The Peterborough Examiner

Miracle Broadcast day

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The Energy 99.7/Country 105 annual Miracle Broadcast will take place Saturday from the Lansdowne Place mall Saturday. The Miracle Broadcast is just one of the many events put on by the Salvation Army for the Hope

For All Seasons campaign.

The campaign has already held the Santa Shuffle Fun Run and Elf Walk in attempts to raise money for families in need during the holiday times. They now look forward to hosting The Miracle Broadcast.

Several businesses, service clubs and individual­s will be dropping off donations of toys for the campaign to the bins at the mall during the Miracle Broadcast.

The toys will later be distribute­d to the toy shop at the Peterborou­gh Armoury, a location where they will be packaged and presented to local children in need.

The Hope For All Seasons Campaign will also be hosting another event at the Lansdowne Place mall Saturday. Celebrity Kettle Day will be occurring with city police Chief Murray Rodd, city fire Chief Chris Snetsinger, Mayor Daryl Bennett, Coun. Lesley Parnell, veteran weatherman Dave Devall, former CHEX-TV personalit­y John Blake of CHEX, Peterborou­gh MPP Jeff Leal and Peterborou­gh-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef collecting cash in their kettles for the cause.

The on-air presentati­on of the total funds collected will occur at 2:30 p.m.

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