In 1984, six Meals on Wheels volunteers from Peterborough were awarded the Province of Ontario’s Culture and Citizenship Award for their extraordinary contributions to the welfare of others. Olive Guinand, Joan Kennedy, Mary Harrison, Joy Edwards, Dorothy McKinstry, and Letty Guilders were rec...

When two women from her Legion Branch were recently widowed in 1979, Una Golding felt a familiar tug — a quiet but insistent call to help. She answered it the way she always had: by stepping forward. Along with friends Vera and Beulah, Una signed up as a Meals on Wheels volunteer after seeing...

For years, the streets of Norwood and Havelock saw a familiar and welcome sight: volunteers like Cathy Turner delivering hot meals to neighbours in need. In the early 1990s, the local Meals on Wheels program was a steady presence in these communities, coordinated from a small office on Pine Street b...

In 1964, when a small group of volunteers launched the Meals on Wheels program in Peterborough, they were driven by a simple yet urgent need: to ensure that seniors living at home could receive a hot meal and a warm connection. But a good idea needs infrastructure—and when the fledgling servic...

Years ago, Barb Thompson helped guide Community Care Peterborough through an important chapter in its history. As President of the Board of Directors from 2003 to 2005, she played a key role in welcoming Meals on Wheels of Peterborough under the organization’s umbrella—a move that would ...