Feline Friends Network continues mission to humanely reduce cat homelessness

Posted on March 12, 2022March 13, 2022 by Colin Burrowes

Since Feline Friends Network was founded in 2006 to reduce the problems of cat overpopulation and homelessness humanely, it has helped at least 3,352 cats get spayed and neutered.

“That’s the reason Feline Friends started,” said Sharon Morrice, president of Feline Friends Network. “It was started by someone volunteering at the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals shelter at the time. She could see there was a big, big problem with cats – more cats coming in than dogs, so she thought, why aren’t we working on the root cause of this and that is that cats multiply at such a high rate.”

Multicultural Association kicks off fundraising for Ukrainian refugees at Revival House

Posted on March 11, 2022March 16, 2022 by Colin Burrowes

The Multicultural Association of Perth Huron (MAPH) has kicked off their fundraising efforts to support Ukrainian refugees who will soon be arriving in Perth and Huron Counties with a dinner at Revival House in Stratford on March 10.

The war in Ukraine touched the event as the main speaker had to cancel because her mother, a Ukrainian nurse, was injured in a Russian attack on a Ukrainian hospital.

ROCQY asks rural queer youth to contribute their voices for a zine

Posted on March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 by Colin Burrowes

The Rural Ontario Community of Queer Youth is creating a zine to share rural LGBTQ2S+ voices.

They are looking for submissions of artwork, crafts, poetry, writing, collages, photography, and anything else creative that people feel fits the four themes – future, love, community, and resilience.

Couple asking Listowel residents to stand by Ukraine with donations of emergency supplies

Posted on March 1, 2022March 15, 2022 by Colin Burrowes

A Listowel couple who immigrated from Ukraine to Canada a few years ago is spearheading a campaign to gather emergency supplies to send back to their home country. Anastasia and Igor Stadnik have asked It Takes a Village to help collect donations to aid Ukrainian refugees and those defending their country against the Russian invasion.

Multicultural Association celebrates designation as a registered charity by Canada Revenue Agency

Posted on February 27, 2022March 2, 2022 by Colin Burrowes

After more than a decade of service to the diverse cultures of the communities in Perth, Huron, Wellington, Middlesex and Oxford Counties, the Multicultural Association of Perth-Huron is celebrating its recent designation as a registered charity by the Canada Revenue Agency.