Judy Edgar
Karen Morrow
Kathiy Soule
Kawartha Credit Union Limited
Kay Stafford Fund
Kees Kort
Kente Public School Students Council
Kinette Club of Belleville
Kiwanis Club of Picton
Kiwanis Club of Trenton
Kiwanis Club of Tweed
Lennis Trotter Architect
Life Touch Photography
Lions Club of Frankford
Living Hope Community Meals Inc.
Loyalist College – Public Relations Students
Margaret Jacklin
Maribeth deSnoo
Marilyn McDougall
Market High Advertising Ltd.
Mary Beth Plumpton
Matt & Joe’s
Maureen Simmons
McDougall Insurance and
Meal Exchange
Mohawk Bay of Quinte Council
Moira Secondary School
Morgan/Scott Kingston Inc.
Motivated Minds
NC Boyz Tech Limited
Nestle Canada Inc.
Norm Watson Electric
North Hastings Community Choir
North Hastings High School
Oak Lodge
Olwen Therrien
Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program
OPP - Centre Hastings
OT Group
Paperlinx
Park Dale School
Parr’s Auto Repair
Paul Dempsey
Paul Van Vlack
Peter and Doreen Howe
Petra Baths
Picton Elks 326
Picton Home Hardware
Pizzeria
Prince Edward
Prince Edward Cattlemen’s Association
Prince Edward Collegiate Institute
Prince Edward Federation of Agriculture
Prince Edward Milk Committee
Quality Mechanical
Quinte Card Shoppe
Quinte Chapter of Professional Engineers of Ontario
Quinte Computer Services Ltd.
Quinte Economic Development Commission
Quinte Regional chapter The
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Quinte Secondary School
Quintessential Credit Union
R. L. Vaughan
Rawdon Creek Trophies
RBC Foundation
Reginald Churcher
Reid’s Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning Ltd.
Research Casting International Ltd.
Revenue Canada
Richmond Ditching Co. Ltd.
Robert D. Robinson Logging Ltd.
Roger Levesque
Ron Earle Excavating
Ross McDougall
Ross McLeod
Rotary Club of Bancroft
Rotary Club of Belleville
Rotary Club of Quinte Sunrise
Rotary Club of Wellington
Rowland Tipper
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 110
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 228 - Stirling
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 428 - Tweed
Ryan Gabourie
S’cool Life Fund
Saunders Book Company
Sci-Tech Ontario Inc.
Scotiabank – Belleville
Scotiabank - Trenton
Scott Lawson
Sharon Purves
Sharon Shortt
Shout Sisters Choir
Slush Puppie Ontario Ltd.
Smylie’s Independent Grocer
Sonya Rombough
St. Joseph’s School
St. Mark’s United Church
St. Mary’s Catholic School
St. Michael’s Catholic School
Stephen Doyle
Steve Martin
Stevenson, Waplak & Associates
Stirling & District Lions Club
Stirling Primary and Junior School
Stirling Senior Public School
Storms Auto Service Inc.
Stradwicks My Flooring Store
Sun Life Financial
Susanna Moodie Parent Council
Susanna Moodie Public School
T.A.S. Communications
TD Canada Trust
Templeman Menninga LLP
The Black Dog
The Corporation of the County of
The Gordon Locksmiths Ltd.
The Home Depot Canada Foundation
The Maxfield Foundation
The Pepsi Bottling Group
The Toronto-Dominion Bank –
Tim Hortons
Timothy Bannon
Tipper Financial Services Ltd.
Tom Simpson
Tomasso’s Casual Dining & Jim’s
Tony Benson
Trenton Christian School Society
Trenton High School
Trenton Lions Club
Trentones
Vic Roy
Vicky Visca & Associates
Watts & Sutherland Auto Body Ltd.
Wayne Eros Painting & Decorating
Wayne Leybourne
Wellington & District Lions Club
Wilkinson & Company LLP
William Lundy
William Newell
William Urquhart
Williams Hotels Limited
Wilson Controls
Womens Christian Association of
Youth Science Ontario Inc.
Associate ($10,000+)
Avaya
Bayshore Industrial Contractors Ltd.
Bridge Street United Church Foundation
CIBC Commercial Banking – Belleville
City of Belleville
Dor-Ann Homes Ltd.
Duvanco Homes
Gore Mutual Insurance Foundation
Harmony PS Parent Council
Hydro One
Johannes Welsh
K. Knudsen Construction Limited
Kiwanis Club of Belleville
Leonard W. Black
Loyalist College
McDougall Insurance and Financial
Prince Edward District Women’s Institute
Procter & Gamble Inc.
Quinte Home Builders’ Association
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Rotary Club of Picton
Rotary Club of Trenton
Stinson Builders Ltd.
Trenval Business Development Corporation
United Way of Quinte
Veridian Corporation
Wal-Mart
Colleague ($25,000+)
Dr. Elizabeth Churcher
H.A.I. Precision Waterjets Inc. Johnson Inc.
Kellogg Canada Inc.
Reid’s Dairy
Builder ($50,000+)
Classic Hits 95.5/Cool 100 Starboard Communications
John M. and Bernice Parrott Foundation Inc.
Partner ($100,000+)
Ameresco Canada Inc.
The Community Foundation of Greater Kingston
In Memory Of
Amy Jacklin
Audrey Parkhurst
Carl Pitman
Dorothy Blakely
Elizabeth A. Fort
Evelyn Bryant
Gary Duggan
Gordon McGaughey
Harry J. Van Vlack
Jean Mary Hutchison
Jessica Murray
Joyce Sarles
Kathy Lawrie-Tyerman
Leo Logue
Marshall Dunning
Mary Elizabeth Sutherland
Nathan Hubel
Ruth Ann Cole-Cummings
William Trenear
In Honour Of
Christine Walker-Bird
Larry Langdon
Veronica Ford
Partners in Education
Albert College
Algonquin Lakeshore Catholic
District School Board
City of Belleville
City of Quinte West
Conseil des ecoles publiques de L’est de L’Ontario
Corporation of North Hastings
County of Hastings
École Cité Jeunesse
École L’Envol
École Secondaire Marc Garneau
Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board
Ministry of Children and Youth Services
Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program
Quinte Mohawk School
Sonrise Christian Academy

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THS Track Quest:
Major Funding Announcement
On October 4th, the THS Track Quest project received a major
funding boost from both the City of Quinte West and the family
of Doug Whitley & Whitley Insurance. These are key donations
that will bring the fundraising phase that much closer to the goal
of raising $500,000.
THS TRACK QUEST is a community based initiative geared towards rebuilding the track
and field complex at Trenton High School. The Quinte West community and students
will be provided with a first class, modern track as a result of this ambitious community
project. Track Quest is spearheaded by the Trenton High School Alumni Association,
working in conjunction with its partners: the City of Quinte West, the Hastings and Prince
Edward District School Board, and The Hastings and Prince Edward Learning Foundation
(HPELF).
“Together, the Partners are seeing this endeavor through to the finish-line, states Campaign
Co-Chair Duncan Armstrong. The Alumni Association has worked tirelessly over the
past six months raising funds. They’ve sent out a community mailer, conducted on-line
campaigns, requested significant major donations, and organized a golf tournament.”
For the family of Doug Whitley, the significant
donation that was presented is a gift in memory of
their father. “Our dad felt a personal commitment
to the success of this project, and our gift is
a tribute to him. He was one of the first people
to endorse and commit to making a new track a
reality”, states son Paul Whitley.
Mayor Williams presented a cheque for
$150,000, representing the funds pledged by
Quinte West Council towards the project, at
the October 4th event. Mayor Williams has
noted that, “Council chose to support THS
Track Quest as students, their families and
community residents will all benefit from a
refurbished, modern track facility. It’s truly a
community resource.”
Paul Whitley who is also the Track Quest
Campaign Co-Chair, views these two major gifts as “…rounding the final corner and
heading into the homestretch. It’s a sprint to the finish line from here, and we want to
encourage our community to help us reach it.”
Donations can be made through The Hastings and Prince Edward Learning Foundation,
via The Foundation or Track Quest websites (www.trackquest.ca ), by telephone, and by
mail. For more information contact:
Maribeth deSnoo, The Hastings and Prince Edward Learning Foundation, 613-966-1170 ext 2205
Dunc Armstrong, Co Chair, THS Track Quest Project, 613-392-1227
Education Centre, 156 Ann Street, Belleville, ON K8N 1N9
tel (613) 966-1170 ext 2205 1-800-267-4350 fax (613) 968-1038
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Board of Directors
Elaner Pound, Chair
elaner.pound@sympatico.ca
Frank Gielen, Treasurer
jointeft@kos.net
Dr. Elizabeth Churcher, Past Chair
elizchurcher@hotmail.com
Maribeth deSnoo, Executive Director
mdesnoo@hpedsb.on.ca
David DeMille, Director
dwd@templemanmenninga.com
Kevin Vance, Director
kvance@vancemotors.com
Gary Dyke, Director
garyd@city.quintewest.on.ca
Tony Guererra, Director
tguerrera@greergalloway.com
Darren Matassa, Director
darrenm@classichits955.fm
Dave Rutherford, Director
drutherford@hpedsb.on.ca
Dave Skeaff, Director
dskeaff@hpedsb.on.ca
Rob McGall, Director
rmcgall@hpedsb.on.ca
Russ Doxtator, Director
russell@haiwaterjets.com