Lindsay company supports heritage programs
A Lindsay-based insurance company, the Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group, celebrated Canada 150 with a major donation to support heritage causes in the Ontario communities that the company serves.
Locally, Lang Pioneer Museum is one of the organizations that will benefit from that generosity.
To mark Canada 150, $150,000 in donations will be divided among six Ontario heritage organizations, with each organization receiving a donation of $25,000.
“As a community-based business celebrating our own legacy of 122 years, we recognized Canada 150 as a perfect moment to step up and specifically help these organizations in their important work to remember, recount and re-enact our shared history for future generations,” said Tim Shauf, President and CEO of The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group.
In addition to Lang Pioneer Museum, the other recipients include the Glengarry Pioneer Museum in Dunvegan, Kawartha Settlers Village in Bobcaygeon/Kawartha Lakes, and The Hastings County Historical Society in Belleville/Hastings. Another donation was split between three rural Ottawa area museums, the Osgoode Museum, Watsons Mill, and Gouldbourne Museum.
Lang Pioneer Museum, established in 1967, preserves and authentically recreates the history of Peterborough County, providing visitors with an interactive view of the life in 19th-century rural Ontario.
The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group is a home, farm and auto insurance company.
“Established January 1 2014, The Commonwell is a merger of three longstanding mutual insurance companies that has been built on more than a century of hands-on commitment to the local communities it serves. Since its founding three years ago, The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group operates on the same historical premise of its three legacy companies – maintaining a focus on local presence and service that builds strong long-term relationships for the benefit of the greater community,” states a press release.
Turtles
Learn all about the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre (OTCC) and meet some turtles today from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. at Chapters, 873 Lansdowne St. W.
And while you are there, why don’t you stock up on your summer reading and help the turtles at the same time? A portion of all sales at Chapters made at that time will go directly to the OTTC.
Calendar
TALES FROM THE TRENCHES: New Trent Valley Archives tour at Little Lake Cemetery with historian Don Down Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Learn about local men who served in the Great War. $17; reservations required. Visit www.trentvalleyarchives.com and click on events or contact Heather at 705-745-4404 or admin@trentvalleyarchives.com.
TRAGIC TALES TOUR: At Little Lake Cemetery with Trent Valley Archives. Friday from 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Learn about the 1913 collapse of the Turnbull building and other tragedies that occurred due to minimal safety standards. $17; reservations required. Visit www.trentvalleyarchives.com and click on events or contact Heather at 705-745-4404 or admin@trentvalleyarchives.com.
ACTIVITY HAVEN GARDEN TOUR: Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Seven gardens plus vendors, entertainment, door prizes and barbecue lunch at the Haven Marketplace. Tickets cost $20 and are available at Avant Garden Shop, 165 Sherbrooke St.; Griffin’s Greenhouses, 3026 Lakefield Rd.; Burleys Gardens, 2604 Television Rd.; Gardens Plus, 136 County Rd. 4; Activity Haven, 180 Barnardo Ave.; and day of tour. Call 705-876-1670.